They have a pretty good spine but there are question marks around their depth and the coach. Do you think they can play finals this year? I think they're a chance if their spine remains healthy and they've got blokes who knows what it to takes premierships. As one of the big Sydney clubs I'm sure people would love to see them return to finals, they haven't played finals since 2011 and Sydney will be buzzing if/when the Tigers return to finals.
Can we? Yes absolutely
Will we? Very likely no
Its the best 17 and deeper squad we've had since 2011, half our team have played in a Prelim final so the talent is there. Our depth is pretty decent this year. We've brought in guys who were first choice depth players for Penrith, Brisbane, NZ and Easts instead of the Ron Massey guys we had in roster spots 20-30 last year.
We've only had 1 guy with off season surgery and at the full contact opposed training session last week only 1 of the top 30 + 6 dev players (Mav Geyer) wasnt fit to participate. Apart from the round 1 bye the draw is kind compared to last year. The first five games are winnable playing 4 teams that finished out of the 8 and a Metcalfless Warriors.
There are absolutely no excuses for the team not to have a good season, anything below a finals spot is a failure. I dot think the off field stuff effects players that much, they're too dumb and self centered to understand.
But Im a Tigers fan, I dont expect nice things. We have the worst coaching staff in the comp and they are miles off even the 16th worst. I expect we do well enough so people say 'You can see the Tigers are buidling' and keep Benji employed. Likely a 10th-12th finish.
