On Saturday night we were all got an eye-opener into the devastating underlying issues the West Tigers are experiencing, as put by club captain James Tamou.
The Tigers donโt have the personnel to not only win games, but to make the top eight. If it goes how we all think it will, this season marks the 10 years since the Tigers made the finals, and fans all across the NRL are sick of the organisation's poor retention and recruitment over the last 10 years.
2022 Lineup
English Import Oliver Gildart moves into the starting team and Adam Doueihi stays in the centres. I keep him there because I believe thatโs his best position, a big body like him can run it up if needed and has silky hands that can move the ball to the right position.
Recruits Shaun Johnson and Mitchell Pearce move straight into the halves, which will provide an exciting difference in attack. Jake Simpkin cements that starting spot, I think it was unfair for Madge to drop him earlier in the year and blame our attacking problems on a kid who played five games.
Dale Finucane makes a move into the front-row to accommodate Jackson Hastings. This man is built for the NRL after a great stint in the Super League winning the Man of Steel Award as a five-eighth. However, moving into lock will better serve the team in attack.
All the premier teams now have a ball playing lock. The Storm has Brandon Smith, the Roosters have Victor Radley, the panthers have Isaah Yeo and Souths and Parra have Cameron Murray and Nathan Brown respectively. So adding Jackson Hastings will complete what the modern team should look like in the NRL today as the game gets faster.
- Daine Laurie
- David Noafuluma
- Oliver Gildart
- Adam Doueihi
- Ken Maumalo
- Shaun Johnson
- Mitchell Pearce
- James Tamou
- Jake Simpkin
- Dale Finucane
- Luciano Leilua
- Shawn Blore
- Jackson Hastings
- Jacob Liddle
- Alex Twal
- Luke Garner
- Joe Ofahengaue
Other Key Players
- Thomas Mikale
- Micheal Chee-Kam
- Jock Madden
- Zane Munsgrove
- Stefano Utoikamanu
I have to disagree with a lot of this. Getting rid of Brooks would be a big mistake. He has without a doubt been one of Wests top 3 players this season. He had a bad season last year โ so what? Everyone has a dip in form. Remember just 2 years ago he was named Dally M halfback of the year. Back when Tedesco and Moses were in the team he was playing out of his skin. All he needs is decent players around him and heโll fire. You donโt improve a team by getting rid of quality players in a shit team.
As with the paying overs on Mbye, Packer and Leilua, 3 people donโt make a team. Yes, we all know theyโre crap and donโt deserve 1/10 of what theyโre getting paid, but itโs not like the whole salary cap has gone into those 3 players.
Signing Pearce and Johnson would be a bigger mistake than shafting Brooks. The Tigers are renowned for buying old players past their use-buy date on massive deals. They donโt need 2 old halves who only have another 1 or 2 years in them. That would hugely screw up their roster for years to come.
Jackson Hastings was signed to be a half. To replace Mbye. Not to be a lock. Wests donโt need any more forwards, for the time being, other than possibly Finucane.
Also, Iโm not quite sure what you mean when you say the Tigers lack strength when going forward. You have named Luciano Leilua, Alex Twal and Alex Seyfarth. What happened to Blore, Mikaele, Utoikamanu and Ofahengaue
Yes, there are massive problems at Wests. Too many to even write about. But most of this wrong regarding the issues at the club.