End of the day i’m not as angry that he broke the contract as what i am with the burdens he left us with. I understand the importance of family, but he ensured this club was crippled long term and then abandoned it.That’s where the issue is for me.

Christ some people are unbelievable. 31 is not over the hill for an NRL player unless their body is breaking down. I swear this site is full of 12 year olds sometimes. It’s a good deal.

Hopefully Fittler worries less about Wests Tigers recruitment and more about doing his job

The forum is still ok. Some young people have grown older and have different priorities happen in their lives and they find it harder to have the time to be here. Some of the older people have just got old and struggle with change and then without any great success there also becomes less to talk about, i mean seriously some of the conversation just goes around in circles. This club can sure sap the life out of you. Then there are a couple of people i know off the forum who just couldn’t be bothered posting anymore due to some other members continually ramming their opinions down other peoples throats. Everyone is entitled to their opinions but geez, some people are like a fart in a spacesuit on here if you don’t agree with them.

At the end of the day the mods do a great job and we have a chance to come have a say and interact with others about a common cause. I know i appreciate being able to come here and vent or celebrate, although the latter doesn’t happen anywhere near enough.

Everything he did was wrong, but, i love at least he has some feeling and anger towards his team mates being wronged, something this club has lacked for a decade +

We haven’t improved on the ladder, but the foundations are being built that weren’t even considered then which will put us in a much stronger position. Theres no quick fix, it had to come from within and that is being done. Try to keep the faith.

Looks like those of us calling Mbye out for poor performance weren’t so far off the mark after all. It would seem the coach wasn’t happy either.

Hung drawn and quartered by some. People threatening to walk away from the club. This should be a good lesson for all the disgusted forum members who never bothered to wait for both sides before passing judgement.

Its common knowledge Smiths wife has been looking for home on the GC and the family relocated to Qld when the Storm went North. Jeez i mean i would relocate to Qld too if my family would have a bar of it. If Smith plays on i hope it is with Melbourne, not because it frees up players, but because it would be 20 years in the NRL at one club and i don’t care who you like, hate, support or wish misery upon, that is an amazing achievement.

Love him or hate him nobody could ever question his drive and passion for this club and success throughout his career. I hope you have 10 games left too Robbie.

People just been talking up Mikaele off the bench, Madge obviously wasn’t listening. MCK…speechless.

@tony-soprano said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:

@furious1 said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:

@tony-soprano said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:

Where we think Moses end up hope he leaves parra.

I don’t think he will.

Surely broncos finally have a big play at him.

You would think so, but i don’t think Moses or Parra have an appetite for change at the moment.

@tony-soprano said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:

Where we think Moses end up hope he leaves parra.

I don’t think he will.

@hobbo1 said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:

@avocadoontoast said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:

@hobbo1 said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:

Naden …

Mental issues
Drug issues
Punchable face

Pretty good player though.

Debatable

I agree. Easy to look good off Cleary and Luai grubber kicks but i haven’t seen anything too much outside of that besides putting his fingers to his lips being a smart arse and a turnstyle in defence. Reality is full strength Panthers team does not contain him. Apart from suspension Momers keeps him out.

@rustycage said in 3 ex Tigers Fifita, Woods and Taupau on the outer:

@andyvee said in 3 ex Tigers Fifita, Woods and Taupau on the outer:

They have all played finals football. I don’t think they would be regretting their decision to leave. Pretty much every player that has left the Tigers over the last 10 years has gone on to better success elsewhere, either participating in the finals or winning premierships. That’s gotta be a massive negative for why it’s harder for us to retain/recruit star players. The young players just starting out see the Tigers as a good stepping stone to start their NRL careers, be seen, and then possibly get interest from a successful club. That’s the reality ATM.

Of course the irony being, had those that left stayed with us, we would have played finals footy on a regular basis most likely.

100%. It’s always been my beef. The constant dribble about players leaving us and then playing finals footy elsewhere, when in reality had the core group stuck together here we very, very likely would have been part of the 8 for a few years.

Was it the same knee thats been troubling him?

@dgilly said in "80 minute perfromance":

@tiger_fanatic3 said in "80 minute perfromance":

Intensely concerning we have a squad of “professional athletes”, and that we still have to discuss whether the team is going to string a full 80 weekly. It’s embarrassing and should be automatic for the boys to perform at elite level.

Most people work 40 hours plus a week and they can’t put in a solid 80mins?

What do they do at training all week?

Apparently they put in at training all week, so really it’s only 80 mins that they are not at their best.

Broncos proved they are beatable. Cleary kicked Penrith to victory but until the last 5 mins the Broncos forwards ensured both Luai and Cleary were not playing on the front foot off quick play the balls. I stand by comments from last week. Take them on through the middle and bash their forwards. Brisbane won that battle, it was their spine that didn’t have the composure to get the result.

@tigerbalm said in Canberra fined $10 000 after sideline melee.:

@tiger5150 said in Canberra fined $10 000 after sideline melee.:

That Trainer was completely out of line and there needed to be a penalty. He is VERY lucky JFH didnt dish out an on the spot fine of his own.

100%

Watching it live i was really surprised that a bigger deal wasn’t made about the trainer putting his hands on the players. Crazy scenes.

As for the team being cocky, good on them. Young blokes who are clicking and absolutely killing it. From memory Crocker was a bit pushy after have a score tried on him and Penrith players reacted. No biggie.

There’s cocky and then there are some of the things those guys do. Seriously it was last season, but the way Luai deliberately trod on the back of Nikorimas head was as grubby as it gets. Now I don’t have a problem if somebody is going to be a grub, but at least have the balls to own it instead of all this crap of pretending it’s just youth and confidence etc.

@roar_power said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:

WHY STAR FORWARD KNOCKED BACK TIGERS

Rabbitohs forward Jai Arrow has revealed he considered a move to the Wests Tigers before ultimately signing with South Sydney.

The 25-year-old joined the Bunnies this season on a four-year deal but told NRL.comthat while he was with the Titans he “spoke to a few clubs” and the Tigers were one of them.

Tigers coach Michael Maguire flew up to the Gold Coast to meet with the Queensland Origin forward but Arrow says it was the Rabbitohs’ star power as well as a chance to reunite with coach Wayne Bennett and assistant Jason Demetriou that lured him to the club.

“No disrespect to the Tigers, but the proud history of Souths and obviously Wayne Bennett and the coaching staff here is second-to-none. Being back with Wayne and Jason Demetriou helped,” he said of the coaching duo he spent time with at the Broncos earlier in his career.

“The squad and the class of the players here was an attraction.”

And this is why we don’t attract the cream…

Chicken or the egg. We need some star power to attract star power.