Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[Red88_Tiger]

Madge won’t let go of Kobe.. especially to us..

I really don’t believe this. Madge will do whatever he thinks is best for the donkeys

 

[user118245]

What’s RCG. Status , is he still up,for grabs as I would jump in with an offer
strong , reliable , big minutes , no injuries , experience

Feel like I saw a while back we said no

 

[weststigerman]

What’s RCG. Status , is he still up,for grabs as I would jump in with an offer
strong , reliable , big minutes , no injuries , experience

Nothing announced yet. I initially thought Dogs but could be either Panthers or Roosters. Seems like it’s one of the clubs in finals contention or recently knocked out.

 

[Flippedy]

Feel like I saw a while back we said no

We said no or he said no? If it’s us then we’re bloody idiots.

 

[user118245]

We said no or he said no? If it’s us then we’re bloody idiots.

MiksRL posted on September 12, while other articles posted on that day counter that claim but just speculate we would either be a good destination or a likely one. Remember tho, Richo is no leaks so potentially no word on this could mean something is in the works

 

[Tiger Stripes]

Props under contract for 2025 at Sharks even with Hunt & Williams gone ...

AFB
Kaufusi (option likely taken up)
Rudolph
Hazelton
Hamlin-Uele
Tapuha
Colquhoun

IMO that's one too many and a lot of % in salary cap taken up by props, I reckon one of Rudolph or Hamlin-Uele who both would be on decent coin will be allowed to explore options.

Either would be good for us!

Always look forward to your comments BWG. Keep it up please!

 

[Tigrr2]

I wasn't old enough to see Artie as a younger player .....was he a better back rower than prop ??

No he was a better prop and a bit slow and unfit as a backrower

 

[Tigrr2]

Everyone loved Artie at Balmain as he was a genuine tough presence on the field and a game breaker

 

[jadtiger]

Everyone loved Artie at Balmain as he was a genuine tough presence on the field and a game breaker

I will never forgive the Balmain management for treating Artie as badly as they did so we lost him to the rorters,it was also about the same time Dennis Tutty was treated badly also.Terrible management

 

[Fainu Brothers]

When is the WT Presentation? Looking forward to the farewell list

 

[851]

When is the WT Presentation? Looking forward to the farewell list

Only saw Api at the Dally M’s, didn’t see any other players.
Saw To’o collect winger of the year though

 

[Tim Sheens]

No of course not hes not a Wests Tigers type of forward. Big Powerful that doesnt just fall at the line. Experts like Gus reckon Storm cant win without him but not good enough for Wests Tigers. ok . So whats your opinion on signing Bird and Hunt.

Apart from that I cannot cop him as a human ever since I watched his massively unnecessary level of violence in Bali, I see him likely ending up with WT as his retirement package benefactor and Gould almost always has ulterior motives, such as burdening a rival.

Concerned about the duration of contracts with the benefactor bit if no club option and okay with them otherwise, particularly as I don't expect Bateman to return and Bird can cover centre.

 

[liltiger]

When thinking offloading you also need to remember we don't have anyone who supports the play. Bula is nowhere near the ruck, ever, too unfit and lazy. Needs a real kick up the ass. Mason is far superior to Bula on that one regard. Even Galvin is superior.
If there's no one to pass to you can't offload...!

Agree, seems to be a bit strange to me we look great when we push up in support of the ball carrier. Majority of games we just don't it's one out stuff and just looks real pedestrian.

 

[boonboon]

Agree, seems to be a bit strange to me we look great when we push up in support of the ball carrier. Majority of games we just don't it's one out stuff and just looks real pedestrian.

We ran more decoys and supports then any other team in the Comp according to the stats so I'd suggest we are actually pushing up too much and tiring out our defenders

 

[Suzie-Q]

I think your disregarding the fact we had half of our top 30 out for majority of the season I don’t think we would of secured a third wooden spoon if that hadn’t happened

I think, because we're kind of used to so rubbish, that this had been largely overlooked in our 3rd wooden spoon season. Also, the age and inexperience of the 37 (? Not sure of the exact number) players used over the season had to have a big impact too.

 

[Jolls]

We ran more decoys and supports then any other team in the Comp according to the stats so I'd suggest we are actually pushing up too much and tiring out our defenders

Those that are hard over on our coaching issues being the root of all evil need to consider these particular stats. This does not happen if you aren't playing to an attacking system. What this points to is the inability of our play makers to make the right decision on who and where to hit or when and where to kick. This is what the good teams do - but they ice it!

 

[426Tlgerland]

He wants 3 years, Tigers said 2. He also wants big money.

I would do the 3 at $ 650 k , first 2 well worth it , 3 rd back up

 

[user118245]

I would do the 3 at $ 650 k , first 2 well worth it , 3 rd back up

Have the 3rd as a mutual option

 

[mtd#2]

I read that when it was sent out on his mailing list. I am unconvinced with the general argument that fast PTBs aren't correlated to better outcomes; I don't think he looked at enough outcomes for example a PTB impact on an entire set.

But actually it's not just PTB speed for me, but the speed of the overall ruck and the number of defenders who must be committed to stop the player. I find Klemmer to be slow, he appears to be easy to pick off by tacklers and it takes a while for him to hit the deck and PTB, even if he does struggle for some extra PCM. I may be wrong, that's just my overall impression that Klemmer can slow the play, compared with someone like Pole.

Play the ball speed is 100% correlated to a better outcome. It is all momentum.

Slow play the balls:
- Defenders get back 10m and have time to get set.
- The Defenders meet the attacker around 5m from the play the ball.

Fast play the balls:
- Defenders are on the back foot and only just getting back the 10 when the attacker is playing the ball.
- The attacker makes it 8-10m before contact is made by a defender (so an advantage of 3-5m a tackle).
- Repeat this 4 tackles in a row and the attacker is getting more metres every run (in theory). And when the defence is on the back foot, we generally see an increased run metre from the attacking runner by the 3rd of 4th tackle (10+metres).

 

[mtd#2]

'Alleged leak' creates 'ill feeling' between rival clubs

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