Wests Tigers appoint five new captains for 2022 season

[Eagle 1]

You'd think Brooks would have been going for the sole captaincy by now but the fact he hasn't is quite telling of his self belief IMO.

Every season, Brooks is always about to leave or contract not renewed, now he's in the band of 6...what's going on !!

 

[Ron E. Gibbs]

That was exactly what the Tigers needed to turn their club and ****ty on-field performances around: more captains. Why didn't anyone think of it sooner?

 

[Damien2812]

Looks like the 5 captain's will take turns on captaining 1 game each this season and the other 4 will sit in reserves. 😛

 

[Terry Zarsoff]

The tigers seemed to have taken the whole "leadership group" approach and translated it into being captains. Pretty sure that is not how it works

My understanding is that if this doesn’t work out, they’re looking at 17 captains. If that fails, then the full first grade squad.

Genius really. Why did Des not think of this?😉

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

My understanding is that if this doesn’t work out, they’re looking at 17 captains. If that fails, then the full first grade squad.

Genius really. Why did Des not think of this?😉

And a development captain 😉

 

[Waz13]

I wonder if they will put those C badges on their jerseys like they do in NFL?

 

[eagleron]

If you name 17 captains does that give everyone the right to have words with the ref? Could be a tactic.

It'll be like the captain Morgan rum ad, you can imagine after a penalty how the conversation would go, captain, captain, captain, captain, aye captain, lol

 

[Terry Zarsoff]

It'll be like the captain Morgan rum ad, you can imagine after a penalty how the conversation would go, captain, captain, captain, captain, aye captain, lol

 

[47MVEagle]

i said captain i said what - Google Search

The most captainest of them all, the one & only Captain Sensible!

 

[Johnno74]

It'll be like the captain Morgan rum ad, you can imagine after a penalty how the conversation would go, captain, captain, captain, captain, aye captain, lol

Don't drink that **** drink the Aussie spirit Bundy Rum all the way but loved the pun

 

[Shoe1]

They need “the captain” Peter Janson and his Torana.

 

[wedgetail eagle]

I thought last year’s captain would’ve been promoted to Major.
Then can come the captains & others come in as 1st & 2nd Lieutenants.
😉

 

[winnyason]

‘They’ve all got their strengths’: Maguire appoints five co-captains for Tigers

Michael Maguire has gone back to the model introduced by Ivan Cleary several years ago by naming five co-captains for the upcoming season.

www.smh.com.au

Wests Tigers have gone back to the future by naming five captains.

The Tigers on Tuesday announced James Tamou would be joined by Adam Doueihi, Luke Brooks, Ken Maumalo and new recruit Tyrone Peachey in their leadership group.

Tamou told the Herald on the weekend he was happy to walk away from the top job and let somebody younger and who will be at the club longer take the reins.
Coach Michael Maguire opted for the same model used by former coach Ivan Cleary when he was at the club and appointed Benji Marshall, Elijah Taylor, Chris Lawrence, Russell Packer and Josh Reynolds to the top role.

The Tigers have used six different skippers in the past five seasons. The new leaders were voted for by the players during a recent training camp on the Central Coast.

Most assumed Doueihi would be given the nod, given he is the best player at the club and already gone public with his hopes of one day captaining the club. The only issue with Doueihi is he will not return until midway through the year because of a knee injury.

The Tigers announcement comes a day after Newcastle confirmed Jayden Brailey and Kalyn Ponga would share the captaincy at the Knights.

Tigers CEO Justin Pascoe said: “On behalf of everyone at Wests Tigers, I would like to congratulate the five players on their appointment to the club’s leadership group ahead of the 2022 season.

“It’s great to have a group that consist of players in different stages of their careers, and I look forward to working closely with this group over the coming year.”

What the f@@k basket case club

 

[Terry Zarsoff]

So many chefs. Not enough kitchen hands.

 

[Terry Zarsoff]

The most captainest of them all, the one & only Captain Sensible!

It wasn’t like this in 1983.

 

[Captain Moondog]

They should name every player in their team list every Tuesday as captain hehehe

Absolutely, that way no one is going to get their feelings hurt and they should probably give each player a certificate for turning up on match day. There are no losers, there are only winners...

 

[Spartan Eagle]

Ok. So who's vice captain?

 

[Eagle 1]

It'll be like the captain Morgan rum ad, you can imagine after a penalty how the conversation would go, captain, captain, captain, captain, aye captain, lol

If it's Captain Morgan eagleron, make it the Spicy Gold flavour, love it on match days/nights..lol.

 

[MadMarcus]

Do they get 5 captain’s challenges?

 

[Disco]

I agree it is all a bit silly but I think there are probably two things at play here.

1.Doeihi is out half the season, I think if he wasnt injured there would be every chance that he is the sole captain.
2.From the few eps of the Tigers doco I saw it seemed a dressing room lacking strong voices and leaders. This I guess is a way of the club trying to manufacture that and embolden a few players.
Could that have been done through a leadership group though.......probably.