Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[bathursttiger1]

I’ve always had a stupit sense of humour.
I’ve even planned the plaque for my grave, “Told you I wasn’t feeling well”.☃️

 

[bptiger 0]

Reckon we should shake up the apple try and offer Jarome Luai a ridiculously large contract to leave Penrith. Similar to the Moses deal. His proven, has youth on his side, X factor, rep player. Give him the opportunity to grow out of Nathan’s shadow.
Second to that, get young Sandon Smith out of the chooks to partner him.

Luai is joined at the hip with Nathan, there is no chance of him leaving

 

[tiger_one]

Why am I thinking Aiden Sezer?

 

[bathursttiger1]

Why am I thinking Aiden Sezer?

Because you have a migraine?

 

[bathursttiger1]

Yes

 

[gregjm87]

I don't think managers always act in their clients best interest at all however I think the point about being a good first grade side is relevant. We are going to struggle until we start winning games. We do get signings as well. Api, Klemmer, IP and Bateman are 4 high quality signings. They might not all be performing to standard but they are quality signings.

So we can sign players. We just can't develop a winning team.

They are 4 high quality signings and I am happy with all of them but look at them in isolation. 2 of them signed to play under the former coach. 1 was on the outer at his previous club and we were the only club willing and able to pick up the full price of his existing contract. The final signing was a bloke needing a 4 year deal, for visa purposes, which I would guess we were the only club willing to commit to that length and price on someone with question marks around him.
None of those 4 signings give me hope we can make further quality signings.

 

[earl]

I think you have…

The decision to get rid of Hastings and go with Brooks as 7 ( which is not his best position) and pretty much now have to rely on Wakeham at 7 as our depth sucks has not turned out well…

I agree that it was madness to let go of Madden and Hastings. It was extremely poor roster management. I don't get the Brooks is not a 7 argument though. I've been watching footy for years and I've seen heaps of different types of halves. Personally I'd play Brooks at 6 but it's just to keep the fans of his case.

I think though there is and has been way too much focus on Brooks. Brooks is a quality NRL half. I think he is better than Hastings and Madden.

I don't think these roster decisions though were really about Brooks. I think they were about Hastings, Madden and trying to get a much better half which we failed at.

 

[supercoach]

Our club loves the word pathways and that will eventually be our saviour.

Sadly pathways seldom works without having top notch seasoned professionals to guide the kids who make the big step into the NRL. Okay, in the forwards we have the likes of Klemmer and Bateman who fit the bill in the backs we have nothing.

Penrith had guys like Jimmy Maloney and Peter Wallace to guide their kids coming through the system. Melbourne have always had a six or a seven to show the way. We have nothing, okay Benji might help, but he will not be out there on the battle field.

Obviously we have little choice but to continue down the pathways road but without on field mentors it will struggle

 

[gregjm87]

Why not do a uncle wayne
go out and buy Dylan Edwards and turn him into 5/8 like Lockyer did
keep Bulla at the back and go grab a 1/2 decent half back like Trindall or Volkum or Taffe
running out of options but this would get a very good player and a good attacking player with speed and strength

there is absolutely no way Edwards would work as a 6.

 

[Tom Shines]

I agree that it was madness to let go of Madden and Hastings. It was extremely poor roster management. I don't get the Brooks is not a 7 argument though. I've been watching footy for years and I've seen heaps of different types of halves. Personally I'd play Brooks at 6 but it's just to keep the fans of his case.

I think though there is and has been way too much focus on Brooks. Brooks is a quality NRL half. I think he is better than Hastings and Madden.

I don't think these roster decisions though were really about Brooks. I think they were about Hastings, Madden and trying to get a much better half which we failed at.

Well Manly think he is a 6…I would prefer Hastings at 7…. But you are entitled to your opinion

 

[Tom Shines]

All these podcasters are desperately seeking access to the island of relevancy.

Who is on that island at the moment? Lee and Pascoe ?

 

[lathami]

They’ve now decided Oloapu is a lock. Might be worth putting our feeler’s out.

Funny stuff that, he left broncos because they wanted to make him a hooker. Promised everything from the Gould he’s our half back! Then now he’s a lock, nice work Gould, lie lie lie.

 

[426Tlgerland]

there is absolutely no way Edwards would work as a 6.

We need to try every angle cause right now we are in deep poo , unless our powers to be have got a special lined up spoon , spoon , spoon

 

[RB2005]

They are a bunch of dribblers on that podcast. They said John Morris was going to be coach and many other predictions that have never come true. We probably are behind other clubs, look at where we sit on the ladder. Sign with us we can we 3 spoons in a row. With 2 leaders who think everything is great and wont stop talking in the media. Yay

They got the John Morris rumour wrong no doubt. The club changes tac like the weather but you hang on to that one because all mail has 100% accuracy doesn’t it. Lol. The fact is one of the hosts had a 20 minute phone conversation with said manager. Nothing is final but it was a real conversation. The only dribble I see is your opinion on something you have no clue about and casting aspersions about others who put their names & faces to something and provide an informative podcast listened to by more people than you could ever imagine.

 

[coivtny]

I’ve always had a stupit sense of humour.
I’ve even planned the plaque for my grave, “Told you I wasn’t feeling well”.☃️

Pinched from Spike Milligan?????

 

[jadtiger]

Pinched from Spike Milligan?????

Spike didn't need it anymore

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

I still think Chad Townsend could fall out of the tree!

Rumours on Hull FC socials that Clifford is returning to the Cowboys.

 

[coivtny]

I'm not looking for words of comfort from forum members but I can't recall being at a lower ebb in terms of how I feel about this football club. I've followed Wests and Wests Tigers since 1960 and have seen plenty of lows and the odd high. I recall feeling quite low just prior to the merger but getting a boost from the thought of two old clubs with great histories and similar cultures coming together to form a new club that would take the best from both clubs. The truth is WT are nothing like either the old Balmain or Wests.
Fast forward to 2023 and things have never been worse. We are headed towards the second successive spoon. We find it very difficult to sign quality players. Our administration and leadership is woeful and appears to be locked in place. Our ownership seems totally disinterested in bringing about the type of change we need to get us out of this rut.
The only plus is we have a few juniors coming through who show huge potential. But I've seen two things happen to quality juniors over the years - either they don't go on with it, which happens quite a lot, or they get poached by the bigger and stronger clubs, which we have seen happen to us so many times.
We need change and we need it now.