Been thinking about it a bit (With the benefit of hindsight) There's been plenty of those young blokes that never kicked on under the last coaching structure....
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Been thinking about it a bit (With the benefit of hindsight) There's been plenty of those young blokes that never kicked on under the last coaching structure....
mikey
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That and start making good recruitment decisions. If you're paying for a sirlion steak, make sure it's a sirloin not blade or an old bush steer cut.
Tim Sheens
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I bloody well hope so.
bathursttiger1
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I’m in the good books for once on a Thursday night.😂
earl
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In my own little dream world it'd be Hastings at 7 and Munster at 6.
In reality I reckon it'll be Hastings 13, Brooks 7 and Doueihi at 6. Maybe we'll get a year or two of good attacking footy. I wonder if Doueihi or Brooks move on and we play that kid from Queensland at 6 or 13.
I know this is a signing thread but I just don't see the talent out there for us to really improve. I reckon we'll only improve via our juniors.
weststigerman
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Given the way he played after Madge is gone and the fact he's leaving, it doesn't look like he's a fan of Sheens either.
Cayless is gone, shame really I thought he has done a good job this year.
Yeah.... He wasn't on his own apparently.
Weird that he signed on - Probably an offer he couldn't refuse.
I guess he's known for months he's on the way out....
Brooks is not the answer either.
Jedi_Tiger
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thankfully Sheens thinks he is
You'd reckon when the club signed the most inform Hooker in the game for a couple years last November would have been a fair indication
Nor Was Benji, Nor was Madden, Nor is Doueihi, Nor is Hastings.....
Can you see a pattern forming?
InBenjiWeTrust
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Harsh, but fair!
He came back for a visit for the unbanning ceremony😁🙏
if they aren't good enough it doesn't matter what you pay them
earl
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It's not that simple. It's an admission that Brooks isn't a million dollar marquee player but it's also an admission that Hastings and Doueihi aren't up to it as well. Hastings should get the least amount of grief because he is the best performer out of those three but Hastings is slow and he doesn't have a good long kicking game.
Doueihi is an awesome runner of the footy with a power game but his defense is inconsistent. He hits hard and makes some great tackles but teams run it at him because they know he also misses tackles all the time. Doueihi also makes more poor decisions than Brooks.
On the flip side there is a lot of upside with all three of those players. Brooks has speed and he can create out wide. Plus he has the best long kicking game out of the three of them. His defense is also decent but to be fair he still misses tackles he should make.
I'm pretty confident Sheenius thinks in a set up with Hastings in the middle and Doueihi and Brooks running it off him which is the best part of their games we can win some more games. The big catch to this is that you can't pay Brooks or Doueihi or Hastings like marquee talent. They also don't deserve top dollar salaries.
InBenjiWeTrust
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IMHO, Brooks is not a good buy even at 150k!
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I said a couple of seasons ago that WT should spend a large chuck of their salary cap on quality forwards, a ½ and a fullback. The rest can be cheap "pathways" players on min wage.
I'm still wondering, is that the best way to go?
I'm still wondering, is that the best way to go?
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