Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[Tcat]

Anyone watching the finals? Great to see Nofo get knocked out being with Melbourne. LL has been horrendous for the Cowboys.

Watched about 30 seconds of the Melbourne game and surprise surprise, Nofa comes in off his wing again and gets dragged for about 10m over the try line for Canberra to score. Don't think he's learned much and hopefully Bellamy gave him a reality check after the game.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

You summed him up pretty much but I’ll add he really can’t defend either. He can run that’s about the only positive I can say about Brooks but when you look at his tackles he still misses on average 3-5 a game. Brooks isn’t the answer and I hope to god (if there is one) that he signs with Knights come Nov 1 we have to try something different going forward.

Brooks and Laure are our best backs. Rather than removing them I would think the goal would be to improve the quality around them,

 

[Buttface]

Brandy was next to him holding the lube.

I think you confused holding with applying.

 

[twentyforty]

If the recruitment team can just focus please on getting top shelf 1,6,7,9 and 13. Don’t stop turning over those players until you are satisfied they are the equal to the best in NRL. Sheens, O’Donnell, Benji, Robbie, Cook, Wayde, , Pascoe and Lee?

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

Found on r/NRL subreddit: How often each club makes the finals

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love to see the ratio of semi finals made over premierships won
we are 1 premiership from 3 finals series
Cronulla as an example are 1 premiership from 24 finals series

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

Come on all West Tigers fans cheer on Collimgwood for the flag. If you think we get it bad ask any melbourne person and see how bad they hate the Magpies

Collingwood are the Manly of the AFL everybody hates them

 

[mikey]

I have not watched LL at the cowboys how bad has he been 1 game or most of them ?

The 9 commentators commnted how he had changed into a good, hard-working player since leaving the Tigers. He's still got mistakes in him but why is it that either he didn't want to work hard with us/ we don't demand players work hard?

 

[Long Term Fan]

Watching the final series first three games and you can see how much a decent forward pack in the modern game is required to win the middle to provide the platform for the backs to perform.

Two experience props needed asap or 2023 is going to be another long season.

 

[Telltails]

The 9 commentators commnted how he had changed into a good, hard-working player since leaving the Tigers. He's still got mistakes in him but why is it that either he didn't want to work hard with us/ we don't demand players work hard?

I think he did work hard for us. He just couldn't do it effectively for 80 minutes every game. Cowboys didn't pay 700k for a player who was rubbish. LL was one of the few in our team who could break a tackle and give us some go forward. We just relied on him too much

 

[Stevec]

I don't care about Collingwood in fact hope Swans win next week but main concern for me is Wests Tigers and I don't care much about finals
One thing I note is Panthers clear top of the table and only team to have easy win this weekend .The other 2 games could have gone either way but not concerned . Think Panthers win it all again anyway.
Back on the tigers - have we signed ANYONE ! Yet

 

[tonza]

I think he did work hard for us. He just couldn't do it effectively for 80 minutes every game. Cowboys didn't pay 700k for a player who was rubbish. LL was one of the few in our team who could break a tackle and give us some go forward. We just relied on him too much

Madge liked to play him without a rest for 80 mins and let player no.17 have 2 mins game time at the end of the game. It so surprising to see him play so much better after having a rest. Who would of thought?

 

[boonboon]

Madge liked to play him without a rest for 80 mins and let player no.17 have 2 mins game time at the end of the game. It so surprising to see him play so much better after having a rest. Who would of thought?

You know 2 cowboys bench players played 6 mins and 8 mins only yeah

 

[Telltails]

Madge liked to play him without a rest for 80 mins and let player no.17 have 2 mins game time at the end of the game. It so surprising to see him play so much better after having a rest. Who would of thought?

I'm not sure he is playing better he is just surrounded by a wealth of talent that doesn't exist in our squad - in the forwards and backs - and so the workload is shared. LL was great for us.

 

[twentyforty]

The 9 commentators commnted how he had changed into a good, hard-working player since leaving the Tigers. He's still got mistakes in him but why is it that either he didn't want to work hard with us/ we don't demand players work hard?

When Lee H was talking about Nofa going to Storm on loan, said he just needs a reason to play well. He plays well for Samoa. QLD can get an average club player into origin playing like a world beater. It’s the special something which produces the extra 5 or 10% effort, the hysterical strength at a time of need.
The way to do this is by using anchoring, a cognitive bias working in a favourable way. But it needs to be imbedded first. You might recall Madge repeating “Wests Tigers are always in a f...n game” or Tommy’s “cattle dog”. Words which trigger anchoring.
When each player has this default position the result can be powerful.
It’s so important to have a sense of belonging and loyalty for something bigger than its individual parts. We simply don’t foster this.

 

[tigger19]

Sign des, he will attract players, Benji 2 year apprenticeship, sheens back to head of football role

 

[Wagga_Tiger]

Come on all West Tigers fans cheer on Collimgwood for the flag. If you think we get it bad ask any melbourne person and see how bad they hate the Magpies

Never ever going to happen Collingwood can rot in hell scum club like Parra and their fans.

 

[1eyedmel]

You know 2 cowboys bench players played 6 mins and 8 mins only yeah

Didn't the hammer only play for about 80 seconds. We should make enquiries, he gets very little game time.

 

[426Tlgerland]

Who is the Hammer , sorry just not sure who it is

 

[Wagga_Tiger]

You summed him up pretty much but I’ll add he really can’t defend either. He can run that’s about the only positive I can say about Brooks but when you look at his tackles he still misses on average 3-5 a game. Brooks isn’t the answer and I hope to god (if there is one) that he signs with Knights come Nov 1 we have to try something different going forward.

How about we try something different like a forward pack that constantly goes forward, has some line speed and puts the opposition on their backs. We haven’t done that since 2010/11. Might be something worth exploring.

 

[mikey]

When Lee H was talking about Nofa going to Storm on loan, said he just needs a reason to play well. He plays well for Samoa. QLD can get an average club player into origin playing like a world beater. It’s the special something which produces the extra 5 or 10% effort, the hysterical strength at a time of need.
The way to do this is by using anchoring, a cognitive bias working in a favourable way. But it needs to be imbedded first. You might recall Madge repeating “Wests Tigers are always in a f...n game” or Tommy’s “cattle dog”. Words which trigger anchoring.
When each player has this default position the result can be powerful.
It’s so important to have a sense of belonging and loyalty for something bigger than its individual parts. We simply don’t foster this.

The current anchor seems to be 70 percent effort is good enough.