Poor bloke looked very concussed. Thoughts are with him. Great fella.
Might be best for him to call it a career after tonight. He’s taken a lot of head knocks and has no 2021 contract. It would be the best for him and his family in my view if he considered ending it. If that’s it for him I wish him all the best.
I’m told Latrell will be a Tiger by the end of this week. Source is good.
Correlation is causation. Liddle goes out there and we score three tries in ten. We won the last game he started. He’s an absolute weapon.
I actually think we’ve been victimised by our own good nature a lot.
Never had a blip when it comes to PEDs, seem to get physically overmatched year in year out.
Never had a serious salary cap issue.
Victimised by Cleary, Farah, Marshall, Matterson, Woods, Moses, Tedesco, Issac Moses and now Aloiai.
Everything I see from our club has been that we just do what’s right. We did everything with JAC by the books and Melbourne even thanked us for it. Got nothing out of it except more embarrassed by the miss. Let Matterson go because he wasn’t “happy” and probably moreso so he wouldn’t poison the playing group, got nothing for it and seems to have just made other players want to do it.
Really ticks me off that we have this reputation all because we’ve just done the “right” thing.
Apologies Aloiai but I’m with Lee. Play for the Tigers and do your best or enjoy reggies.
This is awesome news. A great player. Professional clubman. Someone who works hard and bleeds for the club. Remember this is a bloke that Madge DROPPED and that came back afterwards and was our player of the year and Dally M Winger of the Year a season later. Re-signing him was necessary as it says a ton about our culture, our club and our coach.
Anyone complaining about this needs to pull their head out of the sand and actually be a supporter for once instead of a Chicken Little sky is falling dipstick all the time. This is one of the greatest Tigers of all time, our current best damn player and he re-signed in his prime on a reasonable contract. If you’re gonna complain about this then I feel bad for those around you honestly.
I just rewatched the comeback. Harry Grant was everywhere. He was unbelievable. Liddle’s service was exceptional but the best thing he did was give room to Grant to play every other position and he did. He played halfback, ran decoy line, backed up every ruck, hell he was there waiting for the bat back on the last try. Grant was put simply incredible. It was poetry. I cannot state how dumbfounded I was by his play in the last 11 minutes.
Milford coming here could be a masterstroke. He’s elite on his best day. We need a gun fullback. Change of scenery and a coach like Madge could be just what the doctor ordered. Perhaps most tellingly is that since he’s returned to FB he’s had numpties in the halves. Imagine going from playing fullback with Boyd and a rookie hooker calling the plays to Marshall and Brooks? Having Brooks and Marshall running the ship so he can just be pure x-factor at the back. Boy it’d make our attack deadly. I’m for it.
Yeah I am right behind Maguire. He’s exactly what this club has needed. He’s turning our players into tough winners with his attitude and they are getting behind him. The whole thing feels like it’s turning around.
Luciano is a legit beast. He’s actually flying under the radar a bit. McIntyre has been very impressive since he came into first grade. Even Clark had a good game.
@twentyforty said in David Nofoaluma re-signs until 2025..:
There are wingers still playing at age 31 and over. Anthony Donn, Jordan Rapana, Brett Morris… That’s all I could find but there have been old wingers in the past. The knights had McDougal , played until he was 36 I think? But he was a real health fanatic, made his own smoothies.
He turns 28 in November this year.
2022 he’ll be 28.
2023 he’ll be 29.
2024 he’ll be 30.
2025 he’ll be 31.
He is in his prime right now. He will probably have two more years of this and then taper off. As long as he looks after himself that taper might not be that bad. And his contract isn’t going to be toxic come 2025. By then the salary cap will probably be way higher.
@cktiger said in David Nofoaluma re-signs until 2025..:
@facepalmer said in David Nofoaluma re-signs until 2025..:
This is awesome news. A great player. Professional clubman. Someone who works hard and bleeds for the club. Remember this is a bloke that Madge DROPPED and that came back afterwards and was our player of the year and Dally M Winger of the Year a season later. Re-signing him was necessary as it says a ton about our culture, our club and our coach.
Anyone complaining about this needs to pull their head out of the sand and actually be a supporter for once instead of a Chicken Little sky is falling dipstick all the time. This is one of the greatest Tigers of all time, our current best damn player and he re-signed in his prime on a reasonable contract. If you’re gonna complain about this then I feel bad for those around you honestly.
Seriously?
One of the greatest Tigers of all time?
Our best player?
You’re right about one thing… he re-signed on a reasonable contract - for him!
Once I pulled my head out of the sand and was actually a supporter of the club, and not one player, I soon realised that in a few years time we’ll be in exactly the situation Penrith were in with Mansour- a slow, short, winger way past his prime eating up cap space.
I would have no problem if it was 3 years with the last in our favour… but really, do you really think Dave will be our first grade winger in 2025?
If he is then God help us.
Yes he is easily one of the greatest Wests Tigers of all time. He’d be top ten in games played. He’s probably the best winger we’ve had (you could maybe argue Tuqiri, Tuiaki and Richards) but Nofoaluma has been a longer servant than all of them and only Tuiaki won Dally M Winger of the Year while here.
And he is the reigning Wests Tigers Player of the Year so the club certainly think he’s our current best player.
He’ll be like 31 in 4 years. His game is based on power running. Many an NRL player is still in their prime at 31. I think he is likely to be one of them.
Like I am bewildered that there are people even remotely critical of this decision. If Nofoaluma signed elsewhere it would have been a crime and the entire league world would have roundly mocked us and rightly so.
This is awesome news. A great player. Professional clubman. Someone who works hard and bleeds for the club. Remember this is a bloke that Madge DROPPED and that came back afterwards and was our player of the year and Dally M Winger of the Year a season later. Re-signing him was necessary as it says a ton about our culture, our club and our coach.
Anyone complaining about this needs to pull their head out of the sand and actually be a supporter for once instead of a Chicken Little sky is falling dipstick all the time. This is one of the greatest Tigers of all time, our current best damn player and he re-signed in his prime on a reasonable contract. If you’re gonna complain about this then I feel bad for those around you honestly.
I dunno I see a lot of upside in Douehi as a goalkicker. Dude kicked some sensational goals last season and gets real good contact. Just need practice and he’ll be above average.
@SeanT said in Maguire seeking stable combinations:
@Geo said in Maguire seeking stable combinations:
Lets hope for stable combo’s…cause chopping and changing didn’t work…
Really? Nofo got dropped and came back the next year the best player. I liked that he put players on notice myself
It’s a good point you raise. Nofoaluma went from doghouse to best player and now is getting a ton of praise from the coach. It’s important we keep him because he’s like the posterchild of Madge’s culture.
@sleeve said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:
Love the humour!
I know right. Just trying to lighten the mood a lil. This place is always hostile and negative haha.
But no the Tigers are definitely winning the 2021 premiership. You can come back here when it happens and bask in the glory and I will not shame you.
Lol I’m just having a laugh calm down I’m not about to go postal