Willie Mason [Discussion]

underdog · Mar 19, 2012

@Centaur said:
Can't see him playing without a week of training with the squad. We don't even know how fit he really is at the moment.

we don't, but the Tigers would.

underdog · Mar 19, 2012

@awalker10 said:
Please Tigers,

Do not sign Willie Mason!
We might be short of forwards at the moment but this guy is a proven nightmare. He has been trouble for all teams he has been involved in in the last few years.

wow, you joined just to say that.

Mason has been weak minded under weak minded coaches and clubs.

Sheens will straight and narrow the guy, or kick him out.

Look at the changes we saw in Utai when he came to us.

simonthetiger · Mar 19, 2012

I don't care…..we need some grunt and ASAP!

30 mins....he can do it.

851 · Mar 19, 2012

Whether you like him or not,we need him,and I for one would be happy with that,we need him now and later when everyone is fit competition for spots in the team should promote good footy.

Joel Helmes · Mar 19, 2012

Yeah start him on the bench, 15 minutes a half to rip and tear!

851 · Mar 19, 2012

@Ghost of skando said:
Bird, Carney and Lui have all had dramas too, but they're all signed at the moment because they can all still play. Mason gets chopped in England, chopped in French rugby, chopped by cowboys, chopped by roosters….. maybe this guy isn't the saviour you idiots are touting him to be? You guys would all know more about footy then me though.... and more then Steve Roach too.

Mason got chopped from the Roosters for taking a leak on a tree,(scape goat so Carney could stay),the Cowboys wanted to keep him but couldn't match the dollars from French rugby,his rugby side played him in the centres where he had no idea.
So don't let the facts interupt your hatred,anyhow you won't last around here carrying on like that.

happy_tiger · Mar 20, 2012

@simonthetiger said:
@hybrid_tiger said:

@happy tiger said:

1/ Do anything that will embarrass our great club and its sponsors

Happy, Mason's biggest crime in the last few seasons is that he was caught pissing against a wall after a night out.

Certainly nothing like, say, Lui, Gibbs or Payten levels of shame brought on the club now, is it?

Agreed Hybrid.

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I did not stick a time frame on his past actions Hybrid or Simon did I All I have asked is he doesn't embarrass the club Don't read too much into it
He is not a Saint and he would be the first to admit that

joe_s_magpies · Mar 20, 2012

At first I was against the idea of Mason coming to the tigers. Since we have now got injuries and a lack of grunt up front I am prepared to give him a chance.

He may suprise us.
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hybrid_tiger · Mar 20, 2012

@smeghead said:
We have one of the most complicated systems in the game.

By the time he is cleared to play (if he signs) it would leave him zero time to learn anything we do.

Save him for Souffs

He has to get all of his aggression and hard running coached out of him before he plays, that will take a few weeks.

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Wacko_Jacko · Mar 20, 2012

let Big Willie off the leash

Merlot_Tiger · Mar 20, 2012

Mason would be good in that he'll be keen to impress as he wants another contract beyond 2012\. Regardless whether it's with the Tigers or not he will want to be noticed thus I think he'll put in. Use him off the bench for two 10 minute stints each half ???

Yossarian · Mar 20, 2012

He may be a clown but based on his size alone he is exactly what we need right now… I wonder if this thread counts towards the club's appraisal of fan reaction... Me thinks we need a poll :wink:

cktiger · Mar 20, 2012

@happy tiger said:
Well Willie it looks inevitable that you are coming to our club whether we like it or not

So can you please , please ,please not do the following things

1/ Do anything that will embarrass our great club and its sponsors

2/ Don't slag off our players and coach in the press when things don't go the way you plan Remember there is no I in team

3/ Stay the hell away from your twitter account or show some control when you are on it

Look Willie I 'll never be your biggest fan , but if you show up train hard and play hard and do the right thing by the club You will earn a lot of our respect Possibly even mine

Happy , you forgot to add
4/ Don't let Sheens turn your career around so you can get into the Blues squad and give us canetoads some curry :laughing:

izotope · Mar 20, 2012

Now we can all have a big Willie!!!
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cuzx2 · Mar 20, 2012

@underdog said:
@awalker10 said:

Please Tigers,

Do not sign Willie Mason!
We might be short of forwards at the moment but this guy is a proven nightmare. He has been trouble for all teams he has been involved in in the last few years.

wow, you joined just to say that.

Mason has been weak minded under weak minded coaches and clubs.

Sheens will straight and narrow the guy, or kick him out.

Look at the changes we saw in Utai when he came to us.

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Utai wasnt an infectious party boy who has a record of being a motivator of players around him in the wrong direction.
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system · Mar 20, 2012

Mason was sacked from the Roosters for the same reason Anthony Watts and Nate Myles were.

Scapegoats for Carney.

He was actually great for the Cows when he was there and if there is any club he could have fallen into the party culture it is the Cows

happy_tiger · Mar 20, 2012

@cktiger said:
@happy tiger said:

Well Willie it looks inevitable that you are coming to our club whether we like it or not

So can you please , please ,please not do the following things

1/ Do anything that will embarrass our great club and its sponsors

2/ Don't slag off our players and coach in the press when things don't go the way you plan Remember there is no I in team

3/ Stay the hell away from your twitter account or show some control when you are on it

Look Willie I 'll never be your biggest fan , but if you show up train hard and play hard and do the right thing by the club You will earn a lot of our respect Possibly even mine

Happy , you forgot to add
4/ Don't let Sheens turn your career around so you can get into the Blues squad and give us canetoads some curry :laughing:

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CK I can see Petero ,Matt Scott and Hannant just shaking in their boots as we speak

jas83 · Mar 20, 2012

What's everyones view on Steve Roach's comment that Willie is only a second rower?

I respect his view but at Willie's age and size I thought he might be better suited to front row. He wouldn't be as fast as he once was and obviously we have better options in the back row and lack options in front row. He is definitely big enough for front row. Im sure if his switched on he could make big meters and get some second phrase play going through some offloads.

system · Mar 20, 2012

If I am not mistaken Mason played at prop for NSW and Australia.

GNR4LIFE · Mar 20, 2012

@jas83 said:
What's everyones view on Steve Roach's comment that Willie is only a second rower?

I respect his view but at Willie's age and size I thought he might be better suited to front row. He wouldn't be as fast as he once was and obviously we have better options in the back row and lack options in front row. He is definitely big enough for front row. Im sure if his switched on he could make big meters and get some second phrase play going through some offloads.

I wouldn't take much notice of what Blocker says. You've only gotta listen to him commentate to hear his knowledge. Its a no-brainer that he's a prop. He's played there for about the last 5 yrs of his career

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