Season 2024

[Nutz]

Would say its a shoot out between him, Naden and Kepaoa for left centre. Assume Toa will be right.

Vic, if we are hanging our hat on those three to be our saviours next year then I feel we are going to get touched up again.
I have no confidence in our backs.
Bula is a goodin but as I said a time ago, he will be targeted now. More traffic will come him way.
He still is very inexperienced and we need to keep developing the lad.
To'a would hold his end up if we recruited a good centre.

 

[Vic Mackey]

Vic, if we are hanging our hat on those three to be our saviours next year then I feel we are going to get touched up again.
I have no confidence in our backs.
Bula is a goodin but as I said a time ago, he will be targeted now. More traffic will come him way.
He still is very inexperienced and we need to keep developing the lad.
To'a would hold his end up if we recruited a good centre.

yep, we have a poor squad and the poorest position in it is centre. Hence the Olam look.

 

[Nutz]

yep, we have a poor squad and the poorest position in it is centre. Hence the Olam look.

I completely forgot about Olam. Is there any development?

 

[Nutz]

With 2023 a complete disaster again, wondering what the team will look like next season, obviously new signings may still be coming, which may or may not be included?

For me:
1. Bulla
2. T’oa (Nofa dropped)
3. Naden
4. Staines
5. Tupou
6. Sullivan
7. Sezer
8. Utoikamanu
9. Api
10. Klemmer
11. Papi
12. Bateman
13. Pole
14. Kepaoa
15. Twal
16. Blore
17. Seyfarth
18. Da Silva

I think there's more changes coming boys.

 

[Tigerm]

Gallery: Week 2 Pre-season

More pics from Concord where the hard work continued in week two of pre-season training.

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Be great if they put some names on the pics?

 

[Nutz]

For me this year was a bigger disappointment than 2022 because we had a decent forward pack and a sprinkling of talent in the backs...Tupou , Bula, To'a.
We failed again in the halves.
Well both halves are gone and we've recruited a veteran and a puppy to guide us around the paddock. These new halves won't be any good unless they have good players outside them and we still have a couple of weak areas that we all know too well.

 

[Tigerm]

For me this year was a bigger disappointment than 2022 because we had a decent forward pack and a sprinkling of talent in the backs...Tupou , Bula, To'a.
We failed again in the halves.
Well both halves are gone and we've recruited a veteran and a puppy to guide us around the paddock. These new halves won't be any good unless they have good players outside them and we still have a couple of weak areas that we all know too well.

Hopefully, it's a case for some, that they are another season experienced?
For me, I really hope we can get someone like Olam and he performs to the ability he is capable of?

 

[Nutz]

Hopefully, it's a case for some, that they are another season experienced?
For me, I really hope we can get someone like Olam and he performs to the ability he is capable of?

Exactly TM.
The biggest problems I see is a backline getting used to their new halves and vise versa and secondly with D.
All the Brooks haters would have blinkers on if they couldn't see the effort that Brooks put into D.
Sezer is a big ½ but is he going to cut it coming back to the best league comp in the world?? There is a lot to play out next year and I'm hoping that 70-0 thrashings are a thing of the past.

 

[Tigerm]

Exactly TM.
The biggest problems I see is a backline getting used to their new halves and vise versa and secondly with D.
All the Brooks haters would have blinkers on if they couldn't see the effort that Brooks put into D.
Sezer is a big ½ but is he going to cut it coming back to the best league comp in the world?? There is a lot to play out next year and I'm hoping that 70-0 thrashings are a thing of the past.

Unless, we are doing he thrashings hahaha

I didn't think much of Brooks for quite a few seasons. It was never his speed or his defence, it was always his lack of action in attack, I won't speak for everyone, but I'd be pretty sure most felt the same?

If Sezer can set us in attacking raids, it's all you can ask of him, imo.

 

[Nutz]

I still have doubts but what can we do?

 

[Tigerm]

I still have doubts but what can we do?

Well, when you are at LO, wear a WT's singlet (no matter the weather) and shadow box near the players entrance, while shouting, tigers, tigers, c'mon tigaaa's. hahaha

 

[Nutz]

Well, when you are at LO, wear a WT's singlet (no matter the weather) and shadow box near the players entrance, while shouting, tigers, tigers, c'mon tigaaa's. hahaha

God bless him.

 

[Nutz]

I've got such a good yarn to tell about Laurie. I'll post up in memories later.
I'm watching the cricket final...catch up later guys.

 

[Tigerm]

NBWT:
Isaiah Papali’i: “Having Benji at the helm is going to be good, where we are getting a constant message or a constant game plan that is going to be simple for the whole 27 rounds.”

Ouch, sorry timmy.

 

[Tigerm]

NBWT:
Isaiah Papali’i: “Having Benji at the helm is going to be good, where we are getting a constant message or a constant game plan that is going to be simple for the whole 27 rounds.”

Ouch, sorry timmy.

NRL 2024, Wests Tigers, Isaiah Papali'i, Benji Marshall, Tim Sheens | Wests Tigers

The Wests Tigers were at their best when Benji Marshall was calling the shots last season according to Isaiah Papali’i, which gives him hope the club can take a leap in 2024.

www.weststigers.com.au

 

[Nutz]

NRL 2024, Wests Tigers, Isaiah Papali'i, Benji Marshall, Tim Sheens | Wests Tigers

The Wests Tigers were at their best when Benji Marshall was calling the shots last season according to Isaiah Papali’i, which gives him hope the club can take a leap in 2024.

www.weststigers.com.au

At training you have to have you assistants and trainers etc directing traffic but on game day it should be one voice.
I've come to know that Benji is not only confident but he's akways had a voice.... he'll go ok as head coach imo.

 

[Nutz]

I can't wait to see our round 1 team. What surprises could there be?

 

[Tigerm]

Gallery: NRL Pre-season Week 3

Several of the senior players have returned to the Zurich Centre for their first day of pre-season training.

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The boys are back, Sezer is bigger than I thought?

 

[Vic Mackey]

NRL 2024, Wests Tigers, Isaiah Papali'i, Benji Marshall, Tim Sheens | Wests Tigers

The Wests Tigers were at their best when Benji Marshall was calling the shots last season according to Isaiah Papali’i, which gives him hope the club can take a leap in 2024.

www.weststigers.com.au

I know pre season has a lot of talk however both Ice and Api have now commented on how confusing Sheens style was. I got told early on that Sheens basically had no structures and told them to just 'play footy.' You could tell from round 1 no one had any idea what was going on.

Lets hope that Benji implements a more regular structure.

 

[Tigerm]

I know pre season has a lot of talk however both Ice and Api have now commented on how confusing Sheens style was. I got told early on that Sheens basically had no structures and told them to just 'play footy.' You could tell from round 1 no one had any idea what was going on.

Lets hope that Benji implements a more regular structure.

Yeah, he was old school against modern structures, I feel his 200 passes a day each gave him away?
Though his ploy against Penrith in the rain worked well, but not much else?