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    TillLindemann

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    • RE: Signing Suggestions & Rumours

      @teddy23 said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:

      @jadtiger said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:

      @JC99 said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:

      @philgood said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:

      Trent Barrett has made enquiries about getting Paul Momorovski to Bulldogs for 2021. I have no idea if Tigers are entertaining the idea but Barrett definitely wants him for next year. My source is high up in Bulldogs.

      We’ve got a heap of centre and more coming through juniors. We’d be fine if we let him go.

      I reckon Momo is a more reliable centre than BJ and JTJ and is far less likely to cost us games than either of the others

      Momo not in the same class as either of them

      Do not underestimate the Momo. He is the quiet achiever. Not flashy, but a bloody good footballer. There’s a reason Melbourne wanted him for Harry Grant, and there’s a reason the Dogs want him.

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    • Mad Madge Seeks Tiger Revenge

      Great article on The Roar today. Sorry if the formatting isn’t very good, I just copied and pasted it.

      “Mad Madge seeks Tiger revenge”

      Dylan Edwards head still rests on his shoulders this week. He may have needed a couple of Panadol Saturday night but he’ll be ok.
      He’s an NRL player, competing in one of the most brutal sports in the world, a game played by men who get staples fixed firmly in their melon and then simply play on.

      Joey Leilua and Luke Garner both took a swipe at Edwards’ head on Saturday night, after a Panthers hooker had taken a similar swipe at their own man, Luciano Leilua, just prior. We are long past days where the square-up is acceptable conduct on a rugby league field and Joey copped a four-week ban for his ‘moment of madness’.

      Most would agree it’s a fair punishment. Garner escaped charge, probably because the point of contact was knee height, and that’s probably fair too.

      Wests Tigers supporters know all about fairness, it’s easy to understand something intimately when you are regularly the victim of the opposite. Beaten into submission for nine long unsuccessful seasons, the black and gold army could sense the winds of change blowing across BankWest Stadium on Saturday night. All of a sudden there wasn’t as much dread in the air.

      I’m referring to those often-labelled ‘salty’ supporters who return every year to fill Leichhardt Oval on a sunny Sunday afternoon, only to be short changed of September action and left to shake their heads at another campaign comprising mostly misery.

      Those weary men, women and their children, some who have distant memories of a golden period late in the 1980s and a magnificent fairytale some 15 years ago. But more of pain.

      They’ve got some war stories to tell.

      They’ll recall vividly when a bloke from the Roosters came to the joint looking for an opportunity. He played up a storm for a year, upped his value, then promptly left. “To the Eels I go” he said. He’s still firing barbs at the club on the internet too, guaranteeing him a vocal reception when the Tigers play Parramatta later this month.

      Like the period they cheered on a future immortal playing masterfully at fullback, supported by the club as he battled injury in his formative years, only to see him seduced by a billionaire with a motor vehicle empire. Premierships and a Dally M followed. Hearing Cock-a-doodle-do is like a dagger to a Tigers tragic.

      Similarly, the nephew of a club legend just upped and left one day, they still don’t know why he decided one day he would rather kick stones than play for Wests. The club hierarchy meekly let him move across town and he currently has his new club riding high on top of the NRL ladder.

      And when the joint venture tried to sign a young unproven Eels forward at the start of this very season, the answer from the Eels was a simple no. We don’t need him but you aren’t having him. Head Office at the Tigers didn’t give a whimper, they politely accepted a 12-month waiting period, said player will have to ply his trade from the sideline in 2020.

      Among the dark days many others have busted through the back door at Concord and went straight for the jewellery drawer. From Origin front rowers to Kangaroo wingers, more than a few crowd favourites have gone on to feats of glory in opposition colours. It really is a tale of woe.

      Surprisingly and probably the most prominent was the club’s famous bus driver, a grey ghost who came, made a million promises, signed some high-priced dodgy recruits and then left with little warning. He’s still haunting the club on a regular basis from his fancy cottage in the mountains. Seems he’s found a personality now too, a wily character supporting a silver mullet, blowing kisses from his rocking chair.

      So while a ‘Leilua style’ square-up is not not legal tender on the field of play, you might understand why the fanatical supporters of the Wests Tigers feel they are deeply deserving of their moment of vengeance.

      And I suspect they are not totally without hope.

      There is a new head coach in town and this one looks set to stay the course, Michael Maguire (Madge) has the team playing with a harder edge.

      The side is staying in games for longer and in a month of strong performances, his players have shown that they have each other’s backs. Against Penrith on Saturday they clearly wanted to be in the fight.

      So maybe, just maybe Madge has discovered the secret. The blueprint to unlocking the potential within the perennial battlers. If his team continues on this same curve, we might yet witness the day the weary fans are yearning for. The day they can ‘look up at the scoreboard’ with a grin as one of those clubs who pillaged them and disrespected them fall on harder times.

      It didn’t happen on Saturday night but with Madge driving the train it’s no longer a pipe dream.

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    • Souths

      Souths will get the wooden spoon this year. Latrell Mitchell will be a lazy fatty. Wayne’s dementia will get worse. Their forwards will get steamrolled.

      This is 100% guaranteed. Which disappoints me greatly as I wanted the Eels to get the wooden spoon.

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    • RE: Signing Suggestions & Rumours

      @Goanna57 said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:

      @The_Patriot said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:

      @ElleryHanley said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:

      @jirskyr said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:

      @ElleryHanley said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:

      @hsvjones said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:

      @TSupps05 said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:

      The dogs just offer players 100k+ more than they are worth, we have come out and said we will not be paying overs anymore which will shoot us in the foot a couple times.

      Because we have been burnt in the past… We just need to pick better and we have the staff now to do this unlike Cleary’s recruitment.
      need to get the first one over the line and if that means an extra 100k then so be it… Make it happen

      It is not just that. Barret is “a player’s coach”. The Turbo bros love him and player’s talk. A lot of coaches like Cleary and Barret treat each player differently.

      Madge is one way…10000% and intense.

      That works for Bellamy as you get grand finals and glory.

      But not many people want that intensity. Madge will only attract a certain type of player…and that means we need to be patient. LL, AD want Madge’s style, but not everyone does. Bennet gives blokes a week off…everyone is his best mate…

      Do you know any of this to be true directly, or all hearsay? I’m not a fan of making grand statements about the personalities of people you’ve never met, nor even had second-hand information about.

      Benji said it on 360…I am presuming he knows what he is talking about.

      “From a guy like Madge (Maguire) who only knows one way of, ‘we’re going to train as hard as we can, we’re going to get as fit as we can and it doesn’t matter what it takes to get to that, we’re going to build mental toughness’… and I really enjoyed that,” the New Zealand star added.
      "But I think what’s happened now is the generation has changed where I think the kids are a little bit different these days where individually people need different types of training, or different types of understanding.
      "Some people don’t handle tough love, and understanding that is probably the biggest challenge that Madge is going to have for next year."

      Seems its not just the young players that need special attention and lots of hugs. Looks more like Benji didnt get enough love and is having a shot at the guy who got rid of him.

      Glad he is gone, cant move on with players like that.

      Mate if you think Maguire is the saviour you’re kidding.
      Look at his last 4 years as an nrl coach unable to get a team into the 4 took a team that finished 9th in 18 and 19 to 11th in 2020. It seems he will not adapt to modern day football,he’s inability to adapt and listen is why he had a player revolt at Souths. He’s record last 4 seasons is poor

      Maybe a bad coach could fluke a premiership. But a bad coach isn’t going to fluke two premierships in two different countries, (as well as coaching NZ to victory over Australia).

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    • RE: McQueen finally given the flick

      Of course he was overpaid for what he brought to the club, similar to a handful of other players who are skewing our salary cap.

      But McQueen is the one player in that bunch who I have no hard feelings towards for his performances. It takes a lot of courage to have come back at all after his neck surgery. I would be terrified of every single tackle if it was me. Good luck for England Chris, hopefully you can find some form over there and win some silverware.

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    • RE: Signing Suggestions & Rumours

      @jrtiger said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:

      @JoshColeman99 said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:

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      bloody hell have we signed both of them?! Solomone is a front rower by trade but is apparently quick enough and mobile enough to play in the centres and out the back. he’s a huge get. massive for us.

      Under Madge we have really signed some stellar youth. It’s going to pay dividends over the next few years.

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    • RE: Tigers uncover unknown speedster

      Sounds promising, maybe we’ve picked up a JAC for 1/6th of JAC’s price!

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    • RE: Signing Suggestions & Rumours

      Saw some interesting comments from Wendell Sailor this morning. He said Latrell Mitchell is not a fullback, and Wests are better off without him.

      We’re building a strong team rather than splurging on one single risky star. Must say I agree.

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    • RE: Signing Suggestions & Rumours

      @Long-Term-Fan said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:

      No JAC and we have now let McIntyre go. To date all we have bought is Tamou, Stefano and get back Momo. 2021 is shaping up to be a long season. With some of this season’s weaker teams looking stonger on paper I think WT will finish near the bottom of the ladder. 14 spot is my prediction. My other prediction is Maguire’s coaching position will be under pressure and fodder for the papers who dislike WT. Bring on the cricket please.

      Nah we will do well in 2021. Not having Benji stifle play is worth 4 new signings. BJ will have a big year. Stefano, Tamou, Musgrove will steamroll opposition. Our goal kicking has been woeful for years, but in 2021 either AD or Momo will slot them nicely. Big Lucy will bring his magic. Liddle and Simpkin will have us forgetting Harry Grant ever existed.
      Keep the faith!

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    • RE: Signing Suggestions & Rumours

      @pawsandclaws1 said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:

      Josh Reynolds admits he was a dud buy for WTs on Ch9. It must have taken a lot of courage to admit it. He is looking forward to playing for Hull.

      Can’t fault his attitude, I honestly wish him all the best at Hull. Some other players could learn a thing or two off him about departing with grace.

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    • RE: Signing Suggestions & Rumours

      Fun facts:

      In 2018 Gebbie was named the PNG Hunters’ rookie of the year.

      In 21 games in 2019 for the Hunters he scored 19 tries, recorded 21 line breaks and 162 tackle breaks. He also averaged 208 running metres.

      That year he was selected to represent PNG in the Kumuls side. I’m yet to see a Kumuls player who is not as tough as nails.

      In 2020 he played for the well named Lae Tigers. If not for the covid situation I have no doubt Souths would have held on to him.

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    • RE: Signing Suggestions & Rumours

      @jadtiger said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:

      @pawsandclaws1 said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:

      @walter said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:

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      @tiger_fanatic3 said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:

      Tigers reckon PNG prospect Gebbie worth the wait

      NRL clubs often go to great lengths to recruit players, but based on the extraordinary time and effort put in by the Tigers to sign Edene Gebbie, there must be something special about the Papuan. Looking forward to eventually seeing this bloke

      Isn’t this the guy who spat the dummy and left south’s with out telling them cause he couldn’t get a run in first grade

      I don’t think so? He went home to PNG because of COVID.

      Fair enough just that I was reading him and douehi were supposed to fight out who gets the fullback job but then they signed latrel Mitchell so he spat the dummy and left

      Great perseverance by Hartigan to obtain Gebbie’s signature. WTs should send a plane load of jerseys and other WTs’ merchandise to Port Moresby, Mt Hagen, Lae as our profile is about to rise in PNG. Let’s hope he is the first of many PNG nationals at WTs.

      Probably one of the best ideas/comments i have seen on here.PNG is the only country in the world where Rugby League is the dominant and national sport.Developing a bond between WT and PNG should be beneficial to both parties

      And ‘national sport’ doesn’t even give it justice, it is more like a religion!
      There’s a lot of untapped potential there. People forget how big PNG is, it is double the population of New Zealand.

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    • RE: Signing Suggestions & Rumours

      Welcome, Edene!

      I’m already over the moon with our recruiting for this season. If Gebbie does well it will be the cherry on top.

      The thing with Papuans is they will put their heart into it, they are fantastic, passionate people.

      He obviously has raw talent, if we can iron in some polish and some discipline I’ve no doubt he can achieve good things.

      Edit: ironing polish is probably not the best metaphor lol.

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    • RE: Round 1 Team

      @strongee said in Round 1 Team:

      I just listened to Soward say that we have no five eighth , and that we should have bought one . His arguement was that we should played AD last year at 6 if we rated him that highly . And I have to say , that’s the most obtuse ,clearly misleading thing I’ve heard someone say recently , and screams confirmation bias . We had the fan favourite , sponsor favourite , all round good guy, who would never hurt the tigers (except the 1 time he got dropped and torpedoed the season ) playing there . He literally said , we would have played better if benji was there . We put 52 on a team !!.
      Whilst Sowards team got pounded into submission , and that score line was flattering if anything. If this is the experts opinion on us , than I’m putting 100 on top 8 , because until now I’ve been hesitant thinking , I’m clearly missing something or I’m super biased . Now I realise it’s not me at all.

      I’ve been thinking the exact same! I’ve put a bet on us to make the 8 and another one on us to win the GF. This is the most confident I’ve been in years, and we are really flying under the radar.

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    • RE: The proposed News Media Laws

      @cultured_bogan said in The proposed News Media Laws:

      @mike said in The proposed News Media Laws:

      Anyone who thinks that the revenue from these media deals is going to go to journalists or that it will improve journalist quality is extremely naive. The click bait era is here. IMO, in terms of journalism, it is likely to get worse as now news media corporations have a source of income that is not tied to keeping or attracting readers, it’s a ready made captive audience. Most of the revenue will go to boost profits and ultimately to shareholders. Very little will actually trickle down to journalist or editors.

      Yeah it’s just targeted corporate welfare to keep a LNP benefactor happy.

      I hate Murdoch as much as anyone (and of course the LNP is cosy with him) but the idea that this has been done for Murdoch is naïve. Google and facebook have pumped big sums of money into campaigning against this, and given Murdoch’s unpopularity, it is not surprising this is the narrative their marketers have been pushing.

      This was instigated by the ACCC, not the government, and it has the backing of Labor. And governments across the world are looking to emulate it, including a left-leaning Canadian government and left-leaning governments in Europe.

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    • RE: Wests Tigers v Manly TRIAL ..*Spoilers

      I cannot wait to see how this centre pairing of Roberts and a fitter-looking Leilua goes.

      If this season these two live up to what they ARE capable of, I am excited for our 2021.

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    • RE: Robinson committed to rebuilding France footy

      @cochise said in Robinson committed to rebuilding France footy:

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      Who cares! French footy might improve if Robinson can get Cummins to ref their games. They seem to have an ‘understanding.’

      With the terrible treatment that Rugby League copped in France, I would love to see the game rebuilt over there.

      Wasn’t rugby league declared illegal? The history of RL in France is interesting and horrible.

      Yes, and the Rugby Union were permitted to confiscate all the League facilities and equipment.

      I was seriously unaware of this, when are we talking about?

      It happened 1940 when Germany invaded France, The Vichy government in southern France outlawed the game as having ties to England and being a corrupter of the youth. The Vichy government was pro Nazi. There is a lot more politics involved in the decision and is well worth reading up on if you are interested.

      Ah ok thanks.

      French League was relatively strong in the 80’s, they would be competitive in Kangaroo tour games and I remember reasonable games when they toured here in late 80’s and it seems to have fallen of the planet since the early 90’s.

      I think that really comes down to the timing of professionalism in Rugby, until the 1990’s the only way to earn a living playing Rugby was to play Rugby League, this kept the game alive in France, even though they were limited to the amount of players who were allowed to play the game, I think it was around 200 professional players in the country. Then Rugby went Professional and the players headed to Rugby where they were now paying players a lot more than you could earn playing Rugby League in France.

      When Super League formed in England in 1995? there was a French side but it was based in Paris, outside of Rugby League heartland and players had to play for both their Super League team and their original club. That club folded after one year and there was no Professional League teams in France for around 10 years.

      Rugby League has also never had its assets returned.

      I think those issues combined to hamper Rugby League in France since the 90s.

      Yes putting the team in Paris was silly, it was doomed to fail. (I think it was a Murdoch decision, could be wrong). They had pretty much zero support and like you say, it was logistically hard. Perpignan, where Catalans are based, is a league area though, and that club are thriving.

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    • RE: Robinson committed to rebuilding France footy

      I remember reading about one city where the union officials colluded with the city council (one of the southern cities, may have been Perpignan) to block league’s access to all of the local ovals one weekend, at the last minute. So players and fans took along their axes and cut down trees on a block of land to form a semblance of a field and played a game on it. Extraordinary stuff.

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    • RE: Signing Suggestions & Rumours

      @mighty_tiger said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:

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      Regarding Jackson Hastings the Club has had discussions but no offer has been made…no approach to Wigan to request a release…

      Player 28 needs to be filled very soon looking externally but could also promote from within…Tuilagi doing all the right things impressing in the Trial on the weekend…

      Do you think we’ll be requesting a release?

      Nope…

      Interesting. Wonder who we’re looking at externally then.

      Would have to think rookies, unless there’s some players looking to leave their club we don’t know about

      Whoever it is, bloody hope it’s a backrower. Need the depth.

      Especially with Blore now gone til round 6

      That might push the club to upgrade Tuilagi I reckon. I don’t want to see Chee Kam on our bench that’s for sure, hopefully Garner has been training to play 80 mins

      Unfortunate we have no AD, Musgrove or Blore for our first game.

      And maybe no Mbye

      Why’s that?

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    • RE: Robinson committed to rebuilding France footy

      @tiger5150 said in Robinson committed to rebuilding France footy:

      @jirskyr said in Robinson committed to rebuilding France footy:

      @kazoo-kid said in Robinson committed to rebuilding France footy:

      @cochise said in Robinson committed to rebuilding France footy:

      @tiger_steve said in Robinson committed to rebuilding France footy:

      Who cares! French footy might improve if Robinson can get Cummins to ref their games. They seem to have an ‘understanding.’

      With the terrible treatment that Rugby League copped in France, I would love to see the game rebuilt over there.

      Wasn’t rugby league declared illegal? The history of RL in France is interesting and horrible.

      Yes, and the Rugby Union were permitted to confiscate all the League facilities and equipment.

      I was seriously unaware of this, when are we talking about?

      Yeah it was really bad in the 30s, 40s and 50s, especially during the war. But even as recently as the 1990s they weren’t allowed call themselves rugby league, they had to call themselves ‘the game of 13’.

      The treatment of rugby league in France is one of the most shameful episodes in the history of sport.

      Despite all the active suppression of rugby league, including confiscation of all their money, France was still a powerhouse of the sport for a long time, the equal of Australia/England/NZ. I would love to see them make a comeback.
      I think the key is for Toulouse to get promoted to Super League, Catalans Dragons can’t do it all on their own.

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