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Wests Tigers Terrible Ten (2000-2006)

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From Leumeah to Lillyfield, Leichhardt to Laos plenty of starchless campaigners have tarnished the black, white and gold jumper on and off the field.

I have ordered them in what i beleive is least to most detrimental to the club.


10. Radisson Maine Company – Fitted in perfectly with the ethos of the 2003 side. Claimed to have branches in New York, Paris, Jamaica, Barcelona but decided to operate out the back of a garage in cosmipolitan Sutherland. Didn’t you hear they enticed Nick Graham back by offering him a room? Little did we know that Radisson Maine would still be heroes. To pay off their debt of $36 that was outstanding from their 2003 sponsorship deal, the crafty pair agreed to compass a devious scheme to help the Tigers secure the 2005 premiership. And so The Masters of Deception met with Bible-bound Mander under the grandstand at Ctown on September 23rd 2005. As avid Saints supporters will tell you they were able to broker a deal which also involved Hansie Cronje, the Devil and a Benji Burger from leagues club. Mander was sold and a GF appearance certain.

9. Steve Clark – Didn’t like the abrupt way he spoke to Darren Senter after conceding his 12th straight penalty late in a match in 2000. Has always had something against us. You don't speak rudely to a man who shows his pearly whites quite so often

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8.. John Hopoate – Sloppa towed the line under Wayne Pearce. His only indiscretions were to perform a 4 minute WWF routine after scoring a try, giving the impetus for Penrith to come from 23 points down and being cited for 10 offences from a single game against Melbourne Storm. On the flip side, Sloppa boosted Balmain Junior League registrations by 67% in 2000 by putting his 24 kids into the Leichhardt Wanderers mix. Sloppa was corteous and managable until the despicable Lamb came along. Lamb was a bad influence, simple as that.

7. Martin Bullock – His recruitment criteria included
  • Must have a history of Off – Field Problems
  • Must have a History of injury and suspension
  • Must not be under the age of 30
  • Must give 30 % of their wages to the Martin Bullock Lonely Fisherman’s club in Minto
6. Trent Runciman and Chris Patterson – Known universally as Pancake and Rusty. Apparently liked to go out together for a Sizzlers meal with coach Lamb on Tuesday afternoons around 1PM. Whatever Pancake lacked in size, Rusty matched with a lack of pace. Whatever Rusty lacked in skill, Pancake made up for with his lack of ability. It was a match made it in a remedial class.


5. WTF Cheer Squad - Perhaps the only negative legacy of the last 18 months of success in Tigertown... A group of around 35 year 10 students who became fans in August 2005. The late inclusion of 3 middle aged women lorry drivers from Penrith Park has provided some maturity to the squad. Crayons, Masks, Fitzy Flags and Lego blocks are all present at regular meetings at Orange Grove Public School

4. Terry “My hammie is gone again” Hill - managed just 6 games in 4 seasons for his beloved Wests. Managed to single handedly win 5 of those games. Also managed to spit on coach Lamb 7 times after being told to run half a lap of Concord Oval.

3. Don Smallgoods – I was ardently behind the Don Smallgoods revolution at the club. I even bought a couple of extra kilos of Salami from the big fella each week. It was all encouraging until I became aware that a condition of their sponsorship agreement was that the club would oust the 1992 Fresh Salmonella Hot Dogs seller George. For those who dont know, George had sold the same brand of no frills hot dogs in his position on the walk down to Leichhardt Oval every match day for the past 14 seasons. During 2001, George was resigned to carrying the tomato sauce as part of the 4-man Panel Per station Super League Style system initiated by Don. Once Don had withdrawn his affiliation with the club, George was back as a one-man band and bouncing around with his mediocre meals on rusty wheels. That season there were record sales of 16 Hot Dogs and just 2 deaths resulting from food-poisoning.

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2. Lamb/Langmack Coaching Dream Team – Lamb deserves a place of his own in the hall of shame for being the most despicable figure in the club's history. However, in this case it is befitting that he is joined by his similarly blind Bullfrog mate. I remember a photo in the Sunday paper with the two coaching gurus puffing their considerable guts out proclaiming they had brought the Bulldogs culture to the Tigers. Too right they did – a culture to despise. An atmosphere of poison Matty Reicked every time Terrance walked into Balmain Leagues. As each thumping loss and buffoon like selections rolled on, The Brewery Truck and Circus became reality for the terrible two.

1. Sattler the Seagull – Seagull strutted into the Tigers like a Million Dollar man. 13 seasons of failure at the Gulls, Easts and Penrith were seeminly atoned for by his accomplishment of running down the 16.75 seconds, 0.07 seconds faster then Covell, 100M-man Todd Byrne. Seagull Satts was ineffective in making 38 yards and 8 carries in most games, all the while greasing up Prince and Laffranchi. Satts stated on NRL on Fox in 2005 that Cartwright was the perfect man for a Head Job. He won’t last long if Satts gets his way.





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Estoboy

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very funny; except for that WTF part obviously. In that point, true facts make the story far more enjoyable
 

Slappy

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Good stuff CDF!
Always enjoy your brutal analyses!

Still, I think you let that prick Sattler off lightly!
 
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Estoboy said:
except for that WTF part obviously. In that point, true facts make the story far more enjoyable

Nobody is immune from criticism in Croydon's eyes, not even Croydon.

When Croydon adpots the speech of Michael Clarke and talks about himself in the 3rd person it is an offence worthy of harsh criticism.

I remember strutting around at Belmore oval recreational ground in the 90's and the big fella with the mask (pre-mask days) was driveling on that Terry Lamb had never played for Wests. I got so fed up with his nonsense that I relocated to the shantytown tin cyclone-shelter at the railway end of the ground. Now whenever I see his Rocco Melonchek on TV I reminisce about his inane ramblings. More than likely Im just jealous that he was chosen as the face of the Wests supporters above a 90-game vetran for the Oberon Tigers
 

Estoboy

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croydon Dog food said:
Nobody is immune from criticism in Croydon's eyes, not even Croydon.

When Croydon adpots the speech of Michael Clarke and talks about himself in the 3rd person it is an offence worthy of harsh criticism.

I remember strutting around at Belmore oval recreational ground in the 90's and the big fella with the mask (pre-mask days) was driveling on that Terry Lamb had never played for Wests. I got so fed up with his nonsense that I relocated to the shantytown tin cyclone-shelter at the railway end of the ground. Now whenever I see his Rocco Melonchek on TV I reminisce about his inane ramblings. More than likely Im just jealous that he was chosen as the face of the Wests supporters above a 90-game vetran for the Oberon Tigers


lol, mate its still a hell funny post... all of it!:D :D :D
 

mulvihill

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HAhahah. A classic. Shame there were only 10 spots and the likes of Nick Graham and Jackson/Lipina Kaufusi/Makasini Richter missed out. THe quality of this list can be measured against the credentials of those unfortunate to have missed out. The WTF description was also bang on
 

super_coach

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Its been a long time between drinks Dog Food,but this post was one of your better efforts in 2006. Just like the beloved tigers after avery poor start to 2006 you might be comming home with a wet sail.

Gee The Mud Guard (shinning on top and full of sh*t underneath) Sattler got off with a soft serve.Deserved a lot more

Anyway dogfood,good to see you back and putting some life into the forum.
 
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cheers coach.

It reminds me of a season for Oberon where i only managed 8 games. the facts remain i was probably best on ground in 6 of those.
 

brooksy19

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croydon Dog food said:
cheers coach.

It reminds me of a season for Oberon where i only managed 8 games. the facts remain i was probably best on ground in 6 of those.

That was a frustrating season for all involved. I should know, being the oberon waterboy i lost 10kgs running out the water to the boys beside the goal posts.
 

bjm8

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croydon Dog food said:
Nobody is immune from criticism in Croydon's eyes, not even Croydon.

When Croydon adpots the speech of Michael Clarke and talks about himself in the 3rd person it is an offence worthy of harsh criticism.

I remember strutting around at Belmore oval recreational ground in the 90's and the big fella with the mask (pre-mask days) was driveling on that Terry Lamb had never played for Wests. I got so fed up with his nonsense that I relocated to the shantytown tin cyclone-shelter at the railway end of the ground. Now whenever I see his Rocco Melonchek on TV I reminisce about his inane ramblings. More than likely Im just jealous that he was chosen as the face of the Wests supporters above a 90-game vetran for the Oberon Tigers

The fact that he is referred to as the 'face of the wtf' is most likely the reason most of you seem to hate us. Maybe if we found a good looking freindly blonde 18 yr old things might pick up.

good post, however i agree with everyone that you let "just sign here" sattler off a bit lightly.
 

pantherz9103

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Satts gave his true service to the Panthers for five years between 1999 and 2003. He only went to the Tigers because that prick Shane Richardson overpaid all of our sudden gf heroes from 2003 and we couldn't keep satts so he had an unmemorable year at Wests in '04
 

mulvihill

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Sattler was a mediocre journeyman who showed himself to be sh*t wherever he played, save for one tackle on the slowest winger to play the game since Ross Conlon retired. He's most telling contribution to the tigers was bringing Croydon's aforementioned 3 truck driving female penrith fans over to hold prominent positions in the WTF.
 

Suzie

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Yeah, that's right. i started following the tigers when sattler came across. geez, funnily enough, for two years he was playing undercover at penrith tho ...hmmmm .... you're a toolbag.
 

bjm8

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I asked you the same question the other day mulvihill but you never answered, why dont you like people who support the wests tigers?
 

mulvihill

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I don't like penrith fans jumping ship and changing sides
Or easts
or st george
Or manly
or canterbury
or anyone else for that matter
People who can change teams are soul-less new fan jester hat wearing numpties end of story
 
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