This isn’t a airport bro. No need for departure announcements.

to late, got a wests premiers 2021 tattoo.

No Regrates!

@tiger_fanatic3 said in Benji Marshall:

Marshall reunites with master coach for 2021 after signing a new NRL deal. Wests Tigers legend Benji Marshall is set to play his 19th NRL season at the South Sydney Rabbitohs.

7NEWS’ Michelle Bishop has revealed the skillful playmaker has signed at South Sydney on a one-year deal for 2021, after he was shown the door by Tigers coach Michael Maguire in late 2020.

The 324-game star will be reunited with Wayne Bennett at Souths, the master coach he played under during his short stint at the Broncos.

The 35-year-old is in the twilight of his career but will provide valuable experience / injury cover to established halves Adam Reynolds and Cody Walker at Redfern.

Good luck to the guy but this has to be the end of any discussion around ambassador / front office roles for Benji and the Wests Tigers. He has made his decision and Wests will hopefully move on.

God, Thomo leaves with class and on a great note with fans and club wishing (genuinely) the best.

Scumbag enters and muddies up the waters. What a complete tool.

How are people still debating if LM would be a good signing? If he only lives up to a fraction of what we expect, he’s still a better No.1 option. Plus he kicks.

Plus! The club just needs a “win”. Signing LM would do wonders for members, sponsors and the general feel for the club. Worried that he’s “unproven” in fullback just boggles the mind. If the club is lucky enough to convince the kid to play for the tigers it would be a master stroke ( or a large bag or cash) either way, win win.

Such a Smith thing to do, he could’ve packed up the Jet Ski’s, Harvey Noman vouchers, all the books and even Barbs NRL diamonds at the end of last year and let the game move on.

Instead, he waits until the eve of the season start and announces it. Ill give him one thing, he’s consistent at being a douche.

So I’m not paranoid!

Printing this article to show my therapist

@Cultured_Bogan said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:

@bathursttiger1 said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:

I see that Alex Seyfarth has re-signed with the WT for the 2021 season.

Heard a rumour that Penrith might be after Packer.

Friday drinks started early.

Great Player, S**t bloke.

-Knowingly tried to avoid the cap (unless you believe it normal to sign two contracts and get paid in Harvey Norman gift cards
-Chicken wing, grapple tackles and crushers, all spawned out of his watch. If he was a good bloke he would of not implemented what the wrestling coach taught
-Alex Mc-I know he didn’t know the full extent at the time but Ill always remember him standing over Alex complaining about the penalty to the ref
-on refs, his constant whining to the ump’s. Its pathetic.

The guy has hate for a reason, not cause he’s a great player and competitor (which he is) its because his actions represent the worst of the game.

10 people vote for Bank West. I assume 2 did it accidentally. 1 misunderstood the question
and 1 did it ironically. Still leaves 6. Strange.

Its not and never will be a neutral ground let alone a home for anyone else other than the eels for NRL games. They can call it “the jungle” put pictures of tigers and and make all the lights orange. It will be the Eels ground.

The club already struggles with an identity issue. This ground with all its shinny features will only add to that.

If wests are not going to play out of our traditional homes (LO/CSS) it has to be a proper neutral ground. ANZ ticks that box. Bank west is a failed experiment of the tiges, time to move on.

Talau. Seriously.

No one backing ad up

Absolutely no structure in offense. What have they been doing at training?

Jesus this team is shit.

Training run for manly. Pathetic

@cochise said in Recruitment:

@tigerbalm said in Recruitment:

@geo said in Recruitment:

What makes everyone so sure that the current roster will play for a different coach…

Shouldn’t they want to play for personal performance and some pride in the jersey they put on…

Sure the Dogs recruitment has been out of this world on paper as was the Knights a few year back…it’s got them nowhere really…basically they went away from junior development to trying to buy success…hasn’t really worked out yet…doesn’t look like it’s going too

It’s yet to be seen if it does at the Dogs…could work…could flop massively…

Building from within does produce results if done properly… You develop Jake Simpkin to be our Harry Grant, Stefano Utoikamanu to be our Payne Hass, Tuki Simpkins to be our Pangia Jnr and so on… Sure that doesn’t mean if quality becomes available you don’t have a crack or even pay overs if they are exceptional quality Brandon Smith like…

Buying comps has never been as successful as building them…

lol.

You make it sound like this was part of the master plan.

Wests have been scooping up all the plodders they can for the last 4 seasons, on top of that they publicly approached and been rejected by several marque players. On top of that, they have ( for a range of reasons) lost juniors that are now superstars.

Junior pathways are now only being discussed because its literally the clubs only option.

You haven’t heard Hartigan speak?

Not sure what that means? I’ve seen lots of people at Wests talking about plans and futures. Talk. Just that.

I might be confusing things here. My point, developing a Jr pathways has now become a necessity for the club to produce players. I also don’t think the club has much faith in it given they were going to offer a big contract to TPJ who is hit an miss on any given day.

It’s just spin from a organisation that has run out of answers.

@geo said in Recruitment:

What makes everyone so sure that the current roster will play for a different coach…

Shouldn’t they want to play for personal performance and some pride in the jersey they put on…

Sure the Dogs recruitment has been out of this world on paper as was the Knights a few year back…it’s got them nowhere really…basically they went away from junior development to trying to buy success…hasn’t really worked out yet…doesn’t look like it’s going too

It’s yet to be seen if it does at the Dogs…could work…could flop massively…

Building from within does produce results if done properly… You develop Jake Simpkin to be our Harry Grant, Stefano Utoikamanu to be our Payne Hass, Tuki Simpkins to be our Pangia Jnr and so on… Sure that doesn’t mean if quality becomes available you don’t have a crack or even pay overs if they are exceptional quality Brandon Smith like…

Buying comps has never been as successful as building them…

lol.

You make it sound like this was part of the master plan.

Wests have been scooping up all the plodders they can for the last 4 seasons, on top of that they publicly approached and been rejected by several marque players. On top of that, they have ( for a range of reasons) lost juniors that are now superstars.

Junior pathways are now only being discussed because its literally the clubs only option.

Why though?

Pascoe might just be a genius.

By growing the hair of a troubled teen he has taken the focus off his abysmal professional record and onto more important topics like does his shirt have a collar. Well done Justin!

@bagnf05 said in ‘It’s the truth’: compelling new WT doco:

@dwight-schrute said in ‘It’s the truth’: compelling new WT doco:

@snake said in ‘It’s the truth’: compelling new WT doco:

@pawsandclaws1 said in ‘It’s the truth’: compelling new WT doco:

@tiger-tragic said in ‘It’s the truth’: compelling new WT doco:

@pawsandclaws1 said in ‘It’s the truth’: compelling new WT doco:

@hearse said in ‘It’s the truth’: compelling new WT doco:

Agree with the general consensus regarding Pascoe.

Used car salesman vibes. Very sleazy. Would prefer he’d be selling the match day programs than the club ethos.

What are we seeking choir boys or results? Pascoe gets results, Maguire doesn’t. That is the bottom line.

List Pascoe’s results for us please.

Aren’t we one of the few Sydney based clubs in the black? We’ve a new COE on the way and our coaching and pathways staff have been augmented. I doubt if we could afford them without our better financial position.

Yep expressed this today and got hammered , also have thought the membership Dept has also improved, being Financal will be a huge factor in the not to distant future as the pressure mounts on clubs to financially survive independently.

You may have been hammered but you can be certain that most of us know what you said to be true.
It just gets tiring reading all the doomsday and relocation predictors on here.
The club is generally in good shape but negativity loves company so that’s mostly what you get on here.

Who told you the membership is in good shape? Pascoe? Members can’t even go to games and I’m sure half of us probably don’t even know where we are playing week to week . Nothing about this club is in good shape.

With so many nut huggers telling us how great Pascoe is ( and not really knowing myself) i had a look back at the CEO update of 2020. Cant find one for this year.

Just for reference:

My guess is this metric shows that the club is getting more value per fan. Meaning they are ordering our scarves cheaper with larger orders but hiking price. Not a bad business practice but not something amazing that Pascoe dreamt up. Buy low sell high. Selling into an emotionally invested customer base is like shooting fish in a barrel.

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Merch is down. Dr. Pascoe blames poor on field performance lol. NoT My JoB

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Numebrs down on game day sales. Best said by the great man himself:

"We have seen heavy fluctuations in the gross revenue and net income from game day due to changes in agreements and stadia locations since 2016. These results are heavily impacted on the time of game, location, opposition and also weather — a lot of which is obviously out of control." lol. Our financial master is reliant on the team wests play and the weather.

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Strange one, with no numbers added or clear indication of what total commercial operations means or what metrics its held to, we will have to take his word on it which is :

“especially within digital automation and human resources — and football departments, with an increase in support and technique coaches, women’s programs, food and travel”

Does this mean he engaged a travel agent and make the players bring packed lunches?

The big one.

Without numbers it’s hard to tell and again we are trusting the size of the columns on a graph. I doubt he had a multi million dollar idea in 2017 to make up that much difference. The only thing I can see is a jump in corporate sponsorship playing large part? happy to be wrong. I do see 3 out of 5 years of his tenure being fails both on and off the field. The club is now in a position that if it can even attract a decent player they will pay overs.

Ultimately, even using the clubs loose metrics, its not great and JP does not deserve the praise he gets. He was in change with Ivan. He was in charge with the players purchased. He was in charge of Farrah Gate. He was in charge with the stadium debacle and add to all this, they players that have been lost under his watch.

Just for reference, the info can be found at https://www.weststigers.com.au/news/2020/02/02/ceo-update-january-2020/