@jedi-tiger really ? Is he that much better than Fainu/ Sullivan/ Galvin(potential in all 3 based on actual output I know ) .
I dunno man . I feel like he’s allowed to skip around and at times kill the attack , because the infrastructure is there.
Um just not sold he’s not benifotting greatly from the system he is in.
The last time we got a player very similar to him , it was a huge mistake . In Reynolds . Once bitten twice shy I guess .
Just saw Benji is meeting Jayden Sullivan on Thursday - if we can get Sezer, Fainu and Sullivan thats a start at least !
@tigerpete I’m guessing if we sign all of them, it’ll be Sezer and Sullivan to start while Fainu is in the lower grades sharpening his trade
TIGERS SIGNING WARS EXPOSE CLUB’S MISSMANAGEMENT
YOU’VE got to admire Wests Tigers captain Api Koroisau making a return five weeks after suffering a broken jaw to try and help the club avoid a second straight wooden spoon.
Koroisau, 30, has consistently been the Tigers best player all season with his guile and deception out of dummy-half providing the rest of the team with a far superior platform to play off.
In a rare smart play from the Tigers, the club has now extended Koroisau’s contract until the end of 2026 in a bid to provide some much-needed stability to the playing roster.
The only problem? Wests Tigers new head of recruitment Scott Fulton knew nothing about Koroisau being given an additional year on his contract.
Instead it was Tigers CEO Justin Pascoe and soon-to-be head coach Marshall who did the deal.
This is the same CEO who decided it was a good idea to sign Fulton as head of recruitment without consulting Tim Sheens or Marshall a couple of months back.
That’s gone well so far.
And even though Fulton is against signing UK Super League halfback Aidan Sezer from Leeds, Marshall’s agent Matt Desira has now been sent a one-year contract for the ex-Raiders grand final halfback from 2019 to join the Tigers next season.
Is it any wonder the Tigers are all over the shop with management like this?
We keep going back to the late, great Jack Gibson line. Winning starts Monday and winning starts in the front office.
Paddle pop lion CEO Pascoe’s next job should be building a new trophy cabinet to house the back-to-back wooden spoons the Tigers have collected in 2022-23.
Paddle pop lion CEO Pascoe’s next job should be building a new trophy cabinet to house the back-to-back wooden spoons the Tigers have collected in 2022-23.
He can put it next to the barber shop at the Concord-based club’s Centre of Excellence. In fairness it’s been a Centre of Mediocrity to date.
Spare us the dribble about how well Pascoe’s got the club going on a commercial level. The NRL grant now gifts every club $5 million each year.
So the 17 NRL clubs all start $5 million in the black. By the time you throw in sponsorships and memberships it’s almost impossible to run at a loss.
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@helmesy It is bad enough we way these mistakes once let alone do it again. The lack of leadership, direction and knowing what roles everyone has is mind boggling.
If the board can’t see this without even having a review means the whole joint is totally dysfunctional they should act now!
There’s one common element in all of this rubbish - Pascoe.
This is nothing more than Hooper hogwash.Snide unsubstantiated garbage and gossip.You just can’t run with this trash.Wests Tigers at its lowest point is such an easy target.Hooper has an agenda and conducts himself much in the same style as a jackal or hyena.
In all truth the re-signing of Api should be seen as a major coup for the club never mind the whys and wherefores of how it was attained.A major,positive step in the right direction and affirmation of Benji into the future.
TIGERS SIGNING WARS EXPOSE CLUB’S MISSMANAGEMENT
YOU’VE got to admire Wests Tigers captain Api Koroisau making a return five weeks after suffering a broken jaw to try and help the club avoid a second straight wooden spoon.
Koroisau, 30, has consistently been the Tigers best player all season with his guile and deception out of dummy-half providing the rest of the team with a far superior platform to play off.
In a rare smart play from the Tigers, the club has now extended Koroisau’s contract until the end of 2026 in a bid to provide some much-needed stability to the playing roster.
The only problem? Wests Tigers new head of recruitment Scott Fulton knew nothing about Koroisau being given an additional year on his contract.
Instead it was Tigers CEO Justin Pascoe and soon-to-be head coach Marshall who did the deal.
This is the same CEO who decided it was a good idea to sign Fulton as head of recruitment without consulting Tim Sheens or Marshall a couple of months back.
That’s gone well so far.
And even though Fulton is against signing UK Super League halfback Aidan Sezer from Leeds, Marshall’s agent Matt Desira has now been sent a one-year contract for the ex-Raiders grand final halfback from 2019 to join the Tigers next season.
Is it any wonder the Tigers are all over the shop with management like this?
We keep going back to the late, great Jack Gibson line. Winning starts Monday and winning starts in the front office.
Paddle pop lion CEO Pascoe’s next job should be building a new trophy cabinet to house the back-to-back wooden spoons the Tigers have collected in 2022-23.
Paddle pop lion CEO Pascoe’s next job should be building a new trophy cabinet to house the back-to-back wooden spoons the Tigers have collected in 2022-23.
He can put it next to the barber shop at the Concord-based club’s Centre of Excellence. In fairness it’s been a Centre of Mediocrity to date.
Spare us the dribble about how well Pascoe’s got the club going on a commercial level. The NRL grant now gifts every club $5 million each year.
So the 17 NRL clubs all start $5 million in the black. By the time you throw in sponsorships and memberships it’s almost impossible to run at a loss.
That is exactly how it should work. fulton shouldnt be the final arbiter of who we sign, the coach should be, so that article pretty much says that things are working exactly as they should be. I actually find that article reassuring tbh and it doesnt say that Fulton didntwant Api to extend. Of course he would have.
I think people need to be careful with the knee jerk reaction anything that starts will Wests Tigers management. This article is good news.
TIGERS SIGNING WARS EXPOSE CLUB’S MISSMANAGEMENT
YOU’VE got to admire Wests Tigers captain Api Koroisau making a return five weeks after suffering a broken jaw to try and help the club avoid a second straight wooden spoon.
Koroisau, 30, has consistently been the Tigers best player all season with his guile and deception out of dummy-half providing the rest of the team with a far superior platform to play off.
In a rare smart play from the Tigers, the club has now extended Koroisau’s contract until the end of 2026 in a bid to provide some much-needed stability to the playing roster.
The only problem? Wests Tigers new head of recruitment Scott Fulton knew nothing about Koroisau being given an additional year on his contract.
Instead it was Tigers CEO Justin Pascoe and soon-to-be head coach Marshall who did the deal.
This is the same CEO who decided it was a good idea to sign Fulton as head of recruitment without consulting Tim Sheens or Marshall a couple of months back.
That’s gone well so far.
And even though Fulton is against signing UK Super League halfback Aidan Sezer from Leeds, Marshall’s agent Matt Desira has now been sent a one-year contract for the ex-Raiders grand final halfback from 2019 to join the Tigers next season.
Is it any wonder the Tigers are all over the shop with management like this?
We keep going back to the late, great Jack Gibson line. Winning starts Monday and winning starts in the front office.
Paddle pop lion CEO Pascoe’s next job should be building a new trophy cabinet to house the back-to-back wooden spoons the Tigers have collected in 2022-23.
Paddle pop lion CEO Pascoe’s next job should be building a new trophy cabinet to house the back-to-back wooden spoons the Tigers have collected in 2022-23.
He can put it next to the barber shop at the Concord-based club’s Centre of Excellence. In fairness it’s been a Centre of Mediocrity to date.
Spare us the dribble about how well Pascoe’s got the club going on a commercial level. The NRL grant now gifts every club $5 million each year.
So the 17 NRL clubs all start $5 million in the black. By the time you throw in sponsorships and memberships it’s almost impossible to run at a loss.
By the way, Hooper calls himself a NRL journalist? The NRL grants over $17M each year. Moron.
Hooper is a hack and calling JP a Paddle Pop lion shows how low brow that jerk is. There is no way Fulton would complain about extending the best hooker in the game and it's been explained that it's his job to get the players that the coaches want.
I don't care if the Api re-signing was done by Dennis Burgess and one of the catering contractors - it's a no-brainer and a great outcome for us.
Hooper has been calling Pascoe a paddle pop lion for a while now, and I still don't know what it means.
Hooper is scum. Just looking to be a big man and take credit when Pascoe is turfed. I can't stand his over the top "bloke at the pub" writing style.
Extending Api is such a no-brainer that if Fulton didn't want it done, he is delusional and needs to go. I would be surprised if that is the case.
Hooper is a hack and calling JP a Paddle Pop lion shows how low brow that jerk is. There is no way Fulton would complain about extending the best hooker in the game and it's been explained that it's his job to get the players that the coaches want.
As soon as a journalist resorts to name calling, they lose all credibility.
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