Silly season well and truly underway at Wests Tigers

If there are 4 seasons in one year then surely "Silly Season" should only be temporary? At Wests Tigers though it doesn't seem to be the case. Silly Season  in 2013 seems to have occurred basically all season long and in my opinion it has driven me nuts! For those of you slightly unfamiliar with the term "Silly Season", it's basically a period of time within the football season where players are rumoured to be joining this club and that club. 95% of it nonsense.

The media here in Australia love to speculate. They used to be the worst offenders when it came to speculation. A certain Sydney publication without doubt the chief offender. Trouble is they're now not the worst offender. That title now belongs to the countless NRL accounts set up on Twitter and Facebook who post the latest rumours. There are too many of them and whilst i don't mind following some of these accounts, there's simply no need for the amount that there are. Ever heard of a term called "Overkill"??

For the Tigers much of the Silly Season talk has focused on Benji Marshall. As the club's biggest asset, this was no surprise. Adam Blair is next. Blair has been speculated about since last season and when performances from the former Kiwi vice captain fell away in the early rounds of this season, people talked.  Many suggested Blair would be offloaded by the club because he simply didn't perform to his price tag. Thankfully though a few things have happened lately. Blair's form has improved. Coach Mick Potter has supported him openly and now the club's COO Grant Mayer has stated Blair isn't going anywhere. I think it's time we put this one to bed!

Silly Season has gotten so silly at Wests Tigers that we're now fretting over an 18 years duo in Luke Brooks and Mitchell Moses and what will happen to them. Neither have played first grade yet and Mitchell hasn't even played NSW Cup! Is this what's become of Silly Season??? I blame the rise of social media. The information is more easily accessible,  the ability to converse with players, club officials is so straight forward. It is the way of the future perhaps, but at what price?? Silly season may never again be a season. It may just turn into a whole year.