Your Top 25 for 2017

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Tigerdon

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In the past couple of seasons we have had all sorts of troubles debuting a player who was not in our original Top 25.
I'm pretty sure we had to plead with the NRL last year to debut Liddle. And when injuries strike people are often asking "why can't playerX play?" and the answer is often "because he wasn't in our Top25". Tiger Touch highlighted this point a couple of times. So it must have caused problems for the club.

With that in mind. I think you need to include a mix of youth and experience with those that are out of the 17 but in the Top25.

Here's my Top 25\. I've tried cover all positions ( eg Prop, Backrow, Halves, Outside backs) in my 18-25.

1\. Tedesco
2\. Nofoaluma
3\. Simona
4\. Idris
5\. Naqaima
6\. Moses
7\. Brooks
8\. Woods (C)
9\. Ballin
10\. Ava
11\. Taylor
12\. Lawerence
13\. Sue

14\. Grant
15\. Ailoai
16\. Felise
17\. Liddle

18\. Chee-Kam
19\. Joel Edwards
20\. Watson Heleta
21\. Matt McIlwrick
22\. Moses Suli
23\. Esan Marsters
24\. Taniela Paseka
25\. Jack Littlejohn

geez that's hard. had to leave out Rod Griffin, Wesley Lolo, B Siro, Lovett, Jordan Rankin, Justin Hunt.
would have liked to include Rankin but i'd prefer Heleta & Suli in the outside backs. Also would have liked Griffen, but once again went for youth in Paseka.
 
@formerguest said:
I thought that dollars decided the positions, regardless of preference.
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yes, that's my understanding as well. which makes it harder for the club as well in choosing the Top25 paid players.
 
@Tigerdon said:
In the past couple of seasons we have had all sorts of troubles debuting a player who was not in our original Top 25.
I'm pretty sure we had to plead with the NRL last year to debut Liddle. And when injuries strike people are often asking "why can't playerX play?" and the answer is often "because he wasn't in our Top25". Tiger Touch highlighted this point a couple of times. So it must have caused problems for the club.

With that in mind. I think you need to include a mix of youth and experience with those that are out of the 17 but in the Top25.

Here's my Top 25\. I've tried cover all positions ( eg Prop, Backrow, Halves, Outside backs) in my 18-25.

1\. Tedesco
2\. Nofoaluma
3\. Simona
4\. Idris
5\. Naqaima
6\. Moses
7\. Brooks
8\. Woods (C)
9\. Ballin
10\. Ava
11\. Taylor
12\. Lawerence
13\. Sue

14\. Grant
15\. Ailoai
16\. Felise
17\. Liddle

18\. Chee-Kam
19\. Joel Edwards
20\. Watson Heleta
21\. Matt McIlwrick
22\. Moses Suli
23\. Esan Marsters
24\. Taniela Paseka
25\. Jack Littlejohn

geez that's hard. had to leave out Rod Griffin, Wesley Lolo, B Siro, Lovett, Jordan Rankin, Justin Hunt.
would have liked to include Rankin but i'd prefer Heleta & Suli in the outside backs. Also would have liked Griffen, but once again went for youth in Paseka.
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Nice work, I agree with your 25 but I wouldn't mind Justin Hunt in the top 25\. It is hard to fit all the youth within our club.

I love how much talent we have at the club :sign:
 
I think the problem occurs when a player shifts into the top 25 based on match payments or upgrades, putting us over the cap. The top 25 is what the cap is based on.

You can get exceptions based on injury or unavailability (origin). Which is what liddle was last year.

So you can use players from state cup or NYC, as long as it doesn't have a flow on effect to the top 25

I could be wrong though.
 
I believe hammertime is correct

Either way it's a rubbish system - the squad size is too small & the cap regulations are counter-intuitive.

From the OP list, Rankin and Lovett* are almost certainly in that top bracket, hard to say with some of the other guys.

* question marks over Lovett's future, obviously.
 
Here is the Top 25 listed in the NRL Official Guide to the 2017 season..

Wests Tigers 2017 Top 25 Man Squad – Josh Aloiai, Matt Ballin, Luke Brooks, Michael Chee Kam, Joel Edwards, Jacob Junior Felise, Tim Grant, Watson Heleta, Justin Hunt, Jamal Idris, Chris Lawrence, Jacob Liddle, Jack Littlejohn, Kyle Lovett, Mitchell Moses, Kevin Naiqama, David Nofoaluma, Jordan Rankin, Ava Seumanufagai, Tim Simona, Bayley Sironen, Sauaso Sue, Elijah Taylor, James Tedesco, Aaron Woods ©

As list in 2017 NRL Official Handbook
 
^^^ Well if that's our squad for this year, given concerns around fitness, injury recovery, inexperience etc, I'd go with the following for round 1:

1\. James Tedesco
2\. David Nofoaluma
3\. Michael Chee Kam
4\. Tim Simona
5\. Kevin Naiqama
6\. Mitchell Moses
7\. Luke Brooks
8\. Aaron Woods ©
9\. Jack Littlejohn
10\. Ava Seumanufagai
11\. Chris Lawrence
12\. Sauaso Sue
13\. Elijah Taylor
14\. Josh Aloiai
15\. Tim Grant
16\. Jacob Liddle
17\. JJ Felise
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18\. Jamal Idris
19\. Matt Ballin
20\. Joel Edwards
21\. Watson Heleta
22\. Justin Hunt
23\. Kyle Lovett/Moses Suli
24\. Jordan Rankin
25\. Bayley Sironen
 
@greatodensraven said:
^^^ Well if that's our squad for this year, given concerns around fitness, injury recovery, inexperience etc, I'd go with the following for round 1:

1\. James Tedesco
2\. David Nofoaluma
3\. Michael Chee Kam
4\. Tim Simona
5\. Kevin Naiqama
6\. Mitchell Moses
7\. Luke Brooks
8\. Aaron Woods ©
9\. Jack Littlejohn
10\. Ava Seumanufagai
11\. Chris Lawrence
12\. Sauaso Sue
13\. Elijah Taylor
14\. Josh Aloiai
15\. Tim Grant
16\. Jacob Liddle
17\. JJ Felise
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18\. Jamal Idris
19\. Matt Ballin
20\. Joel Edwards
21\. Watson Heleta
22\. Justin Hunt
23\. Kyle Lovett/Moses Suli
24\. Jordan Rankin
25\. Bayley Sironen
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If Liddle is fit I would start him at hooker, swap JLJ for Heleta, play Heleta in the starting 13 in place of MCK and put MCK on the bench
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1\. James Tedesco
2\. David Nofoaluma
3\. Kevin Naiqama
4\. Watson Heleta
5\. Tim Simona
6\. Mitchell Moses
7\. Luke Brooks
8\. Aaron Woods ©
9\. Jacob Liddle
10\. Ava Seumanufagai
11\. Chris Lawrence
12\. Sauaso Sue
13\. Elijah Taylor

14\. Josh Aloiai
15\. Tim Grant
16\. Micael Chee-Kam
17\. JJ Felise
 
@Geo. said:
Here is the Top 25 listed in the NRL Official Guide to the 2017 season..

Wests Tigers 2017 Top 25 Man Squad – Josh Aloiai, Matt Ballin, Luke Brooks, Michael Chee Kam, Joel Edwards, Jacob Junior Felise, Tim Grant, Watson Heleta, Justin Hunt, Jamal Idris, Chris Lawrence, Jacob Liddle, Jack Littlejohn, Kyle Lovett, Mitchell Moses, Kevin Naiqama, David Nofoaluma, Jordan Rankin, Ava Seumanufagai, Tim Simona, Bayley Sironen, Sauaso Sue, Elijah Taylor, James Tedesco, Aaron Woods ©

As list in 2017 NRL Official Handbook
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So with all that cash we are paying Suli and he's not in the Top25?
 
@Tigerdon said:
@Geo. said:
Here is the Top 25 listed in the NRL Official Guide to the 2017 season..

Wests Tigers 2017 Top 25 Man Squad – Josh Aloiai, Matt Ballin, Luke Brooks, Michael Chee Kam, Joel Edwards, Jacob Junior Felise, Tim Grant, Watson Heleta, Justin Hunt, Jamal Idris, Chris Lawrence, Jacob Liddle, Jack Littlejohn, Kyle Lovett, Mitchell Moses, Kevin Naiqama, David Nofoaluma, Jordan Rankin, Ava Seumanufagai, Tim Simona, Bayley Sironen, Sauaso Sue, Elijah Taylor, James Tedesco, Aaron Woods ©

As list in 2017 NRL Official Handbook

So with all that cash we are paying Suli and he's not in the Top25?
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New deal is from next season perhaps?
 
@innsaneink said:
@Tigerdon said:
@Geo. said:
Here is the Top 25 listed in the NRL Official Guide to the 2017 season..

Wests Tigers 2017 Top 25 Man Squad – Josh Aloiai, Matt Ballin, Luke Brooks, Michael Chee Kam, Joel Edwards, Jacob Junior Felise, Tim Grant, Watson Heleta, Justin Hunt, Jamal Idris, Chris Lawrence, Jacob Liddle, Jack Littlejohn, Kyle Lovett, Mitchell Moses, Kevin Naiqama, David Nofoaluma, Jordan Rankin, Ava Seumanufagai, Tim Simona, Bayley Sironen, Sauaso Sue, Elijah Taylor, James Tedesco, Aaron Woods ©

As list in 2017 NRL Official Handbook

So with all that cash we are paying Suli and he's not in the Top25?

New deal is from next season perhaps?
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Someone confirmed that it includes this season, can't remember where.
I suspect the guide was printed before the deal was confirmed, though no idea if it's supposed to be gospel on this stuff anyway.
 
Wests Tigers are pleased to announce that the Club has re-signed exciting young centre Moses Suli for a further three seasons.

The new deal will see Suli remain with Wests Tigers until at least the end of the 2020 season.

http://www.weststigers.com.au/news/2017/01/29/moses_suli_commits_t.html
 
@Geo. said:
@GNR4LIFE said:
His deal included an upgrade for this season.

I don't see that mentioned in the official statement..
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Here we go, it's mentioned in the latest CEO Update email.

One of those young men heading to Auckland with us is Moses Suli. We were thrilled to announce on Sunday that **Moses will be staying with Wests Tigers until at least the end of 2020 in a new 4-year deal**. He’s an exciting young player who has committed himself to this Club and we look forward to seeing him develop in the years to come. Moses was heavily pursued by rival clubs so it was pleasing to have him chose to remain here and add to the exciting future that lies ahead.
 
@ricksen said:
@Geo. said:
@GNR4LIFE said:
His deal included an upgrade for this season.

I don't see that mentioned in the official statement..

Here we go, it's mentioned in the latest CEO Update email.

One of those young men heading to Auckland with us is Moses Suli. We were thrilled to announce on Sunday that **Moses will be staying with Wests Tigers until at least the end of 2020 in a new 4-year deal**. He’s an exciting young player who has committed himself to this Club and we look forward to seeing him develop in the years to come. Moses was heavily pursued by rival clubs so it was pleasing to have him chose to remain here and add to the exciting future that lies ahead.
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How is that deal structured..?
 
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