Wests Tigers’ best 17 for 2019: Can Michael Maguire make a finals team out of this roster?

[WT2K]

Smh article stating that Maguire wants to play Benji in the centers with Reynolds at 6\. Thoughts??

https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/amp.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/reynolds-works-overtime-on-fitness-marshall-set-for-positional-switch-20190112-p50qyu.html

Kane Bradley, don't know anything about him, maybe a diamond in the rough

One of our development players. 6ft3 and 102kg edge backrower.

 

[Russell]

Smh article stating that Maguire wants to play Benji in the centers with Reynolds at 6\. Thoughts??

https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/amp.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/reynolds-works-overtime-on-fitness-marshall-set-for-positional-switch-20190112-p50qyu.html

Why do people feel anyone can play in the centre?

It is a very difficult position to play and quite frankly I don't think Benji is good enough to play centre. Defensively we may as well put a turnstyle there.

He is a 5/8 that can fill in for a number of positions but he is not o permanent centre imo.

Momirovski for mine.

 

[Aceshigh]

Mickey Lane

 

[happy_tiger]

Smh article stating that Maguire wants to play Benji in the centers with Reynolds at 6\. Thoughts??

https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/amp.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/reynolds-works-overtime-on-fitness-marshall-set-for-positional-switch-20190112-p50qyu.html

Kane Bradley, don't know anything about him, maybe a diamond in the rough

One of our development players. 6ft3 and 102kg edge backrower.

The big question will be how he handles defending out wide and how he handles it under the high ball

Hang on , if he is in the developmental squad he can not play NRL this season from memory

 

[WT2K]

Smh article stating that Maguire wants to play Benji in the centers with Reynolds at 6\. Thoughts??

https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/amp.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/reynolds-works-overtime-on-fitness-marshall-set-for-positional-switch-20190112-p50qyu.html

Kane Bradley, don't know anything about him, maybe a diamond in the rough

One of our development players. 6ft3 and 102kg edge backrower.

The big question will be how he handles defending out wide and how he handles it under the high ball

Hang on , if he is in the developmental squad he can not play NRL this season from memory

From memory, I think they changed the rule for development players. After June 30 they can play nrl. Before June 30 you'll need an exemption from the nrl.

 

[Geo]

Smh article stating that Maguire wants to play Benji in the centers with Reynolds at 6\. Thoughts??

https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/amp.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/reynolds-works-overtime-on-fitness-marshall-set-for-positional-switch-20190112-p50qyu.html

Kane Bradley, don't know anything about him, maybe a diamond in the rough

One of our development players. 6ft3 and 102kg edge backrower.

The big question will be how he handles defending out wide and how he handles it under the high ball

Hang on , if he is in the developmental squad he can not play NRL this season from memory

Keep up geez..

 

[InBenjiWeTrust]

My take, assuming Musgrove and M C-K are out

1\. Mbye
2\. Nofoaluma
3\. Marsters
4\. Momorovski
5\. Thompson
6\. Reynolds
7\. Brooks
8\. Packer
9\. Liddle
10\. Twal
11\. Lawrence
12\. Matterson
13\. Taylor

14\. Aloiai
15\. Mikaele
16\. Matulino
17\. Garner

 

[Red88_Tiger]

Only a smokey but McQueen has played centre for Maguire previously.

 

[Russell]

Only a smokey but McQueen has played centre for Maguire previously.

Let's hope it stays previously.

 

[The-moP]

Only a smokey but McQueen has played centre for Maguire previously.

Let's hope it stays previously.

Centre .. OMG no .. let's hope that idea stay long gone and buried previously .. !!

 

[bp_tiger]

come on every one this is a much weaker squad then last year, senior players are 1 year older, and really only one class purchase in matterson. dont think grub will get through the season so we will have to do with benji again, this is not a bad thing but he is getting on.

 

[Nucky_Thompson]

Smh article stating that Maguire wants to play Benji in the centers with Reynolds at 6\. Thoughts??

https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/amp.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/reynolds-works-overtime-on-fitness-marshall-set-for-positional-switch-20190112-p50qyu.html

Kane Bradley, don't know anything about him, maybe a diamond in the rough

Junior signing a lot of clubs were after him. http://www.mapsports.com.au/news/176-bradley-joins-tigers-until-2021.html

 

[Nucky_Thompson]

Only a smokey but McQueen has played centre for Maguire previously.

Let's hope it stays previously.

Centre .. OMG no .. let's hope that idea stay long gone and buried previously .. !!

Marshall basically defending in centres. I like it if they push masters in second row so momo gets a run

 

[851]

Smh article stating that Maguire wants to play Benji in the centers with Reynolds at 6\. Thoughts??

https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/amp.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/reynolds-works-overtime-on-fitness-marshall-set-for-positional-switch-20190112-p50qyu.html

Kane Bradley, don't know anything about him, maybe a diamond in the rough

Junior signing a lot of clubs were after him. http://www.mapsports.com.au/news/176-bradley-joins-tigers-until-2021.html

Thanks for that, maybe a gift from Ivan after all, good luck to the kid, he certainly has the build, hope he has the talent to go with it

 

[Chainlink]

Smh article stating that Maguire wants to play Benji in the centers with Reynolds at 6\. Thoughts??

https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/amp.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/reynolds-works-overtime-on-fitness-marshall-set-for-positional-switch-20190112-p50qyu.html

Interesting idea. Who’s Kane Bradley?

 

[Nucky_Thompson]

Smh article stating that Maguire wants to play Benji in the centers with Reynolds at 6\. Thoughts??

https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/amp.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/reynolds-works-overtime-on-fitness-marshall-set-for-positional-switch-20190112-p50qyu.html

Kane Bradley, don't know anything about him, maybe a diamond in the rough

Junior signing a lot of clubs were after him. http://www.mapsports.com.au/news/176-bradley-joins-tigers-until-2021.html

Thanks for that, maybe a gift from Ivan after all, good luck to the kid, he certainly has the build, hope he has the talent to go with it

I'm sure Kelly Egan had a lot to do with it.

 

[greatwhitehunter]

The Tigers have no chance of making the top 8 with Benjii in the 17.

He was the worst 5/8 in the comp last year - can't tackle, can't run.

Robbies $659k deduction means an already crap lineup will be a lot crapper.

The spoon beckons.

 

[The-moP]

Smh article stating that Maguire wants to play Benji in the centers with Reynolds at 6\. Thoughts??

https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/amp.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/reynolds-works-overtime-on-fitness-marshall-set-for-positional-switch-20190112-p50qyu.html

Interesting idea. Who’s Kane Bradley?

He's a young developement kid who is currently 195cms tall, tips the scales around 110kgs and is a beast at returning the ball and is tackling / belting the NRL players at training sessions whilst training with the NRL squad. A former Dragons and Bulldogs rep player, last was in the NSW under 18 SOO team. If we lose Musgrove don't be surprise if this kid is promoted into our top 30 players.

Interesting that he is training on the wing .. lol aka Corey Oates .. Bradley is a big boy .. !! Wish we could find another Taniela Tuiaki .. !!

 

[Geo]

If a kid is belting our NRL blokes doesn't say much for them..

 

[prattenparkchild]

Anything is possible, we still apparently have 3 slots to fill and there is the final feeding frenzy just before season start to make some changes. I think we have a competitive 17 but our depth will test us. Crucially Farah / Liddle transition, who is Brooks understudy, prop forward power and a strike back tower. It's not beyond us a bottom 8 position, but more realistically, 9 thru 12\. There are better squads but also some worse. It's the middle ones we are competitive with.