Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[magpies forever]

We have rushed to many and got no real reward for it. Don't rush the next lot and develop them correctly and just maybe be play regular semi finals football.

Dont disagree, but with s many injuries, where do we get the warm, breathing bodies to fill out the squad 1- 13 and then 14- 19 from? I really dislike the extra 2 on bench and not being able to play 2 of the 6- waste and they get no game time in reserves.

 

[Red88_Tiger]

Pretty sure towards the end he copped some crap on here and gave it away.

Went across to the wests tigers podcast forum for a while and then disappeared.

Think the Pom got set up with the Pascoe is getting sacked rumour.
Can’t remember seeing any posts after. Club possibly shut a leak only speculating though

 

[Milky]

I mean these guys are depth for a reason... you can't really rely on them to replace the strike of the guys who they're replacing. When you have one or two guys injured you can maybe make up for it but there's just too many injuries at the moment to keep up & I doubt Benji or the club expected to be relying on those sorts of players so much.

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We can blame injuries all we want but we are the 7th most impacted team by injuries - having 78 weeks missed total due to injury

Wahs have 84 weeks missed (players like RTS, JFH, Halasima, Boyd), Rabbits 89 (Mitchell, Wighton, Campbell Graham, Elliot).

Whilst only a small sample from a larger pool with teams like Cows, Eels, Storm, Broncos also struggling to navigate injuries - I think it is a reflection of what we have become accustomed to.

We don't have a next man up mentality and we are far behind teams that can consistently remain at the top and overcome adversity.

We rely on players who have consistently been tried in the past to no prevail.

I am not turning this into a Benji issue, but someone needs to take accountability for our lack of depth in key areas or the difficulty back-up players have in integrating into our first grade squad.

If our NSW Cup team is winning games 46-12 and 68-8 at a time where our first grade team is injury plagued causing players to be promoted, why is our first grade team struggling to find talent to replace injured players with?

Is the issue cohesion and adaption to first grade? Is it an issue of not enough integration between the two teams, and training sessions together?

 

[Tom Shines]

Think the Pom got set up with the Pascoe is getting sacked rumour.
Can’t remember seeing any posts after. Club possibly shut a leak only speculating though

Maybe he just changed jobs and didn’t get inside info anymore

 

[eyewondertoo]

Benji watched the reserve game on saturday so I'm sure he is aware of who is available.

 

[tigertragic]

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We can blame injuries all we want but we are the 7th most impacted team by injuries - having 78 weeks missed total due to injury

Wahs have 84 weeks missed (players like RTS, JFH, Halasima, Boyd), Rabbits 89 (Mitchell, Wighton, Campbell Graham, Elliot).

Whilst only a small sample from a larger pool with teams like Cows, Eels, Storm, Broncos also struggling to navigate injuries - I think it is a reflection of what we have become accustomed to.

We don't have a next man up mentality and we are far behind teams that can consistently remain at the top and overcome adversity.

We rely on players who have consistently been tried in the past to no prevail.

I am not turning this into a Benji issue, but someone needs to take accountability for our lack of depth in key areas or the difficulty back-up players have in integrating into our first grade squad.

If our NSW Cup team is winning games 46-12 and 68-8 at a time where our first grade team is injury plagued causing players to be promoted, why is our first grade team struggling to find talent to replace injured players with?

Is the issue cohesion and adaption to first grade? Is it an issue of not enough integration between the two teams, and training sessions together?

How many teams with greater injury lists are in front of the Tigers on the premiership table at this stage.

It’s not just number of injuries but key players for extended periods

Melb have had their spine nearly all year
Parra missing Moses
Souths missing latrell
Cowboys have had most of their spine all year

 

[weststigers]

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We can blame injuries all we want but we are the 7th most impacted team by injuries - having 78 weeks missed total due to injury

Wahs have 84 weeks missed (players like RTS, JFH, Halasima, Boyd), Rabbits 89 (Mitchell, Wighton, Campbell Graham, Elliot).

Whilst only a small sample from a larger pool with teams like Cows, Eels, Storm, Broncos also struggling to navigate injuries - I think it is a reflection of what we have become accustomed to.

We don't have a next man up mentality and we are far behind teams that can consistently remain at the top and overcome adversity.

We rely on players who have consistently been tried in the past to no prevail.

I am not turning this into a Benji issue, but someone needs to take accountability for our lack of depth in key areas or the difficulty back-up players have in integrating into our first grade squad.

If our NSW Cup team is winning games 46-12 and 68-8 at a time where our first grade team is injury plagued causing players to be promoted, why is our first grade team struggling to find talent to replace injured players with?

Is the issue cohesion and adaption to first grade? Is it an issue of not enough integration between the two teams, and training sessions together?

Sorry but Top 6 on the NRL Ladder, bar the Warriors are in the top 6 of least injuries (Dolphins/Titans equal 6th).

I think it stands to reason that if you can keep your best on the field, you're going to have a better chance in games.

 

[davey_farrell]

Benji watched the reserve game on saturday so I'm sure he is aware of who is available.

Javon Andrews says hello

 

[tiges69]

lol we are 7 and 7 and the dragons will beat us twice ? What a load of wrist cutting nonsense .
We lost that game because we lost our half (who is a shit defensive half btw ) and a back . Meaning our middles had to do large minutes , because we are already down our starting edge backrowers and the guy who was supposed to step up , Geyer , is useless and playing on his last name . With AD back this year our right edge will tighten right up , and as players start to return especially if we get averillo early , we will start to make a run towards the playoffs.
The issue is the comp is lop sided because the top teams have played mainly the bottom teams and have all got wins . As they play each other the win/loss will start to pull much closer to 500, with the top teams pulling away . As per normal .
I listened to Rob crap on this morning about bench rotations it really irritated me . Talking about Murray and Geyer being wasted ! Wasted for what!!! Lanyon is better than both of them, as 2 backs went down that only leaves Pole alternating with Bunty . So that’s 6 rotations of the 8 right there . Sure you wasted 2 , but Bunty was blowing hard when he came off . So maybe you go Bunty and May for Lanyon and Pole then bring May back on. But that’s pretty much all you can do .
Anyways , I think some of you just whinge for the sake of it . Sometimes shit happens . For once shit is happening and we are still operating at a decent win/loss record.

The cruelest thing about Saturday was that Benji picked the wrong day to give Latu a run in KOE. He played great in 2nd's but i believe if he had been on the bench we would have won that game. Unfortunately Heath Mason , tried hard but gave us nothing in attack. My sliding doors opinion.