Season 2023

[JohnnyThailand]

2023 Stat: Imagine someone having a beer with Benji at a pub and saying '2005 sounds like it was great. But I wasn't alive then'... That can start to happen this year if we don't won't it in 2023.

 

[Pezz70]

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But so will To’a, won’t he?

I read somewhere (maybe here), that Talau is destined for the forwards?

Maybe, but at this stage I don’t think he is up to NRL, I wouldn’t write him off just yet, but he needs to go up a few levels

 

[Someone2]

nvm

 

[Tigerm]

nvm

One of your best posts to date

 

[The Rosco]

One of your best posts to date

It's like he had a great thought . . . probably about Moses re-signing with the slimies and turning his back on WT . . . and then he woke up, rolled away from the wet patch, and went to the keyboard.

 

[westerntiger]

2023 Stat: Imagine someone having a beer with Benji at a pub and saying '2005 sounds like it was great. But I wasn't alive then'... That can start to happen this year if we don't won't it in 2023.

Kids under the age of 15 wouldn’t even remember the last time we played finals.

 

[macnaz]

Kids under the age of 15 wouldn’t even remember the last time we played finals.

There are pensioners that dont remember Parra winning a comp

 

[Tigerm]

Sheens impressed with pre-season progress

Tim Sheens is happy with how things are going in pre-season but admits there’s plenty of hard work required for his team to achieve its goal of playing finals football.

www.weststigers.com.au

“For me it’s about setting a goal for the Top 8”

 

[gordsy]

If you go by what Sheens says, it looks like Laurie at the back, Staines and Ken M on the wings.
I wonder if that means Nofo and Naden at centre?

 

[simmo1]

One thing I just noticed about our draw is that we are doing a heap of travelling this season. We start & finish the season with 3 games in Sydney, but in the middle 21 rounds we play only 7 games in Sydney, with 11 games out of Sydney plus 3 byes. This is largely thanks to us whoring out 3 of our home games, but we have just about every road trip possible this year. Need to take advantage of the soft opening draw as the middle of the season will be tough.

 

[Das Hassler]

One thing I just noticed about our draw is that we are doing a heap of travelling this season. We start & finish the season with 3 games in Sydney, but in the middle 21 rounds we play only 7 games in Sydney, with 11 games out of Sydney plus 3 byes. This is largely thanks to us whoring out 3 of our home games, but we have just about every road trip possible this year. Need to take advantage of the soft opening draw as the middle of the season will be tough.

Women's football WC plays a big part...I guess the eels will shuffle around as well?
What doesn't kill us will make us stronger!...so long as it doesn't kill us...which it probably will

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

Women's football WC plays a big part...I guess the eels will shuffle around as well?
What doesn't kill us will make us stronger!...so long as it doesn't kill us...which it probably will

Everything kills us.

Our Ground announcer’s third cousin stubs her toe, then our lock does an acl during the next captains run.

No direct causality required for our misfortune.

 

[Tigerm]

New rule interpretations for 2023 | Wests Tigers

The Commission, after extensive consultation with all stakeholders, has decided not to introduce any new Rules for the 2023 season.

www.weststigers.com.au

I think they owed us the captains challenge rule change

 

[Tigerm]

Gallery: Men at work

There's been a lift in the tempo at training as the countdown continues to Wests Tigers first pre-season trial.

www.weststigers.com.au

Does anyone know who this guy is (wished they put names to the photos) he looks huge?

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

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Does anyone know who this guy is (wished they put names to the photos) he looks huge?
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Big guys are long overdue but they must be mobile.

Ive grown tired of tired of watching our backs intimidate our forwards at training!

If any of our “marquee” play any trials etc, I’ll know Tim’s dropped the ball.

Ideally we want Mickey mousers like Des used to send in against us, and with a bit of luck get flogged with no one injured.

Over a third of the nrl players in any given club taking injured by seasons end, please let’s be eminently sensible about conserving talent as best we can.

If we are getting flogged senseless and there’s no way through, ffs, let’s not have Api make a brilliant try saving tackle in the 75th minute and break his arm in the process.

And unless we can sign glam, someone has the stump up the extras for Doogie.

 

[Bruz]

Gallery: Men at work

There's been a lift in the tempo at training as the countdown continues to Wests Tigers first pre-season trial.

www.weststigers.com.au

Does anyone know who this guy is (wished they put names to the photos) he looks huge?
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Fonua Pole

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

Fonua Pole

Stellar youngster, on every clubs wish list.

Signed to 25 Tim was anxious to lock him up for the duration. I recall reading somewhere that he was factored in very carefully in our cap contemplations. Not on the disposable list.

Looks likes been knuckling down physically over the off season. Excellent.

Pathways.

 

[Tigerm]

Fonua Pole

Thanks, he’s a big unit.

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

Thanks, he’s a big unit.

Yeah, still very young and powerful on spritely legs, bringing much needed balance to the experience joining the squad.

I’m just hoping for regular high standard from the new guys, a lot of the progress and improvement has to come from existing young stock, so they have a big responsibility.

Still, the fresh talent should bring a lot of teaching and hopefully a good club atmosphere.

Gus Gould has spoken a lot about the importance of experienced players being allowed to play footy and not being coached stale. Tim is talking effort and desire.

Rugby league is a science and an art. The interplay of variables and outcomes, it’s fascinating.

Jason Taylor was particular about individual player management as have been many coaches.

Just a pity all the resources pumped into Brooks hasnt stopped his ship sinking. Can the coaching cadre pull off the miracle??!

Alas, I think not. Not much talk about Will Smith…I think we need a thread on this perpetual dark horse.

 

[Bruz]

Yep.. He certainly looks like he has an X factor that we could definitely use.

Too lazy in my opinion