Starting team 2021

[avocadoontoast]

1 Laurie
2 Mansour
3 BJ
4 JtJ
5 AJ
6 Doueihi
7 Brooks
8 Tamou
9 Liddle
10 Musgrove
11 Luciano
12 Blore
13 JoeO

14 Mbye
15 Twal
16 Tuilagi (smokey, has to be better than Garner)
17 Stefano/ Mikaele/ Seyfarth/ Packer

Even if Nofo signs elsewhere he’s contracted here for 2021 and can’t see us releasing him early.

 

[softlaw]

1 Laurie
2 Mansour
3 BJ
4 JtJ
5 AJ
6 Doueihi
7 Brooks
8 Tamou
9 Liddle
10 Musgrove
11 Luciano
12 Blore
13 JoeO

14 Mbye
15 Twal
16 Tuilagi (smokey, has to be better than Garner)
17 Stefano/ Mikaele/ Seyfarth/ Packer

Even if Nofo signs elsewhere he’s contracted here for 2021 and can’t see us releasing him early.

Personally I think that, if Madge is not swayed by media, Nofa won't be in our top 2 wingers for much of the season. (& yes I know that's probably a minority opinion but so be it)

 

[innsaneink]

We've signed mamsour?

 

[Speed2burn]

You left out the predicted starting team...


The work experience kid has been playing up again.

In what world is Momo a fullback?

Could Joe O play lock and Twal back to prop...or Joe to second row and Blore to lock...just asking...

Probably not set in stone but the feeling I get is our forwards will line up as

8. Musgrove
9. Liddle
10. Tamou (c)
11. Luciano
12. Blore
13. Joe O

No idea about the bench but Twal and Mikaele will be there abouts

 

[Tiger_Steve]

You left out the predicted starting team...


The work experience kid has been playing up again.

In what world is Momo a fullback?

Could Joe O play lock and Twal back to prop...or Joe to second row and Blore to lock...just asking...

Probably not set in stone but the feeling I get is our forwards will line up as

8. Musgrove
9. Liddle
10. Tamou (c)
11. Luciano
12. Blore
13. Joe O

No idea about the bench but Twal and Mikaele will be there abouts

I think they are thinking Joe O in the prop rotation with Blore at 13

 

[PabloX]

1 Laurie
2 Mansour
3 BJ
4 JtJ
5 AJ
6 Doueihi
7 Brooks
8 Tamou
9 Liddle
10 Musgrove
11 Luciano
12 Blore
13 JoeO

14 Mbye
15 Twal
16 Tuilagi (smokey, has to be better than Garner)
17 Stefano/ Mikaele/ Seyfarth/ Packer

That's the starting pack I'd go with. It also sounds like that will be our halves pairing come round 2.

I like Mbye off the bench as our utility, along with Twal and Stefano. Tuilagi is an unknown for me, but I like the idea of a smokey.

I don't mind the idea of momo at fullback...this is our biggest question mark though. I'd love Laurie to be in the squad, but sooner rather than later.

Bring on 2021

 

[Tigerwould]

Rd 1

1 Mbye
2 Nofoaluma
3 Roberts
4 Leilua J
5 Kepaoa

6 Leilua L
7 Brooks

8 Tamou
9 Liddle
10 Musgrove
11 Garner
12 Blore
13 Ofahegaue

14 Simpkin
15 Twal
16 Mikaele
17 Utoikamanu

There’s a lot to like about this team. Great looking bench. If Lucy kills it at 5/8. Doueihi will find it hard to crack the R2 team. Lucy could terrify the opposition in attack and defence from that position on the field. Just don’t know how he’d go passing from that height to the smaller men outside him. Sheen’s would do it.

 

[kiwitiger]

You left out the predicted starting team...


Well that line up is just depressing. If 8 other teams can't russell up a better team I'll be amazed.

 

[sleeve]

Just a matter of time before Brooks and Madden become the halves.

 

[avocadoontoast]

Just a matter of time before Brooks and Madden become the halves.

I think AD will be our long term 6

 

[Roar_Power]

1 Laurie
2 Nofo
3 BJ
4 Roberts
5 AJ
6 Doueihi
7 Brooks
8 Tamou
9 Liddle
10 Musgrove
11 Lucy
12 Blore
13 Joffa
14 Twal
15 Stefano
16 Mikaele
17 Mbye

 

[Tigerwould]

Just a matter of time before Brooks and Madden become the halves.

It would be interesting to see which rookies made the Staring 13 (0r 17) roughly half way through.
Start a Round 12, 2021 thread!

 

[nrlsurvivor]

I wouldn’t be surprised to see James Roberts given a crack at fullback in the trials

* He debuted as a fullback in first grade at Souths before they moved Inglis there
* Doueihi mentioned on the podcast that he wasn’t happy with his own performance at fullback especially in relation to speed (I assume this feedback came from the coaching staff)
* They recruited Roberts to address the issue of speed

If this was successful we’d probably see Mbye used as a bench utility until Simpkin is ready (I assume coaches want Simpkin to get some reserve grade games under his belt first) and also as back up fullback if Roberts is injured/suspended/on personal leave.

Then Talau and Momo could fight it out for the centre position, with the unsuccessful candidate used as a back up centre/winger.

Thoughts?

 

[Geo]

I wouldn’t be surprised to see James Roberts given a crack at fullback in the trials

* He debuted as a fullback in first grade at Souths before they moved Inglis there
* Doueihi mentioned on the podcast that he wasn’t happy with his own performance at fullback especially in relation to speed (I assume this feedback came from the coaching staff)
* They recruited Roberts to address the issue of speed

If this was successful we’d probably see Mbye used as a bench utility until Simpkin is ready (I assume coaches want Simpkin to get some reserve grade games under his belt first) and also as back up fullback if Roberts is injured/suspended/on personal leave.

Then Talau and Momo could fight it out for the centre position, with the unsuccessful candidate used as a back up centre/winger.

Thoughts?

If not centre more chance on the wing than fullback..

 

[nrlsurvivor]

I wouldn’t be surprised to see James Roberts given a crack at fullback in the trials

* He debuted as a fullback in first grade at Souths before they moved Inglis there
* Doueihi mentioned on the podcast that he wasn’t happy with his own performance at fullback especially in relation to speed (I assume this feedback came from the coaching staff)
* They recruited Roberts to address the issue of speed

If this was successful we’d probably see Mbye used as a bench utility until Simpkin is ready (I assume coaches want Simpkin to get some reserve grade games under his belt first) and also as back up fullback if Roberts is injured/suspended/on personal leave.

Then Talau and Momo could fight it out for the centre position, with the unsuccessful candidate used as a back up centre/winger.

Thoughts?

If not centre more chance on the wing than fullback..

I don’t know about that Geo. We have more depth at wing than fullback with AJ, Nofo, Talau, Momo, Hoffman, Cini all able to play wing... Who plays fullback round 1 when Mbye is shifted to 5/8?

 

[BAGNF05]

Wests Tigers: 2021 round 1 predicted team
Author
Chris Kennedy & Jamie Soward
Tue 29 Dec 2020, 07:00 AM

In a series analysing who will line up in each position for all 16 teams in the opening round of the Telstra Premiership in 2021, NRL.com looks at the Wests Tigers.

NRL.com says: Billy Walters won't be back from his knee reconstruction to start the year.New recruit James Roberts is set to partner Joey Leilua in the centres, Moses Mbye is likely to start in either the No.1 or No.6 jersey, with Adam Doueihi to take the other from round two once he returns from suspension. The returning Paul Momirovski may have to step in at the back for one game to start the season. Young gun Shawn Blore is pushing the likes of Luke Garner and Michael Chee-Kam for a starting back-row spot.

High-profile recruits in former Panthers skipper James Tamou and former Maroons prop Joe Ofahengaue are likely to form a new front-row pairing but freshly re-signed prop Zane Musgrove or veteran Russell Packer could take one of those spots, or one of the bench spots from Tom Mikaele or highly rated former Eel Stefano Utoikamanu.

Jamie Soward says: Their question marks are around the No.1 and No. 6, which has been the case for a while. Luke Brooks, with no Benji, this has to be his year. If he's going to take the next step, can he do it this year and be the main guy from the start of the year?

It looks like Doueihi will be in the halves with him once he's back but is Mbye the answer at fullback, and what does that system look like in attack? And can Liddle stay fit at hooker?

Ofahengaue and Tamou are big ins and a boost in terms of experience but after that it drops off.

They do have some explosive talent in the backline with Roberts and Leilua in the centres and some great finishers in Nofa and Talau on the wings.

No one will rate them this year and with all the question marks around fullback and five-eighth in particular it's too much for me. I'm not investing in the Tigers because they're not settled and haven't been for a while.

These 2 forgot about the most important fact for our success next year ....THE MADGE EFFECT...

Wasn't he here this year, and the one before?

Yeah he was,but he is building a new generation team and hasnt got his hands tied...experience mixed with youth...I have great confidence in Madge getting THIS team playing finals in 2021....
Actually you should try and be positve occasionally.its good for your metabolism...

I've been positive this offseason, have been supportive of pretty much every move management has made with the exception of McIntyre leaving. If we play finals football in '21 it's because of good recruitment, not the "madge effect".

Ok so the recruitment team will coach the side and make positional changes when needed and structure gameplans....I see ...just to make you happy it will be the RECRUITMENT EFFECT...

No, but the recruitment team have found him players that (hopefully) he can coach. Not saying he's not a very good coach, but he's pretty one dimensional, needs a specific type of players to be successful. He's not like a Bellamy of a Bennett who can adapt and make use of what they have.

Hard to compare with Bellamy and Bennett, they are normally in good systems. Aside from a year at the Knights Bennett failed at the club and left them as a side that would compete for the wooden spoon.

All functions of a club need to be performing at a high level to win a premiership or even make top 4. From recruiting to coaching, from senior player leadership to high performance staff. We are still bottom 4 in some of those areas and Madge still doesn’t have a roster to reach that level - as the old saying goes, ‘you can’t polish a turd’, unless a bunch of guys like Blore, Douehi, BJ, Jet, LL can surprise me and ascend to representative level in one or two years, we will still be on here moaning about being ordinary.

 

[Geo]

I wouldn’t be surprised to see James Roberts given a crack at fullback in the trials

* He debuted as a fullback in first grade at Souths before they moved Inglis there
* Doueihi mentioned on the podcast that he wasn’t happy with his own performance at fullback especially in relation to speed (I assume this feedback came from the coaching staff)
* They recruited Roberts to address the issue of speed

If this was successful we’d probably see Mbye used as a bench utility until Simpkin is ready (I assume coaches want Simpkin to get some reserve grade games under his belt first) and also as back up fullback if Roberts is injured/suspended/on personal leave.

Then Talau and Momo could fight it out for the centre position, with the unsuccessful candidate used as a back up centre/winger.

Thoughts?

If not centre more chance on the wing than fullback..

I don’t know about that Geo. We have more depth at wing than fullback with AJ, Nofo, Talau, Momo, Hoffman, Cini all able to play wing... Who plays fullback round 1 when Mbye is shifted to 5/8?

It won't be Roberts I can tell you that..

 

[BAGNF05]

I wouldn’t be surprised to see James Roberts given a crack at fullback in the trials

* He debuted as a fullback in first grade at Souths before they moved Inglis there
* Doueihi mentioned on the podcast that he wasn’t happy with his own performance at fullback especially in relation to speed (I assume this feedback came from the coaching staff)
* They recruited Roberts to address the issue of speed

If this was successful we’d probably see Mbye used as a bench utility until Simpkin is ready (I assume coaches want Simpkin to get some reserve grade games under his belt first) and also as back up fullback if Roberts is injured/suspended/on personal leave.

Then Talau and Momo could fight it out for the centre position, with the unsuccessful candidate used as a back up centre/winger.

Thoughts?

JTJ doesn’t have the brains, experience or work ethic to play FB. It would be bombs away. Has he even been sighted at training yet?

 

[Tigers_Tale]

I wouldn’t be surprised to see James Roberts given a crack at fullback in the trials

* He debuted as a fullback in first grade at Souths before they moved Inglis there
* Doueihi mentioned on the podcast that he wasn’t happy with his own performance at fullback especially in relation to speed (I assume this feedback came from the coaching staff)
* They recruited Roberts to address the issue of speed

If this was successful we’d probably see Mbye used as a bench utility until Simpkin is ready (I assume coaches want Simpkin to get some reserve grade games under his belt first) and also as back up fullback if Roberts is injured/suspended/on personal leave.

Then Talau and Momo could fight it out for the centre position, with the unsuccessful candidate used as a back up centre/winger.

Thoughts?

JTJ doesn’t have the brains, experience or work ethic to play FB. It would be bombs away. Has he even been cited at training yet?

They could use Mbye at fullback, and move Momo or Talau to 5/8

 

[sleeve]

What would Momo look like at fullback,plus kicks goals.?