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      bbobb last edited by

      Lots of peeps disappointed with our ladder position and after 9 years - rightly so. I think Justin Pascoe wants to the Tigers to be a destination of choice but we are more like the last chance hotel. Other clubs trash become our treasure. It’s ok to have the odd player who was wanted for whatever reason. New club - new start, but we have nearly built an entire roster on it.

      JRey - hadn’t played in the preceding 12 months at the Dogs before we signed him And was coming off contract . We basically doubled their offer. Yes he was still wanted at Dogs but not for the price or tenure of contract.

      MBye - Was being shopped around by the Dogs. Huge back ended contract that we are paying for and was failing to spark the Dogs attack. It’s hard to believe that their attack was worse then than it is now.

      BJ - Unwanted by the Raiders. Was being forced out with the purchase of Curtis Scott. I think we probably paid overs for him and gave him 4 years.

      Eiso- Not wanted by Penrith.

      Clark - see above

      Twal - Not 100% sure but I think they released him to us as he was excess

      Mataulino - was already struggling with significant knee issues when he arrived from Warriors

      Doueihi - Could have probably stayed with Rabbits but was unlikely to be in starting 17 unless through injury.

      Jennings - unwanted at Souths

      Taylor - Unwanted at Penrith. Playing reserve grade

      McQueen - not sure If we signed him prior to or after his neck injury but was not going to be wanted.

      Robbie and Benji - their story is a bit different but without the Tigers offering them a place probably would have both retired in 2018.

      There are probably others in the squad as well

      Melbourne on the other hand have a core group of stars and buy the odd discard with the right attitude and that improves those players. E.g. Brenko Lee, Justin Olam, Tom Eisenhuth etc. We have tended to buy discards as marquee signings and that doesn’t really work.

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        cochise @bbobb last edited by

        @bbobb said in Wests Tigers - Trash or Treasure:

        Lots of peeps disappointed with our ladder position and after 9 years - rightly so. I think Justin Pascoe wants to the Tigers to be a destination of choice but we are more like the last chance hotel. Other clubs trash become our treasure. It’s ok to have the odd player who was wanted for whatever reason. New club - new start, but we have nearly built an entire roster on it.

        JRey - hadn’t played in the preceding 12 months at the Dogs before we signed him And was coming off contract . We basically doubled their offer. Yes he was still wanted at Dogs but not for the price or tenure of contract.

        MBye - Was being shopped around by the Dogs. Huge back ended contract that we are paying for and was failing to spark the Dogs attack. It’s hard to believe that their attack was worse then than it is now.

        BJ - Unwanted by the Raiders. Was being forced out with the purchase of Curtis Scott. I think we probably paid overs for him and gave him 4 years.

        Eiso- Not wanted by Penrith.

        Clark - see above

        Twal - Not 100% sure but I think they released him to us as he was excess

        Mataulino - was already struggling with significant knee issues when he arrived from Warriors

        Doueihi - Could have probably stayed with Rabbits but was unlikely to be in starting 17 unless through injury.

        Jennings - unwanted at Souths

        Taylor - Unwanted at Penrith. Playing reserve grade

        McQueen - not sure If we signed him prior to or after his neck injury but was not going to be wanted.

        Robbie and Benji - their story is a bit different but without the Tigers offering them a place probably would have both retired in 2018.

        There are probably others in the squad as well

        Melbourne on the other hand have a core group of stars and buy the odd discard with the right attitude and that improves those players. E.g. Brenko Lee, Justin Olam, Tom Eisenhuth etc. We have tended to buy discards as marquee signings and that doesn’t really work.

        Our recruitment is too reactionary.

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          tigeress @cochise last edited by

          @cochise said in Wests Tigers - Trash or Treasure:

          @bbobb said in Wests Tigers - Trash or Treasure:

          Lots of peeps disappointed with our ladder position and after 9 years - rightly so. I think Justin Pascoe wants to the Tigers to be a destination of choice but we are more like the last chance hotel. Other clubs trash become our treasure. It’s ok to have the odd player who was wanted for whatever reason. New club - new start, but we have nearly built an entire roster on it.

          JRey - hadn’t played in the preceding 12 months at the Dogs before we signed him And was coming off contract . We basically doubled their offer. Yes he was still wanted at Dogs but not for the price or tenure of contract.

          MBye - Was being shopped around by the Dogs. Huge back ended contract that we are paying for and was failing to spark the Dogs attack. It’s hard to believe that their attack was worse then than it is now.

          BJ - Unwanted by the Raiders. Was being forced out with the purchase of Curtis Scott. I think we probably paid overs for him and gave him 4 years.

          Eiso- Not wanted by Penrith.

          Clark - see above

          Twal - Not 100% sure but I think they released him to us as he was excess

          Mataulino - was already struggling with significant knee issues when he arrived from Warriors

          Doueihi - Could have probably stayed with Rabbits but was unlikely to be in starting 17 unless through injury.

          Jennings - unwanted at Souths

          Taylor - Unwanted at Penrith. Playing reserve grade

          McQueen - not sure If we signed him prior to or after his neck injury but was not going to be wanted.

          Robbie and Benji - their story is a bit different but without the Tigers offering them a place probably would have both retired in 2018.

          There are probably others in the squad as well

          Melbourne on the other hand have a core group of stars and buy the odd discard with the right attitude and that improves those players. E.g. Brenko Lee, Justin Olam, Tom Eisenhuth etc. We have tended to buy discards as marquee signings and that doesn’t really work.

          Our recruitment is too reactionary.

          Desperation I’d call it 😠

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            Milky last edited by

            Looking at Knights recruitment vs ours if funny.

            How they ended up with players like Klemmer, Pearce, Ponga etc. is beyond me.

            They would have ended up dudds here anyway

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              cochise @tigeress last edited by

              @tigeress said in Wests Tigers - Trash or Treasure:

              @cochise said in Wests Tigers - Trash or Treasure:

              @bbobb said in Wests Tigers - Trash or Treasure:

              Lots of peeps disappointed with our ladder position and after 9 years - rightly so. I think Justin Pascoe wants to the Tigers to be a destination of choice but we are more like the last chance hotel. Other clubs trash become our treasure. It’s ok to have the odd player who was wanted for whatever reason. New club - new start, but we have nearly built an entire roster on it.

              JRey - hadn’t played in the preceding 12 months at the Dogs before we signed him And was coming off contract . We basically doubled their offer. Yes he was still wanted at Dogs but not for the price or tenure of contract.

              MBye - Was being shopped around by the Dogs. Huge back ended contract that we are paying for and was failing to spark the Dogs attack. It’s hard to believe that their attack was worse then than it is now.

              BJ - Unwanted by the Raiders. Was being forced out with the purchase of Curtis Scott. I think we probably paid overs for him and gave him 4 years.

              Eiso- Not wanted by Penrith.

              Clark - see above

              Twal - Not 100% sure but I think they released him to us as he was excess

              Mataulino - was already struggling with significant knee issues when he arrived from Warriors

              Doueihi - Could have probably stayed with Rabbits but was unlikely to be in starting 17 unless through injury.

              Jennings - unwanted at Souths

              Taylor - Unwanted at Penrith. Playing reserve grade

              McQueen - not sure If we signed him prior to or after his neck injury but was not going to be wanted.

              Robbie and Benji - their story is a bit different but without the Tigers offering them a place probably would have both retired in 2018.

              There are probably others in the squad as well

              Melbourne on the other hand have a core group of stars and buy the odd discard with the right attitude and that improves those players. E.g. Brenko Lee, Justin Olam, Tom Eisenhuth etc. We have tended to buy discards as marquee signings and that doesn’t really work.

              Our recruitment is too reactionary.

              Desperation I’d call it 😠

              Our strategy is to sign players released by other clubs.

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                tigeress @cochise last edited by

                @cochise said in Wests Tigers - Trash or Treasure:

                @tigeress said in Wests Tigers - Trash or Treasure:

                @cochise said in Wests Tigers - Trash or Treasure:

                @bbobb said in Wests Tigers - Trash or Treasure:

                Lots of peeps disappointed with our ladder position and after 9 years - rightly so. I think Justin Pascoe wants to the Tigers to be a destination of choice but we are more like the last chance hotel. Other clubs trash become our treasure. It’s ok to have the odd player who was wanted for whatever reason. New club - new start, but we have nearly built an entire roster on it.

                JRey - hadn’t played in the preceding 12 months at the Dogs before we signed him And was coming off contract . We basically doubled their offer. Yes he was still wanted at Dogs but not for the price or tenure of contract.

                MBye - Was being shopped around by the Dogs. Huge back ended contract that we are paying for and was failing to spark the Dogs attack. It’s hard to believe that their attack was worse then than it is now.

                BJ - Unwanted by the Raiders. Was being forced out with the purchase of Curtis Scott. I think we probably paid overs for him and gave him 4 years.

                Eiso- Not wanted by Penrith.

                Clark - see above

                Twal - Not 100% sure but I think they released him to us as he was excess

                Mataulino - was already struggling with significant knee issues when he arrived from Warriors

                Doueihi - Could have probably stayed with Rabbits but was unlikely to be in starting 17 unless through injury.

                Jennings - unwanted at Souths

                Taylor - Unwanted at Penrith. Playing reserve grade

                McQueen - not sure If we signed him prior to or after his neck injury but was not going to be wanted.

                Robbie and Benji - their story is a bit different but without the Tigers offering them a place probably would have both retired in 2018.

                There are probably others in the squad as well

                Melbourne on the other hand have a core group of stars and buy the odd discard with the right attitude and that improves those players. E.g. Brenko Lee, Justin Olam, Tom Eisenhuth etc. We have tended to buy discards as marquee signings and that doesn’t really work.

                Our recruitment is too reactionary.

                Desperation I’d call it 😠

                Our strategy is to sign players released by other clubs.

                Unwanted by their current club, some of these possibly turn out to be ok, but the older ones who have had injuries - they are the ones we end up with- Wake up Wests Tigers

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                  avocadoontoast @cochise last edited by

                  @cochise said in Wests Tigers - Trash or Treasure:

                  @tigeress said in Wests Tigers - Trash or Treasure:

                  @cochise said in Wests Tigers - Trash or Treasure:

                  @bbobb said in Wests Tigers - Trash or Treasure:

                  Lots of peeps disappointed with our ladder position and after 9 years - rightly so. I think Justin Pascoe wants to the Tigers to be a destination of choice but we are more like the last chance hotel. Other clubs trash become our treasure. It’s ok to have the odd player who was wanted for whatever reason. New club - new start, but we have nearly built an entire roster on it.

                  JRey - hadn’t played in the preceding 12 months at the Dogs before we signed him And was coming off contract . We basically doubled their offer. Yes he was still wanted at Dogs but not for the price or tenure of contract.

                  MBye - Was being shopped around by the Dogs. Huge back ended contract that we are paying for and was failing to spark the Dogs attack. It’s hard to believe that their attack was worse then than it is now.

                  BJ - Unwanted by the Raiders. Was being forced out with the purchase of Curtis Scott. I think we probably paid overs for him and gave him 4 years.

                  Eiso- Not wanted by Penrith.

                  Clark - see above

                  Twal - Not 100% sure but I think they released him to us as he was excess

                  Mataulino - was already struggling with significant knee issues when he arrived from Warriors

                  Doueihi - Could have probably stayed with Rabbits but was unlikely to be in starting 17 unless through injury.

                  Jennings - unwanted at Souths

                  Taylor - Unwanted at Penrith. Playing reserve grade

                  McQueen - not sure If we signed him prior to or after his neck injury but was not going to be wanted.

                  Robbie and Benji - their story is a bit different but without the Tigers offering them a place probably would have both retired in 2018.

                  There are probably others in the squad as well

                  Melbourne on the other hand have a core group of stars and buy the odd discard with the right attitude and that improves those players. E.g. Brenko Lee, Justin Olam, Tom Eisenhuth etc. We have tended to buy discards as marquee signings and that doesn’t really work.

                  Our recruitment is too reactionary.

                  Desperation I’d call it 😠

                  Our strategy is to sign players released by other clubs.

                  We’re the vultures of the NRL. We feed on the carcasses of other clubs discarded players.

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                    cochise @avocadoontoast last edited by

                    @avocadoontoast said in Wests Tigers - Trash or Treasure:

                    @cochise said in Wests Tigers - Trash or Treasure:

                    @tigeress said in Wests Tigers - Trash or Treasure:

                    @cochise said in Wests Tigers - Trash or Treasure:

                    @bbobb said in Wests Tigers - Trash or Treasure:

                    Lots of peeps disappointed with our ladder position and after 9 years - rightly so. I think Justin Pascoe wants to the Tigers to be a destination of choice but we are more like the last chance hotel. Other clubs trash become our treasure. It’s ok to have the odd player who was wanted for whatever reason. New club - new start, but we have nearly built an entire roster on it.

                    JRey - hadn’t played in the preceding 12 months at the Dogs before we signed him And was coming off contract . We basically doubled their offer. Yes he was still wanted at Dogs but not for the price or tenure of contract.

                    MBye - Was being shopped around by the Dogs. Huge back ended contract that we are paying for and was failing to spark the Dogs attack. It’s hard to believe that their attack was worse then than it is now.

                    BJ - Unwanted by the Raiders. Was being forced out with the purchase of Curtis Scott. I think we probably paid overs for him and gave him 4 years.

                    Eiso- Not wanted by Penrith.

                    Clark - see above

                    Twal - Not 100% sure but I think they released him to us as he was excess

                    Mataulino - was already struggling with significant knee issues when he arrived from Warriors

                    Doueihi - Could have probably stayed with Rabbits but was unlikely to be in starting 17 unless through injury.

                    Jennings - unwanted at Souths

                    Taylor - Unwanted at Penrith. Playing reserve grade

                    McQueen - not sure If we signed him prior to or after his neck injury but was not going to be wanted.

                    Robbie and Benji - their story is a bit different but without the Tigers offering them a place probably would have both retired in 2018.

                    There are probably others in the squad as well

                    Melbourne on the other hand have a core group of stars and buy the odd discard with the right attitude and that improves those players. E.g. Brenko Lee, Justin Olam, Tom Eisenhuth etc. We have tended to buy discards as marquee signings and that doesn’t really work.

                    Our recruitment is too reactionary.

                    Desperation I’d call it 😠

                    Our strategy is to sign players released by other clubs.

                    We’re the vultures of the NRL. We feed on the carcasses of other clubs discarded players.

                    I believe we are looking for players subsidised by other clubs, but it comes across as having no real plan moving forward

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                      happy_tiger last edited by

                      You asked the question …I’ll answer it

                      Trailer Park Trash of the NRL for the last 10 seasons

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                        avocadoontoast @cochise last edited by

                        @cochise said in Wests Tigers - Trash or Treasure:

                        @avocadoontoast said in Wests Tigers - Trash or Treasure:

                        @cochise said in Wests Tigers - Trash or Treasure:

                        @tigeress said in Wests Tigers - Trash or Treasure:

                        @cochise said in Wests Tigers - Trash or Treasure:

                        @bbobb said in Wests Tigers - Trash or Treasure:

                        Lots of peeps disappointed with our ladder position and after 9 years - rightly so. I think Justin Pascoe wants to the Tigers to be a destination of choice but we are more like the last chance hotel. Other clubs trash become our treasure. It’s ok to have the odd player who was wanted for whatever reason. New club - new start, but we have nearly built an entire roster on it.

                        JRey - hadn’t played in the preceding 12 months at the Dogs before we signed him And was coming off contract . We basically doubled their offer. Yes he was still wanted at Dogs but not for the price or tenure of contract.

                        MBye - Was being shopped around by the Dogs. Huge back ended contract that we are paying for and was failing to spark the Dogs attack. It’s hard to believe that their attack was worse then than it is now.

                        BJ - Unwanted by the Raiders. Was being forced out with the purchase of Curtis Scott. I think we probably paid overs for him and gave him 4 years.

                        Eiso- Not wanted by Penrith.

                        Clark - see above

                        Twal - Not 100% sure but I think they released him to us as he was excess

                        Mataulino - was already struggling with significant knee issues when he arrived from Warriors

                        Doueihi - Could have probably stayed with Rabbits but was unlikely to be in starting 17 unless through injury.

                        Jennings - unwanted at Souths

                        Taylor - Unwanted at Penrith. Playing reserve grade

                        McQueen - not sure If we signed him prior to or after his neck injury but was not going to be wanted.

                        Robbie and Benji - their story is a bit different but without the Tigers offering them a place probably would have both retired in 2018.

                        There are probably others in the squad as well

                        Melbourne on the other hand have a core group of stars and buy the odd discard with the right attitude and that improves those players. E.g. Brenko Lee, Justin Olam, Tom Eisenhuth etc. We have tended to buy discards as marquee signings and that doesn’t really work.

                        Our recruitment is too reactionary.

                        Desperation I’d call it 😠

                        Our strategy is to sign players released by other clubs.

                        We’re the vultures of the NRL. We feed on the carcasses of other clubs discarded players.

                        I believe we are looking for players subsidised by other clubs, but it comes across as having no real plan moving forward

                        We are looking for players who are either a) not wanted by their own club or b) looking for an opportunity to play first grade because they’re not good enough to break into the top side. That’s our entire strategy. It’s moneyball without the smart stuff.

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                            bbobb @avocadoontoast last edited by

                            @avocadoontoast said in Wests Tigers - Trash or Treasure:

                            @cochise said in Wests Tigers - Trash or Treasure:

                            @avocadoontoast said in Wests Tigers - Trash or Treasure:

                            @cochise said in Wests Tigers - Trash or Treasure:

                            @tigeress said in Wests Tigers - Trash or Treasure:

                            @cochise said in Wests Tigers - Trash or Treasure:

                            @bbobb said in Wests Tigers - Trash or Treasure:

                            Lots of peeps disappointed with our ladder position and after 9 years - rightly so. I think Justin Pascoe wants to the Tigers to be a destination of choice but we are more like the last chance hotel. Other clubs trash become our treasure. It’s ok to have the odd player who was wanted for whatever reason. New club - new start, but we have nearly built an entire roster on it.

                            JRey - hadn’t played in the preceding 12 months at the Dogs before we signed him And was coming off contract . We basically doubled their offer. Yes he was still wanted at Dogs but not for the price or tenure of contract.

                            MBye - Was being shopped around by the Dogs. Huge back ended contract that we are paying for and was failing to spark the Dogs attack. It’s hard to believe that their attack was worse then than it is now.

                            BJ - Unwanted by the Raiders. Was being forced out with the purchase of Curtis Scott. I think we probably paid overs for him and gave him 4 years.

                            Eiso- Not wanted by Penrith.

                            Clark - see above

                            Twal - Not 100% sure but I think they released him to us as he was excess

                            Mataulino - was already struggling with significant knee issues when he arrived from Warriors

                            Doueihi - Could have probably stayed with Rabbits but was unlikely to be in starting 17 unless through injury.

                            Jennings - unwanted at Souths

                            Taylor - Unwanted at Penrith. Playing reserve grade

                            McQueen - not sure If we signed him prior to or after his neck injury but was not going to be wanted.

                            Robbie and Benji - their story is a bit different but without the Tigers offering them a place probably would have both retired in 2018.

                            There are probably others in the squad as well

                            Melbourne on the other hand have a core group of stars and buy the odd discard with the right attitude and that improves those players. E.g. Brenko Lee, Justin Olam, Tom Eisenhuth etc. We have tended to buy discards as marquee signings and that doesn’t really work.

                            Our recruitment is too reactionary.

                            Desperation I’d call it 😠

                            Our strategy is to sign players released by other clubs.

                            We’re the vultures of the NRL. We feed on the carcasses of other clubs discarded players.

                            I believe we are looking for players subsidised by other clubs, but it comes across as having no real plan moving forward

                            It’s moneyball without the smart stuff.

                            And in one line you have outlined the WTs problems - plain and simple.

                            A procession of coaches, culture changes and rebuilds but without the cattle we always go back to square .

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                              PJ last edited by

                              Sack en all. From the top down.
                              Roosters have cheika talking to players in their sheds and we have a wiggle lmao

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                                supercoach last edited by

                                BJ is a perfect example of terrible decisions making by our club. It has been obvious to everyone that we needed hard headed, disciplined leaders at the club. Anyway BJ pops up in the market place and we desperately throw all our remaining cap space at him. Okay the guy can score a try, but he has a long history of brain snaps and going missing. He is not guy you rebuild a club around. Different story if your cub is firing and your looking for a match winner, but in a club on struggle street a terrible signing

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                                  hobbo1 @supercoach last edited by

                                  @supercoach said in Wests Tigers - Trash or Treasure:

                                  BJ is a perfect example of terrible decisions making by our club. It has been obvious to everyone that we needed hard headed, disciplined leaders at the club. Anyway BJ pops up in the market place and we desperately throw all our remaining cap space at him. Okay the guy can score a try, but he has a long history of brain snaps and going missing. He is not guy you rebuild a club around. Different story if your cub is firing and your looking for a match winner, but in a club on struggle street a terrible signing

                                  Yep
                                  Garbage signing

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