What's a salary cap ?

can't be bothered to trawl through the whole thread but the people who are worried what the west fans opinions are shouldn't worry to much, previously they have called for robbie farrah to leave and there most recent witch hunt is benji marshall


he has been out of form like all the players at the tigers.

It may have something to do with the ex Saints and Bradford coach.

It would appear that it's you who needs to stay cool. What a ridiculous post. You launch an attack like this then ask that the recipient doesn't take offence!

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I was starting to wonder if you were trolling.

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Oh come off it. Anyone involved in pro sport knows they are under scrutiny and it goes with the territory. The idea if someone doesn't rate a player they shouldn't say so in case they may offend them or their families is ridiculous. The players get slagged off and abused far worse at matches (never from me by the way).

I also take issue with the ill-informed bit of your post as well. Many of us have watched the game for decades and can recognise both good and poor players when we see one. Not we aren't Mark Bitcon or Shaun Wane but that doesn't mean anyone posting in here is offering ill-informed opinion. They are the opinions of fans who follow the sport in detail and take a great interest in it. Or is it only ill informed if its not positive?

No idea why what you are referring to that I posted about Powell that was outrageous either.

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I didn't say lame arguments (plural) I was referring to the one over-used argument/come back of the coach is always right. This is a place to view our opinions not parrot his. Nothing wrong with agreeing with the coach but it's a weak position to take if that is all you can think of to justify your opinion as to why a player is good or otherwise is because the coach said so.

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I suppose it was only a matter of time before you accused me of having an "agenda". What is the purpose of my so called "anti-Wane agenda" and what do I hope to achieve?

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Me any my acolytes? Who might they be and when do we meet to hatch our devious plots?

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Really!? After all that slagging off?

Anyway I am about to start my journey to the game and if Powell plays I will be cheering him on as I was last week. If he or anyone else is poor I dare say there will be a discussion about it afterwards just as there will be if anyone has a good game. That is the way it works.

Pettybourne is another of those guys who was regarded really highly but never really kicked on. I've watched him for years waiting for him to start playing well. I expected him to make a better go of it at Wests with the change of scenery but obviously not.

He's easily SL quality and brings something a bit different with how fast and explosive he is, but he's not a great rugby league player by any means and it's a punt because you don't know what you're going to get from him. Potentially he could be huge, or he could plod along doing nothing of value.

I wouldn't read too much into what Wests Tigers fans have to say about any forward who plays for them. Ben Te'o and Bronson Harrison were also rubbish at the tigers, same can be said for Adam Blair at the moment. The Tigers have a history of taking great forwards and somehow getting them to not perform, from what I can gather.

Not seen much of him at Wests but at Souths he struck me as a quality impact forward ideal to come off the bench and punch holes in the defence. Similar to Paea and I am sure once we missed out on him we went straight for this signing.

Running wide off a flat ball he will take some stopping, very explosive if we can keep him on the field.

Wests have had an horrific injury crisis this season, he would have played with an injury just so they could field the numbers a la Andy Powell

Yep.
He hit grade at Souths with a massive impact....several seasons later astute purchases at Souths saw him lagging behind.

He's been average for us....but thats par for the course at Wests. He could be a good pick up for you.

If he can find the form he had when he first began, he used to hit the line like a truck, feearless

What is his attitude like? If he has the right attitude I think, based on what I have read, he could thrive here. We have a very good back room staff who have done very well with what may have appeared curious signings to me and others at the time.

Hard to tell, hes only been with us half a season, weve had a bitch of a year disrupted by injuries, Eddys had injuries...a new coach, CEO resigning, we are stoney broke....he, Anasta and Bodene Thompson - our three NRL experienced recruits (recruited by the EX- coach) this year have all struggled to find a role so to speak

He's been used sparingly off the bench, offered little impact and struggled to get involved. Of the three mentioned I was most excited and looked forward to what he'd bring, he hasnt really worked with us - but he's got a long line in that category behind him

Can't knock he's attitude and thats why Madge referred the club to him after he knew they would be releasing him because of the salary cap. He is fearless when running at the line and i wish he was as big as a real prop because he would be a monster unfortunately he is another 2nd row convert.
I have yet been worried about players leaving and the team being weaker from their replacements even last year but i hope we haven't signed pettybourne and nobody else for mossop.