Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[Fallen Angel]

Makes you wonder why he couldn’t just enjoy the moment, bitter fool.

He hates the JV. I do laugh every time Warren Smith calls them “Wests” in his presence. You just know Blocker is grinding his teeth

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

He hates the JV. I do laugh every time Warren Smith calls them “Wests” in his presence. You just know Blocker is grinding his teeth

What if Roach is a fallen angel?

 

[Vicious]

I highly doubt that. Webster did the work. How many years of coaching in him? Benji is a Virgin. But no disrespect to Vicious.

AmericanHistoryX if you have the cattle, you could coach them to a premiership.
Have you heard the saying you can’t turn pig sh*t into strawberry jam ?

 

[Flippedy]

What if Roach is a fallen angel?

There would be a huge crater in the earth somewhere if he was a fallen angel!

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

He hates the JV. I do laugh every time Warren Smith calls them “Wests” in his presence. You just know Blocker is grinding his teeth

What if Roach is a fallen angel?

AmericanHistoryX if you have the cattle, you could coach them to a premiership.
Have you heard the saying you can’t turn pig sh*t into strawberry jam ?

Bennett did.

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

Crater

There would be a huge crater in the earth somewhere if he was a fallen angel!

Crater Valley. Arizona.

 

[Vicious]

What if Roach is a fallen angel?
Bennett did.

Forget about Bennet he’s going cenile.
Who would play Te Whare on the wing ? Klemmer is quicker than him.

 

[851]

Have it on pretty good authority that Connor Tracey is desperately trying to get out of his deal with Cronulla, however Cronulla refuse to let him leave as the belief around the squad is that Siosifa Talakai is the one being shopped around quietly and are hoping for his form to improve so they don't need to chip in too much. Cronulla aren't impressed with the way he has played since signing his big $ contract late last year after playing origin when his stock was quite high and are hoping to offload him. Parramatta had a verbal agreement with Tracey but have now cooled there interest due to Cronulla's unwillingness to let him go.

Where the story gets interesting is that if Talakai becomes available we're one of the clubs that'll throw our hats in the ring as we actually contacted his management last year before he re-signed.

Personally, if Sharks chip in I'd happily take Talakai off them. Tracey's frustrations is growing by the day though as he's 27 and wants to be playing NRL consistently. Either player would improve our outside back depth quite significantly.

He doesn't have the speed that everyone craves here

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

Forget about Bennet he’s going cenile.
Who would play Te Whare on the wing ? Klemmer is quicker than him.

Now you are really being Vicious! And Sheens? Where does he stand alongside Bennett?

 

[twentyforty]

Not sure, he had a further 3 years with Penrith NRL squad before the Warriors job, might not have been ready at the time?

I realise some grasp the concept of development coaching quicker than others, but hope it doesnt take Benji that long? I think Webster has been coaching half his life? Didnt he spend some time in ESL with his brother James, who is also a coach?

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

I realise some grasp the concept of development coaching quicker than others, but hope it doesnt take Benji that long? I think Webster has been coaching half his life? Didnt he spend some time in ESL with his brother James, who is also a coach?

Whilst Benji was wining and dining. Living of his reputation. Life is not a 100 metre sprint. Webster did the dirty work.

 

[Lauren]

I realise some grasp the concept of development coaching quicker than others, but hope it doesnt take Benji that long? I think Webster has been coaching half his life? Didnt he spend some time in ESL with his brother James, who is also a coach?

He was also McFadden's assistant coach at the Warriors from 2015-17.

 

[balmain boy]

I realise some grasp the concept of development coaching quicker than others, but hope it doesnt take Benji that long? I think Webster has been coaching half his life? Didnt he spend some time in ESL with his brother James, who is also a coach?

I think Webster retired in his mid 20s and started coaching then. So he'd have 15 years experience as a coach. He's started at the bottom and worked his way up through the grades. How it should be done. See Fitzgibbon, Bellamy, Robinson, Ryles etc. Coaches who pay their dues as a genuine assistant coach, learning from others over many years before getting a crack at the top job.
It seems benji just jumped straight from player to media to head coach (which isn't surprising given the club's tendency to take shortcuts). And this is possibly why our attack looks so clueless. Even on the field Benji didn't know what he was doing half the time. Can he articulate game plans and strategy in an easy to understand manner and generate success? Awful hard to learn your trade competing at the elite level too.

 

[teddy23]

He doesn't have the speed that everyone craves here

I get that - Personally, I’ve always been a fan with powerful tackle breaking centres with wingers with some toe on the outside of them.

I think the idea of Talakai and To’a moving forward could create a lot of space on the outside for our wingers out wide with their ability to break tackles.

 

[Vicious]

Now you are really being Vicious! And Sheens? Where does he stand alongside Bennett?

Well Sheens isn’t going cenile, he’s already there.

 

[balmain boy]

Andrew Webster seemingly coaches well, his results are backing that up.
But there is little doubt Benji would be doing just as well if he had the current Warriors squad to work with.

Are you kidding - there's massive doubt. Total doubt. Until someone has proven they can successfully achieve a challenging objective, one must assume they can't.

 

[Canadian Club]

Is anyone hearing Blake Taaffe to the Tigers? I am not a source of intel. Just heard it from a collegue who is a Rabbitohs supporter. He heard it down the grape vine from a reserve grade Rabbitoh. So not to the Dogs....

I heard from a very reliable source (current Souths first grader) that he met Benji a month or so ago and was likely to sign, but it has been quiet ever since... Since then he has met the Dogs and we have signed Latu Fainu so not sure what is going on.

 

[balmain boy]

Have it on pretty good authority that Connor Tracey is desperately trying to get out of his deal with Cronulla, however Cronulla refuse to let him leave as the belief around the squad is that Siosifa Talakai is the one being shopped around quietly and are hoping for his form to improve so they don't need to chip in too much. Cronulla aren't impressed with the way he has played since signing his big $ contract late last year after playing origin when his stock was quite high and are hoping to offload him. Parramatta had a verbal agreement with Tracey but have now cooled there interest due to Cronulla's unwillingness to let him go.

Where the story gets interesting is that if Talakai becomes available we're one of the clubs that'll throw our hats in the ring as we actually contacted his management last year before he re-signed.

Personally, if Sharks chip in I'd happily take Talakai off them. Tracey's frustrations is growing by the day though as he's 27 and wants to be playing NRL consistently. Either player would improve our outside back depth quite significantly.

Would say no to Talakai. Unless on a 2 year deal and heavily subsidised. He's slow, error prone and a poor defender. When he gets it right he looks amazing, but we already have rocks and diamonds players, we can't afford another one. if we could offload Kepaoa then getting him in on a 250-300k 2 year deal would be ok. Just a younger BJ leilua really

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

I heard from a very reliable source (current Souths first grader) that he met Benji a month or so ago and was likely to sign, but it has been quiet ever since... Since then he has met the Dogs and we have signed Latu Fainu so not sure what is going on.

How was the food when they met?

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

Heard we are looking at Dean Hawkins for a 2 year deal 24 and 25 presume it is top 30?