Fitzgibbon is playing in the KOE cup grand final tomorrow and has been carving up all year...
The Roosters will likely sign him after the year he's had.
Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion
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The Roosters will likely sign him after the year he's had.
Like sullivan and both fainus?
(Prob early call on fainus, but def many judges who rate them highly).
Tiger_Yoshi
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he played for us a few years back?
The four coaches before him have all been very experienced and none of them have steered us to the finals.
With that in mind I think having an aspiring coach with the club at heart is a risk well worth taking.
BirchgroveTigers
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Worried about Benji but tbh the issue is the playing roster. It simply isn't good enough next year to compete.
money or chocalates?or a decent BS story by Bunjie he;s building something,or is it just doom n gloom into infinity n behond,
Tim Sheens
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Surely it cannot get any worse, so I am willing to give it a go.
supercoach
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So true, Benji is not taking over a Chooks type roster. It’s a roster that is light years away from being up there with the top four teams.
In saying that, they are at least looking Long term and not doing what they have in the past and use the scatter gun approach and throwing lots of money around at players without any plan.
2024 will be a hard year, keeping fans happy and keeping the media off their back. Anyway I think Benji is worth giving a decent shot at the gig and could surprise a few
Yeah, he'd be good for cup and fill in when needed.
He could be something special.
Has speed and a good vertical leap.
Defence needs some work.
Watch him this arvo, at 3pm in the grand final... channel 9
Tom Shines
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not really?
Klokstad, Ford and Luke Metcalf…
That’s three players… two of them in the spine… who have we signed again?
Tom Shines
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I hope you don’t go off this early with your wife…
I think we can have hopes for next year but not sure of high expectations with these guys
tony soprano
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I can't see the top two teams gap closing anytime soon.
earl
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Let's wait and see how 24 turns out. Maybe we'll overachieve. Everyone though should have realistic expectations and in my opinion anything above 17th is an improvement.
I'm looking forward to seeing guys like Galvin, Fainu, Sullivan, To'a, Tupou, Bula, Stef etc play and see if they can improve.
How’s he building a young prospect squad , has he add more players than were there before he came , i for 1 think he is a fake been here for long enough but other than the two brothers who were told they could leave manly what else has he done NOTHING
earl
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These guys are the players we need to come good and come really good. Sullivan, Fainu, Galvin and Large are 4 guys with a great junior pedigree and we need at least 2 of them to turn into stars.
If they don't aren't we screwed ?
earl
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The only team I can see catching them is Manly if everything goes perfectly for them.
tony soprano
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Their squad ok but they fall apart most years.
tony soprano
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Tigers sniff around
We broke the story last week about Wests Tigers’ interest in Michael Cheika.
There is no question Cheika has been approached by the Tigers, via club great Robbie Farah. Farah deserves praise for showing leadership at a club that often struggles in that area.
Argentina coach Michael Cheika shakes hands with Wallabies coach Eddie Jones.
Argentina coach Michael Cheika shakes hands with Wallabies coach Eddie Jones.CREDIT:GETTY
Cheika has long had an interest in being involved in rugby league on a full-time basis and he’s done a considerable apprenticeship under Trent Robinson at the Roosters and with the Lebanese rugby league team.
In the background is Cheika’s desire to spend more time at home in Sydney, which he hasn’t done a lot of in recent years. He is also vastly experienced in big-time sport.
John Morris is an important addition to the coaching line-up.
Benji Marshall had a decorated playing career, but he’s facing arguably the toughest job in the NRL next year. If he can somehow galvanise the group, it will be one of the biggest achievements of his already impressive career.
We broke the story last week about Wests Tigers’ interest in Michael Cheika.
There is no question Cheika has been approached by the Tigers, via club great Robbie Farah. Farah deserves praise for showing leadership at a club that often struggles in that area.
Argentina coach Michael Cheika shakes hands with Wallabies coach Eddie Jones.
Argentina coach Michael Cheika shakes hands with Wallabies coach Eddie Jones.CREDIT:GETTY
Cheika has long had an interest in being involved in rugby league on a full-time basis and he’s done a considerable apprenticeship under Trent Robinson at the Roosters and with the Lebanese rugby league team.
In the background is Cheika’s desire to spend more time at home in Sydney, which he hasn’t done a lot of in recent years. He is also vastly experienced in big-time sport.
John Morris is an important addition to the coaching line-up.
Benji Marshall had a decorated playing career, but he’s facing arguably the toughest job in the NRL next year. If he can somehow galvanise the group, it will be one of the biggest achievements of his already impressive career.
Tom Shines
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I’m not expecting them to be great in 2024… there is a chance that the Fainu’s may not see much first grade …
After that ..let’s hope the club has something with at least a couple of them… but we have seen in the past that more than a few of these big name hyped kids don’t go onto much
earl
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They need a really good run with injuries but if they get that they can win a lot of games. Class players make a massive difference. It's why we struggle.
