Please no on resigning him
Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion
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weststigers
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I don't doubt you believe that, but we need to get through this season. He offers something in attack that others don't.
diedpretty
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And they are running 16th - so it appears your argument of spending more money doesn't hold up.
Hate saying this but he is better than anyone we have on the bench this week regardless of being inconsistent.
Would only sign him for this season not multi years if was even an option.
Hmmm...probably why he played against newtown last week
king_sirro
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I would normally say no to this but we are in dire straits and Luciano definitely helps for the remainder of the year. Id be happy to give him next year as Royce Hunts replacement as well. Luciano definitely helps fill an edge temporarily even with his deficiencies. Has more talent in his little finger than most of our forwards. I also believe he would be much more effective middle forward than what Hunt is.
If somehow we can go into next year with Averillo replacing Toa, Luciano replacing Hunt, Blore replacing Seyfarth and Walters replacing Hope, we will be much stronger
Cheers,
Weird that the kids that they’re rated by the 2 best teams in the last however long and all the kids that were rated ahead of them are crap or gone - or both.
diedpretty
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Lol - you're the one who threw them up as an example and you threw in the Broncs as well - maybe you should put forward a club whose football expenditure actually supports your argument.
wonka
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And we haven't played finals for 15 years, They have.
Tiger Stripes
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Luke Laulilii, Denzel Shaafhausen-Mino, Pheonix Godinet, Cooper Clarke (gone) and Kohan Lewis with Harold Matthews coach Robbie Mears
Looks tall and lean. Just what our scouts - identifies of talent can't see? H. Matthews 2023
We like the smaller types.
Will they ever learn?
diedpretty
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He threw up figures from 2025 report not 15 years ago.
weststigers
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I don't want to argue with you because you tend to want to "win" rather than get to some consensus, but in the spirit of debate, what do you think the problem is?
Also, do you think money is always spent wisely? Australia is a good example of a country that blows good money after bad and doesn't use it very well, but does that mean money doesn't matter?
king_sirro
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Do you expect Wests Tigers to have depth options that are genuine premiership class players? Shawn Blore started in the backrow for the Melbourne storm in a grand final and you are telling me he would be a poor option for depth at the worst club in NRL history? Hahahaha very unrealistic expectations. Blore replacing Seyfarth as a very good upgrade if the money is similar
wstigers11
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They have to be tiny to be retained by WT
Fair chance a large chunk of that is related to the centre at Kellyville.
Reckon they also cover a bit more ground in the Juniors than Ashfield.
supercoach
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We have to stop looking at desperation signings. Every signing has to be with an eye on the future. Players who are been shown the door by their current clubs have a big red warning sign plastered over their melons in 99% of cases.
As a club we have to make massive improvements in identifying talent and developing talent. We have let far too many players for a long time walk out the door only for them to carve out a good career elsewhere. Iam not talking about elite players, more your meat and potato style NRL player. Guys like Ray Stone and Sam McIntrye, of course there any many more.
It is depressing being a fan of our club seeing us flounder year after year when if we had sufficient funding and the right people calling the shots things could be a whole lot better
As a club we have to make massive improvements in identifying talent and developing talent. We have let far too many players for a long time walk out the door only for them to carve out a good career elsewhere. Iam not talking about elite players, more your meat and potato style NRL player. Guys like Ray Stone and Sam McIntrye, of course there any many more.
It is depressing being a fan of our club seeing us flounder year after year when if we had sufficient funding and the right people calling the shots things could be a whole lot better
You’ve gotta be kidding me. He’s an ok player, but picked for Origin now? No! Daley’s an idiot. There’s a ton of better props going around, Jackson Ford can’t get a look in, despite playing with the second top team. No let’s pick a rookie from the underwhelmingly performing Storm instead 🙄
Hear, hear…
Shawn is a better defender and has some other attributes to his game other than tries hard - which he also does.
How we let Mears go is beyond me…
Coaching Ball at the Panthers, probably work his way up to grade.
Never afraid of rolling up the sleeves
weststigers
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Most responses to all this use zero context of the situation. Absolutely zero. No one saying they should be first picked, but as you say, as depth, money similar, it is an upgrade.
