Joey, Freddy urge warring Tigers to break bread

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League legends Andrew Johns and Brad Fittler person urged 2 Wests Tigers dense hitters to get connected the aforesaid leafage for the involvement of the club.

A feud betwixt incoming caput manager Benji Marshall and caller recruitment main Scott Fulton exploded past week aft comments from Fulton's godfather, Manly fable Peter Peters, connected radio, which appeared to implicate Marshall.

Club brag Justin Pascoe reportedly held meetings with some men connected Monday successful a bid to thrash retired their grievances and enactment their weapons down.

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Fulton was jettisoned into the relation by Pascoe mid-season with nary consultation with either Marshall oregon existent caput manager Tim Sheens, which instantly caused angst wrong the enactment team.

He and Marshall are present reportedly astatine loggerheads implicit the signing of a caller halfback to regenerate outgoing Luke Brooks. Marshall is said to privation Aiden Sezer, portion Fulton is keen connected luring Jack Cogger.

Wests Tigers adjunct manager Benji Marshall. (Getty)

Either way, Fittler says the Tigers won't flight their existent on-field plight if the manager and recruiter are astatine odds.

"Recruitment is the hardest happening to bash successful a club, and you can't person a recruiter not communicating with the coaches," Fittler told Wide World of Sports' Freddy and the Eighth.

"It can't happen."

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Johns agrees Marshall and Fulton request to get connected the aforesaid page.

And portion the Tigers' adjacent manager whitethorn beryllium miffed with the mode Fulton joined the club, Johns tin spot wherefore the recruitment specializer was hired.

"You've got to speech to the coaches. They are moving the club, really," helium said.

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"I tin spot the different broadside of it, wherefore the Tigers brought Scott Fulton in, (is) Manly the past fractional a twelve years (have signed) (Haumole) Olakau'atu, (Tolu) Koula, (Josh) Schuster, (Taniela) Paseka, (Josh) Aloiai... they've got a large grounds successful southbound westbound Sydney.

"But the coaches person got to beryllium talking each time to the recruitment guys. First disconnected however bash we privation to play, and what players suit the mode we privation to play?

"The Tigers person got to find their DNA... I don't cognize what benignant they're trying to play astatine the moment."

Both Fittler and Johns judge Sezer would beryllium the perfect signing for the Tigers to regenerate Brooks, who ne'er played an NRL finals crippled during a decennary successful the team.

Sezer, 32, was the No.7 successful the Raiders that played successful the 2019 NRL expansive last earlier heading to the Super League successful England.

"I similar Aiden Sezer. He's excessively good... he's got a dependable head, tin instrumentality to a crippled plan, truly controlled," Fittler said.

"There's parts of his crippled I deliberation Benji tin spot volition payment their game."

The Tigers beryllium past connected the NRL ladder, and adjacent instrumentality connected the Rabbitohs successful circular 22.

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