Wests Tigers Team v Parramatta..

[hugh1954]

Please plan for Sivo in defence, could not handle another hat trick

 

[InBenjiWeTrust]

Talau did well at centre, don't think moving him to the wing is the right move. Unfortunately that's means AJ stays at wing by default

My complaint about the situation is not the team selection, but the fact we don't have another genuine option for the wing who isn't a reserve grader or someone who's more a centre than a winger. Club should've planned ahead instead of desperately trying to sign Naden now.

If Cini can play NRL(?) he deserves a chance ASAP.

He's done well in reserves so far albeit at fullback

Cini was great at the FB in the last game :muscle:
Unfortunately, AJ has 'brick' hands and his kicks always end over the line! To me it is obvious that we have a better options at the moment, one is Cini and the other Gebbie.

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

watch Jake Simpkin leave to another club soon not even in the 21

100% he will leave for sure some club will snap him up

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

I don't think we have options for the wing to replace the kid. Aj is thr best of a limited bunch IMO. He did make some good metres. Good luck fella hope you have a good one.

still gutted we lost out on JAC for next year heh

Dodged a bullet?

Geez mansour or JAC would look nice on the other wing in place of kepoa
lol
we need naden or Oates bad

 

[Guest]

watch Jake Simpkin leave to another club soon not even in the 21

100% he will leave for sure some club will snap him up

Nonsense. Based on what? Do you have any idea what is said behind closed regarding Simpkin and how he is regarded by the club?

Harry Grant played one FG game when he was 20. He was 21 by the time he played his second and he was 22 before he had his first full season with us. Get some perspective...

 

[Geo]

watch Jake Simpkin leave to another club soon not even in the 21

100% he will leave for sure some club will snap him up

Nonsense. Based on what? Do you have any idea what is said behind closed regarding Simpkin and how he is regarded by the club?

Harry Grant played one FG game when he was 20. He was 21 by the time he played his second and he was 22 before he had his first full season with us. Get some perspective...

Simpkin's time will come...

 

[Guest]

watch Jake Simpkin leave to another club soon not even in the 21

100% he will leave for sure some club will snap him up

Nonsense. Based on what? Do you have any idea what is said behind closed regarding Simpkin and how he is regarded by the club?

Harry Grant played one FG game when he was 20. He was 21 by the time he played his second and he was 22 before he had his first full season with us. Get some perspective...

Simpkin's time will come...

Indeed it will. Some have no patience.

 

[ATown]

watch Jake Simpkin leave to another club soon not even in the 21

100% he will leave for sure some club will snap him up

Nonsense. Based on what? Do you have any idea what is said behind closed regarding Simpkin and how he is regarded by the club?

Harry Grant played one FG game when he was 20. He was 21 by the time he played his second and he was 22 before he had his first full season with us. Get some perspective...

watch Jake Simpkin leave to another club soon not even in the 21

100% he will leave for sure some club will snap him up

Nonsense. Based on what? Do you have any idea what is said behind closed regarding Simpkin and how he is regarded by the club?

Harry Grant played one FG game when he was 20. He was 21 by the time he played his second and he was 22 before he had his first full season with us. Get some perspective...

Grant was stuck behind arguably the greatest player to ever play the game.

Simpkin has Mbye in front of him.

Yes I’m sure his time will come but hopefully it’s sooner than later.

 

[InBenjiWeTrust]

watch Jake Simpkin leave to another club soon not even in the 21

Chill. It's only round 4. He's played 3 games of professional rugby league having not played a game for 18 months.

He's a mile better than Mbye and probably better than Liddle at this stage. He should be in the 17 and it's pretty silly that he isn't.

If he could play Fullback,Wing,Centre 5/8 and half back he can take Mbye's spot in the meantime he'll have to bide his time in NSW CUP and keep gaining experience as a lot of young players have to do.

Liddle can’t play 80 so we need someone to cover him. Mbye is hopeless at hooker. I don’t believe he should have to bide his time if he is good enough (which he is).

He may not do much as a hooker but he does what is needed and if a back goes down who gonna call.

We may not need a back but we will definitely need a hooker.

And our 1st choice hooker scored 2 tries in 3 games, not bad! His service was nearly faultless, and with our experienced, and sadly the worst forwards in the NRL: Tamou, JO, Packer and L Leilua - we cannot expect more!

 

[JC99]

watch Jake Simpkin leave to another club soon not even in the 21

100% he will leave for sure some club will snap him up

Nonsense. Based on what? Do you have any idea what is said behind closed regarding Simpkin and how he is regarded by the club?

Harry Grant played one FG game when he was 20. He was 21 by the time he played his second and he was 22 before he had his first full season with us. Get some perspective...

watch Jake Simpkin leave to another club soon not even in the 21

100% he will leave for sure some club will snap him up

Nonsense. Based on what? Do you have any idea what is said behind closed regarding Simpkin and how he is regarded by the club?

Harry Grant played one FG game when he was 20. He was 21 by the time he played his second and he was 22 before he had his first full season with us. Get some perspective...

Grant was stuck behind arguably the greatest player to ever play the game.

Simpkin has Mbye in front of him.

Yes I’m sure his time will come but hopefully it’s sooner than later.

Fact is he's played less than a full season against men. I know it's tempting to throw him in but there's also no rush, Madge obviously has things he wants Jake to continue to develop. Definitely think he will play sometime this year, the club rates him.

 

[Deleted member 3518]

watch Jake Simpkin leave to another club soon not even in the 21

100% he will leave for sure some club will snap him up

Nonsense. Based on what? Do you have any idea what is said behind closed regarding Simpkin and how he is regarded by the club?

Harry Grant played one FG game when he was 20. He was 21 by the time he played his second and he was 22 before he had his first full season with us. Get some perspective...

watch Jake Simpkin leave to another club soon not even in the 21

100% he will leave for sure some club will snap him up

Nonsense. Based on what? Do you have any idea what is said behind closed regarding Simpkin and how he is regarded by the club?

Harry Grant played one FG game when he was 20. He was 21 by the time he played his second and he was 22 before he had his first full season with us. Get some perspective...

Grant was stuck behind arguably the greatest player to ever play the game.

Simpkin has Mbye in front of him.

Yes I’m sure his time will come but hopefully it’s sooner than later.

Mate , he will benefit from a whole year in reserve grade . There’s plenty of tricks he pulls that won’t work in first grade , and I’m sure there’s even more that haven’t worked in nsw cup . At 19 he will benefit greatly from this year just kicking butt in reserve grade . 5 plus years ago he would be on TV destroying Toyota cup , and this wouldn’t even be a conversation . That’s how young the guy is. It’s clear he’s our future . And I’m really confident thats been relayed to him from the club.

The reason Grant is so good is because he spent the time in reserve grade. How can you not see that ?

 

[Tigerwould]

An hour before kick off hopefully Packer is named on the bench ... Only to do one job or maybe two if we are lucky.

 

[Tiger5150]

watch Jake Simpkin leave to another club soon not even in the 21

100% he will leave for sure some club will snap him up

Nonsense. Based on what? Do you have any idea what is said behind closed regarding Simpkin and how he is regarded by the club?

Harry Grant played one FG game when he was 20. He was 21 by the time he played his second and he was 22 before he had his first full season with us. Get some perspective...

watch Jake Simpkin leave to another club soon not even in the 21

100% he will leave for sure some club will snap him up

Nonsense. Based on what? Do you have any idea what is said behind closed regarding Simpkin and how he is regarded by the club?

Harry Grant played one FG game when he was 20. He was 21 by the time he played his second and he was 22 before he had his first full season with us. Get some perspective...

Grant was stuck behind arguably the greatest player to ever play the game.

Simpkin has Mbye in front of him.

Yes I’m sure his time will come but hopefully it’s sooner than later.

I remember another young hooker coming through the grades with promise as an understudy to a SOO hooker.......got thrown in early, didnt do him any harm did it? Other than shoulder and knee reconstructions, but other than that,....all good. What could go wrong?

 

[iofthetigers]

watch Jake Simpkin leave to another club soon not even in the 21

What other club would he be starting in? His time will come

 

[Tiger5150]

watch Jake Simpkin leave to another club soon not even in the 21

Chill. It's only round 4. He's played 3 games of professional rugby league having not played a game for 18 months.

He's a mile better than Mbye and probably better than Liddle at this stage. He should be in the 17 and it's pretty silly that he isn't.

If he could play Fullback,Wing,Centre 5/8 and half back he can take Mbye's spot in the meantime he'll have to bide his time in NSW CUP and keep gaining experience as a lot of young players have to do.

Liddle can’t play 80 so we need someone to cover him. Mbye is hopeless at hooker. I don’t believe he should have to bide his time if he is good enough (which he is).

He may not do much as a hooker but he does what is needed and if a back goes down who gonna call.

We may not need a back but we will definitely need a hooker.

And our 1st choice hooker scored 2 tries in 3 games, not bad! His service was nearly faultless, and with our experienced, and sadly the worst forwards in the NRL: Tamou, JO, Packer and L Leilua - we cannot expect more!

There is a lot in this post Im struggling to parse. First of all, Liddles service was faultless? It was rubbish, passes too high, behind players. Im not sure what has happened to him but his passing is poor.

Tamou, JO and LL worst forwards in the NRL?

 

[Newtown]

watch Jake Simpkin leave to another club soon not even in the 21

Chill. It's only round 4. He's played 3 games of professional rugby league having not played a game for 18 months.

He's a mile better than Mbye and probably better than Liddle at this stage. He should be in the 17 and it's pretty silly that he isn't.

I reckon you are right and it's the right move for the team but I can understand giving him time playing reserve grade. He is only 19.

Surely he gets a chance at some point this season and if he continues to play to the level he seems capable it'll be hard to drop him.

Liddle is also off contract this season whereas I think we have Simpkins for another 2 years.

Tim Brasher made his debut for Balmain 1st grade when he was only 17 years old. Rankin made his debut many years at an even earlier age.

 

[Tiger5150]

watch Jake Simpkin leave to another club soon not even in the 21

Chill. It's only round 4. He's played 3 games of professional rugby league having not played a game for 18 months.

He's a mile better than Mbye and probably better than Liddle at this stage. He should be in the 17 and it's pretty silly that he isn't.

I reckon you are right and it's the right move for the team but I can understand giving him time playing reserve grade. He is only 19.

Surely he gets a chance at some point this season and if he continues to play to the level he seems capable it'll be hard to drop him.

Liddle is also off contract this season whereas I think we have Simpkins for another 2 years.

Tim Brasher made his debut for Balmain 1st grade when he was only 17 years old. Rankin made his debut many years at an even earlier age.

If you cant see the difference in workload between wing/centre and hooker, Im not sure what else I can tell you.

BTW, how did that turn our for Jordan Rankin?

 

[bathursttiger1]

watch Jake Simpkin leave to another club soon not even in the 21

100% he will leave for sure some club will snap him up

Nonsense. Based on what? Do you have any idea what is said behind closed regarding Simpkin and how he is regarded by the club?

Harry Grant played one FG game when he was 20. He was 21 by the time he played his second and he was 22 before he had his first full season with us. Get some perspective...

watch Jake Simpkin leave to another club soon not even in the 21

100% he will leave for sure some club will snap him up

Nonsense. Based on what? Do you have any idea what is said behind closed regarding Simpkin and how he is regarded by the club?

Harry Grant played one FG game when he was 20. He was 21 by the time he played his second and he was 22 before he had his first full season with us. Get some perspective...

Grant was stuck behind arguably the greatest player to ever play the game.

Simpkin has Mbye in front of him.

Yes I’m sure his time will come but hopefully it’s sooner than later.

Mate , he will benefit from a whole year in reserve grade . There’s plenty of tricks he pulls that won’t work in first grade , and I’m sure there’s even more that haven’t worked in nsw cup . At 19 he will benefit greatly from this year just kicking butt in reserve grade . 5 plus years ago he would be on TV destroying Toyota cup , and this wouldn’t even be a conversation . That’s how young the guy is. It’s clear he’s our future . And I’m really confident thats been relayed to him from the club.

The reason Grant is so good is because he spent the time in reserve grade. How can you not see that ?

I watched Simpkin in the CC game and his service was spot on, he only player about 60 minutes.
I think that we need to sign him up longer then 2023, so the new Brisbane team don't swoop on him.

 

[Alex Seyfarth's #1 Fan]

I reckon Luke Garner still has the potential to be a gun player.