This is coming from a deadset Wests Tigers supporter, I live and breathe this club. My spare time is spent on this forum and I couldn't fathom supporting another club. But who do we support? Do we support the Wests Tigers?
Years pass, our roster changes, our coach changes, our board changes, our CEO changes, our chairman changes, our colours change, our jerseys change, everything has changed.
The one thing that remains is the Wests Tigers emblem. The emblem that not a single player who wore our jersey today respects, the very emblem that was held in high regard by our club legends. Benji Marshall, Robbie Farah, Liam Fulton to name a few. No matter how poorly they played, they would play their heart out and lift the team morale and spirit. Yes, their last few seasons were poor but they tried.
Watching the team today, and in fact every other day, it is so clear that there is no spirit. No one wants to play. Our forwards are humiliating and are the joke of the NRL. Mitchell Moses, who is supposedly our star play maker, commanding big dollars and holding the club to ransom has assisted one try this entire season and that was off the back of a fluke drop ball.
Last weeks performance of Moses was disgusting, his selfishness arguably cost us the game. He was playing for himself in an attempt of increasing his market value. Well it didn't pay off and he scored one try of numerous attempts.
James Tedesco is the only player who I can say tries out there. He puts his body on the line and unfortunately every play goes to him making his plays repetitive. He and Nofoaluama accumulated more together meters than our forward pack combined today. Does that not say something?
Aaron Woods who should be our inspirational captain has shown nothing but a lazy attitude, for all I care he could walk out that door mid season. He is not a captain and he won't ever be one. A real captain leads both on and off the field. I haven't seen him speak to the players in an attempt to fire them up, not once this season. He is an embarrassment to the club off the field and in the media. Everyone wants Tedesco and Moses to make comments regarding their future, saying that they want to stay. How can they do this when their captain can't even lead by example.
We as supporters and members, pay our hard earned dollars to watch the team play, to watch the team put some god damn effort in. For weeks now, they haven't been trying and haven't cared.
So many people are relying on Ivan Cleary to be appointed as coach but what happens if that doesn't eventuate? Are we left with another rookie coach? Is it Todd Payten? Do the "Big 4" continue to run the asylum?
Our training facilities are not up to NRL standards, our players aren't up to NRL standards, we don't have a coach, our Chairwomen doesn't have a clue, we haven't made the finals in years and this will continue this year.
What can be done? Unfortunately not much.
Years pass, our roster changes, our coach changes, our board changes, our CEO changes, our chairman changes, our colours change, our jerseys change, everything has changed.
The one thing that remains is the Wests Tigers emblem. The emblem that not a single player who wore our jersey today respects, the very emblem that was held in high regard by our club legends. Benji Marshall, Robbie Farah, Liam Fulton to name a few. No matter how poorly they played, they would play their heart out and lift the team morale and spirit. Yes, their last few seasons were poor but they tried.
Watching the team today, and in fact every other day, it is so clear that there is no spirit. No one wants to play. Our forwards are humiliating and are the joke of the NRL. Mitchell Moses, who is supposedly our star play maker, commanding big dollars and holding the club to ransom has assisted one try this entire season and that was off the back of a fluke drop ball.
Last weeks performance of Moses was disgusting, his selfishness arguably cost us the game. He was playing for himself in an attempt of increasing his market value. Well it didn't pay off and he scored one try of numerous attempts.
James Tedesco is the only player who I can say tries out there. He puts his body on the line and unfortunately every play goes to him making his plays repetitive. He and Nofoaluama accumulated more together meters than our forward pack combined today. Does that not say something?
Aaron Woods who should be our inspirational captain has shown nothing but a lazy attitude, for all I care he could walk out that door mid season. He is not a captain and he won't ever be one. A real captain leads both on and off the field. I haven't seen him speak to the players in an attempt to fire them up, not once this season. He is an embarrassment to the club off the field and in the media. Everyone wants Tedesco and Moses to make comments regarding their future, saying that they want to stay. How can they do this when their captain can't even lead by example.
We as supporters and members, pay our hard earned dollars to watch the team play, to watch the team put some god damn effort in. For weeks now, they haven't been trying and haven't cared.
So many people are relying on Ivan Cleary to be appointed as coach but what happens if that doesn't eventuate? Are we left with another rookie coach? Is it Todd Payten? Do the "Big 4" continue to run the asylum?
Our training facilities are not up to NRL standards, our players aren't up to NRL standards, we don't have a coach, our Chairwomen doesn't have a clue, we haven't made the finals in years and this will continue this year.
What can be done? Unfortunately not much.
