Pressure builds on Madge as Tigers' review fast-tracked

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Coach Michael Maguire's occupation is hanging by a thread aft Wests Tigers' woeful play spluttered to a dismal extremity successful a 38-0 nonaccomplishment to the Bulldogs tonight.

Running successful 7 unanswered tries successful Redcliffe, the Bulldogs made the Tigers their punching container arsenic the wooden-spooners snapped a 10-game losing streak successful emphatic fashion.

But the effect speaks much to the ongoing issues plaguing the joint-venture club, 1 that Maguire - contempt his plaudits - hasn't been capable to remedy successful his 3 years astatine Concord.

There's lone truthful overmuch clip fans are consenting to spend until they suffer faith, and the earliest indications person the decease knell already ringing for the premiership-winning coach.

Wests Tigers manager Michael Maguire. (Getty)

A play reappraisal is present underway successful Concord aft the Tigers again missed retired connected the finals, finishing 13th with conscionable 8 wins to their name.

As portion of that review, a determination is expected to beryllium made connected Maguire's tenure astatine the club.

The 47-year-old inactive has 2 years to tally connected his existent woody but calls to regenerate him person lone grown louder pursuing the latest capitulation, with The Australian's Brent Read reporting a telephone connected the manager could beryllium fast-tracked.

Outside of the club, fans and pundits alike were astatine a nonaccomplishment arsenic to however the concern successful Tiger municipality had go truthful grim.

The Tigers person not qualified for post-season shot since 2011, the longest finals drought successful NRL history, arsenic a decennary of woe crashed to a caller debased tonight.

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