Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[Tucker]

Madge won 4 games only in that last season (2022) so let’s not pretend it was any great achievement…I think Kimmorely took over as the care taker if memory serves when they turned into the zombie team the rest of the season and just went through the motions

….and your point is?
You said he took us to last place.

 

[Tom Shines]

….and your point is?
You said he took us to last place.

On the way to last place ..I’ll edit my post to keep you happy,,

My point is obvious ..he sucked when he was here …and winning 4 games in his last year doesn’t change that

 

[Tucker]

On the way to last place ..I’ll edit my post to keep you happy,,

My point is obvious ..he sucked when he was here …and winning 4 games in his last year doesn’t change that

Sucked more than the two bumbling clowns who took over from him?
I love shifting goalposts….

 

[Tom Shines]

Sucked more than the two bumbling clowns who took over from him?
I love shifting goalposts….

sorry ..didn’t realise you were a Madge fanboy ..didn’t mean to upset you …

 

[Vicious]

Regardless of whether or not our current roster would be good enough to finish higher on the ladder under a different coach or not, there is still no excuse for well paid NRL players not playing anywhere near their ability.
We still need tp recruit a minimum of one quality outside back and at least two quality forwards to be any chance of climbing the ladder in 2025.

 

[Tom Shines]

We still need tp recruit a minimum of one quality outside back and at least two quality forwards to be any chance of climbing the ladder in 2025.

Any updates on the search by Richo?

 

[batboy]

Actually, we were running 13th when Tim Sheens had MacGuire sacked.
Sheens then installed a caretaker who secured our first spoon, providing no assistance.
Sheens then took over with his apprentice Benji the following year and performed attrociously, getting sacked himself with us in last place. The apprentice took over and secured our second spoon in a row.
Benji has now entered the second year of his apprenticeship and has all but secured our third spoon in succession.

Meanwhile, Madge has won the Pacific Championships as the rank underdog and is a good shout to win this years SOO series.

It's the Halfback
It's the Coach
It's the New / Old Coach
It's the CEO and the Chair
You'd reckon more here might start to get the picture with the joint?

If it wasn't for once in a lifetime talent, this joint would have been a Basket Case for 25 Seasons
- Instead of just 22

 

[razor7]

Like Ludwig Leichardt , the search is taking us further into the unknown ( pun intended)

 

[Tucker]

sorry ..didn’t realise you were a Madge fanboy ..didn’t mean to upset you …

So no answer of substance?
FTR I was not a Madge fanboy, and wasn’t opposed to removing him, however the transition and subsequent work done by those who replaced him has resulted in a likely 3 spoons on the trot.
It seems foolish to lump him with the blame.

 

[Flippedy]

Sucked more than the two bumbling clowns who took over from him?
I love shifting goalposts….

Let’s face it, they’ve all sucked. I doubt there is a coach on earth who could turn this mob around, maybe Flanagan. In recent years Cleary was the closest and we all know how that ended.

 

[Tom Shines]

So no answer of substance?
FTR I was not a Madge fanboy, and wasn’t opposed to removing him, however the transition and subsequent work done by those who replaced him has resulted in a likely 3 spoons on the trot.
It seems foolish to lump him with the blame.

I’m happy to bag his subsequent replacements also if you like …. I have no attachment to them either based on their results ..

I hated Sheens the first time he was here by the end of his initial tenure and wasn’t surprised he got canned within one year second time around …the game had passed him by a decade before …everyone knew it except the two blokes here running the show ..

Benji will follow him out the door by the middle of next year if he starts the season poorly like the last few years … not the first time I have said that this year

 

[Tucker]

It's the Halfback
It's the Coach
It's the New / Old Coach
It's the CEO and the Chair
You'd reckon more here might start to get the picture with the joint?

If it wasn't for once in a lifetime talent, this joint would have been a Basket Case for 25 Seasons
- Instead of just 22

100%
It’s what you get when you force marry the worst club in the competition with one that was pretty bad as well.
Shit + shit does not equal chocolate ice cream.
This club needs to be sold to private ownership.

 

[Tom Shines]

If it wasn't for once in a lifetime talent, this joint would have been a Basket Case for 25 Seasons
- Instead of just 22

They had once in a lifetime talent and won a premiership… but they could still only make three semi final campaigns… what a waste … should have won it in 2010

 

[batboy]

They had once in a lifetime talent and won a premiership… but they could still only make three semi final campaigns… what a waste … should have won it in 2010

Isn't that what I just said?

Without that talent - there wouldn't be a Grand final win and 2010 would be the least of our problems.

 

[Tom Shines]

Isn't that what I just said?

Without that talent - there wouldn't be a Grand final win and 2010 would be the least of our problems.

yeah … I’m agreeing with you …. thought that was obvious ..

It’s a joke they could only make 3 semi finals with that talented team … which was capable of winning a grand final

 

[Tucker]

We still need tp recruit a minimum of one quality outside back and at least two quality forwards to be any chance of climbing the ladder in 2025.

Yes and the operative word there is minimum

 

[TSP]

100%
It’s what you get when you force marry the worst club in the competition with one that was pretty bad as well.
Shit + shit does not equal chocolate ice cream.
This club needs to be sold to private ownership.

We are already controlled by private interests aren’t we?

 

[Tucker]

yeah … I’m agreeing with you …. thought that was obvious ..

It’s a joke they could only make 3 semi finals with that talented team … which was capable of winning a grand final

The hubris from admin after 05 sunk any chances of continued success.
We were starting a dynasty remember? With Bryce and Fulton and Halatau and Heighington etc….great squaddies but not headline superstars.

 

[Buttface]

Coz, after all, it was Madge who brought API and Ice to the club !

It took him 3 years to finally convince a decent player to sign, he got two! He must have been rubbing his hands together with delight and then chopped!!!

 

[Tucker]

We are already controlled by private interests aren’t we?

Yes the extension of the worst club in the comp I spoke of.