Like a broken record..

Tiger_heart said:
We are at the stage of the season where the score card can be shown. Sadly, it is a -C . For the club, the coach and the players. The occasional win is as good as it is going to get. I wonder if it has now become our benchmark, and the best we can hope for. Actually, I don't wonder...I am simply just in denial! ;-)
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C- ?

I wished you marked some of my essays back in my school days ..

It’s another fail unfortunately
 
One would have to be a very loyal Benji supporter if they think a rookie coach with no prior coaching history was what this club needed to resurrect itself . At worst if we are stuck with what we have maybe a co coaching role with Benji and Morris should be considered for rest of season . I l know Morris is there as an assistant but does he have any influence in the team strategy
 
Rinse and repeat of the last 3 seasons.

We have Luai and Turuva and zero uplift in the forwards or pack. If anyone seriously thinks Luai on his own coming in will make us a top 8 team they’re dreaming.

We have deep deep issues in our roster & coaching staff.

This reliance on juniors isn’t going to work without quality support around them & providing clear development planning for each of them.

Our forwards aren’t making meters or holding the middle - we aren’t going forward.

Api, Klemmer, Bateman and Sezar our old heads are all playing like retirement is around the corner & costing us often.

Our Payne Haas is playing like a nsw cup prop.

Season is dead and unless a major roster shift happens so will the next 2yrs.
 
This club is a black hole. It sucks you in and takes no prisoners. And that’s what Luai is staring down the barrel of. The last player that came to this club that was one of form players of the competition, it chewed up and spat out (Ice). History is against him.
 
Gazman said:
One would have to be a very loyal Benji supporter if they think a rookie coach with no prior coaching history was what this club needed to resurrect itself . At worst if we are stuck with what we have maybe a co coaching role with Benji and Morris should be considered for rest of season . I l know Morris is there as an assistant but does he have any influence in the team strategy
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It’s hard to imagine that anyone associated with the game in any form could have endorsed the coaching strategy they went with …

Benji is the closest thing to a legend the club has … I hope this doesn’t impact too much on his legacy … but I don’t think it’s going to end well….
 
You need more than one good player to build a team around. IPap unfairly judged just like all the players whose form improves in better squads. You are not critiqued as heavily when a team is winning.
 
Gazman said:
One would have to be a very loyal Benji supporter if they think a rookie coach with no prior coaching history was what this club needed to resurrect itself . At worst if we are stuck with what we have maybe a co coaching role with Benji and Morris should be considered for rest of season . I l know Morris is there as an assistant but does he have any influence in the team strategy
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Alas, this season has shown Benji needs more time and I hope he can see that and recommend to the club that he should swap roles with Morris and keep cleaning out the underperformers in the squad and coaching staff.

If the Bulldogs have been cleared by the NRL in their methods of getting rid of deadwood so quickly and with apparently less expense than just paying out the contracts- approach the NRL to see what was done and do the same. Too many players pretending in our squad.
 
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innsaneink said:
You'd think the NRL would step in and say you have x amount of time to improve by x margin.... What other organisation would put up with the basket case that is us.
Of course we must be making them coin... That's all I can put it down to
And I'm at a loss as to those members forking out thou$and$ year after year when they see performance like this tonite... I dunno I couldn't do it when I see some of our players not giving a damn
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The NRL desperately needs to retain the Wests Tigers to help those teams that are down on form because if it wasn't for us how else would those teams be able to play back into form.
 
Tiger_heart said:
We are at the stage of the season where the score card can be shown. Sadly, it is a -C . For the club, the coach and the players. The occasional win is as good as it is going to get. I wonder if it has now become our benchmark, and the best we can hope for. Actually, I don't wonder...I am simply just in denial! ;-)
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Minus C? I think you’re being very generous there Tigerheart. More like an F, a big fat F for the club’s entire existence barring the back end of one season when Moses came back and parted the Red Sea!
 
Tiger_heart said:
We can only contine to say what we've all said since 2005. The sad reality is that this team is just a reserve grade outfit, mascherading as first graders, and a club that is content with just being part of the show, but never as an active participant, more like an extra in a movie, needed to make up the numbers but that's about it.
I am sick of hearing they are putting in, they train well, the junior system..heard it all before. I remain a supporter in spirit, but the hard reality is that it will take a very long time, and possibly not even as the West TIgers, until this is turned around. Needs a HUGE change, from top to bottom.
Just not sure we'll ever be capable. We certainly haven't for nearly the last 20 years.
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Shut up, watch this flick pass and buy a membership.

Regards,
Wests Tigers.
 
Tom Shines said:
It’s hard to imagine that anyone associated with the game in any form could have endorsed the coaching strategy they went with …

Benji is the closest thing to a legend the club has … I hope this doesn’t impact too much on his legacy … but I don’t think it’s going to end well….
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There’s no shame in conceding, and I think that’s what Benji needs to do. It isn’t his fault he was plunged into this mess. He needs to drop back to assistant coach, with an experienced coach coming in to mentor him.

Either that, or clear out most of the current coaching staff and make some very astute signings to build a more solid and experienced team around him.
 
lathami said:
We have champ, what good has it done!! No good coach wants to come anywhere near us, that’s why Benji got the job. That’s why we needed to take Flanagan when we had the chance. Now he wouldn’t come here. If someone like Arthur is available we need to take the opportunity but don’t really think he would take the gig!
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Unfortunately I think that Benji wants to continue as coach.
 
Richo needs to really step up to the plate and make some big decisions it's clearly obvious that Marshall isn't up to it as coach last night's performance was a good indication he has lost the dressing room as they say, there's some reasonable players here that have just stagnated under our system, players who clearly don't want to be here, Stefano is a better footballer than what we are seeing atm, it's like in the workplace if you have a useless boss that you don't like, your work performance suffers, but unlike this joint in the workplace there is accountability
 
lathami said:
We have champ, what good has it done!! No good coach wants to come anywhere near us, that’s why Benji got the job. That’s why we needed to take Flanagan when we had the chance. Now he wouldn’t come here. If someone like Arthur is available we need to take the opportunity but don’t really think he would take the gig!
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Arthur has signed to coach an English club
 
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