Predicted Round One WT team

@garry not good enough Garry I want an attacking onslaught. There’s no time to wait. Bring on John Bateman.

Posted by: @avocadoontoast

@garry not good enough Garry I want an attacking onslaught. There’s no time to wait. Bring on John Bateman.

Doubt Bateman will be here.

Posted by: @garry

Posted by: @avocadoontoast

@garry not good enough Garry I want an attacking onslaught. There’s no time to wait. Bring on John Bateman.

Doubt Bateman will be here.

God help us then

Posted by: @avocadoontoast

I'm really surprised to see how many people have put Blore ahead of Pole. Take out the game against Parramatta and Blore has never really done anything. Even when fit I thought he was good defensively but didn't add much attacking wise, whereas Pole was consistently very strong from his first game both in attack and defensively. I'd be having Pole in my side every day of the week over Blore.

I had Pole as my prediction for other second row spot, not just because of Blore’s injury etc but also because I can see Pole really ripping in over the off-season and grabbing the spot.

Posted by: @spartan117

Enjoyed the the Pod, 

Regarding this Round 1 Discussion. we sound a little silly having players like Klemmer, Brown discussed when their still on the Wishlist

 

Predictions mixed in with a little hope 😆 we’ll see how well or poorly we went in March!

I worry about Blore as well, but I think asking Pole to step up to a full time edge role is a huge ask, even noting how impressive he was last year (as a middle, mind). 

Posted by: @frullens

@garry if we want to win games, that's who I would be signing

Bateman 

Klemmer &

Welsby

All gettable 

One down two to go...
Bateman to play an edge or #13 though?

Posted by: @barra

Posted by: @frullens

@garry if we want to win games, that's who I would be signing

Bateman 

Klemmer &

Welsby

All gettable 

One down two to go...
Bateman to play an edge or #13 though?

That's it - I think those three fiĺl the gaps we need to fill.

Bateman I'd play on an edge, sharing with Blore.

I'd have Hastings sharing 13 with a spell from Rua.

Posted by: @barra

Posted by: @frullens

@garry if we want to win games, that's who I would be signing

Bateman 

Klemmer &

Welsby

All gettable 

One down two to go...
Bateman to play an edge or #13 though?

Unless things changed quickly in the last 30 hours then I would still be surprised by a Bateman announcement.

So far our only post season signing is Staines?

We need to sign some decent players if we are serious about 2023.

The players we've been linked most heavily with are Moses, Bateman and Klemmer.

You think we'd hopefully land 1 or 2 of those.

We can't sign any more fringe first graders (which I put Staines in that catergory) 

Posted by: @frullens

So far our only post season signing is Staines?

We need to sign some decent players if we are serious about 2023.

The players we've been linked most heavily with are Moses, Bateman and Klemmer.

You think we'd hopefully land 1 or 2 of those.

We can't sign any more fringe first graders (which I put Staines in that catergory) 

To be honest I wasn't expecting many signings between 22 and 23, Staines was about all I thought we would see but the number of players we have released has my hopes up.

Put this way, we need to sign at least 3 more players for 2023.

They can either be '3 decent signings,' or squad fillers.

I hope it's 3 decent signings that move the club in a forward direction 

Posted by: @helmesy

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On the latest edition of the Wests Tigers Podcast we all named the team we expect Tim Sheens to name for Round One 2023. 

These aren't the teams we would pick (well not necessarily anyway), but a prediction of what Sheens and co might be thinking.

I went:

1. Staines
2. Nofoaluma
3. Naden
4. Doueihi
5. To'a
6. Laurie
7. Brooks
8. Klemmer
9. Korisau
10. Ofahengue
11. Papali'i
12. Pole
13. Hastings
14. Utoikamanu
15. Twal
16. Brown
17. Talau

Eddie went for:

1. Laurie 
2. Staines 
3. Kepaoa 
4. Doueihi 
5. Nofoaluma 
6. Brooks 
7. Hastings 
8. Stefano 
9. Korisau
10. Klemmer 
11. Papali'i 
12. Blore 
13. Ofahengue 
14. Pole 
15. Maumalo
16. Matamua 
17. Twal

Declan went with:

1. Staines
2. Nofoaluma
3. Kepaoa
4. Naden
5. Maumalo
6. Doueihi
7. Hastings
8. Klemmer
9. Korisau
10. Ofahengue
11. Bateman
12. Papali'i
13. Brown
14. Simpkin
15. Blore
16. Twal
17. Utoikamanu

Steve's prediction:

1. Laurie
2. Nofoaluma
3. Kepaoa
4. Naden
5. Maumalo
6. Doueihi
7. Brooks
8. Klemmer
9. Korisau
10. Twal
11. Blore
12. Papali'i
13. Hastings
14. Brown
15. Utoikamanu
16. Ofahengue
17. Ngatikaura

Garry's crystal ball shows:

1. Laurie
2. Nofoaluma
3. Kepaoa
4. Naden
5. Staines
6. Doueihi
7. Brooks
8. Klemmer
9. Korisau
10. Ofahengue
11. Papali'i
12. Bateman
13. Hastings
14. Simpkin
15. Twal
16. Blore
17. Utoikamanu

What are your predictions?

We all had Hastings, we were so young and naive 😆

Today I’m at:

1. Staines
2. Nofoaluma
3. Naden
4. Doueihi
5. Maumalo
6. Laurie
7. Brooks
8. Klemmer
9. Korisau
10. Ofahengue
11. Papali'i
12. Bateman
13. Pole
14. Blore
15. Twal
16. Utoikamanu
17. Talau

Posted by: @helmesy

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Today I’m at:

1. Staines
2. Nofoaluma
3. Naden
4. Doueihi
5. Maumalo
6. Laurie
7. Brooks
8. Klemmer
9. Korisau
10. Ofahengue
11. Papali'i
12. Bateman
13. Pole
14. Blore
15. Twal
16. Utoikamanu
17. Talau

Pretty Close IMO, I'd tweak it.

1. Staines
2. Nofoaluma
3. Naden
4. Doueihi
5. Maumalo
6. Laurie
7. Brooks
8. Klemmer
9. Korisau
10. Stef
11. Papali'i
12. Bateman
13. Joffa
14. Blore
15. Twal
16. Pole
17. Matumau