Harvey
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& spending 3 days in the sin bin
LIVE GAME Round 21 vs. Warriors
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And he does'nt have speed.
The Chad
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I was about to label him a less experienced, more talented Kurt Mann.
But Benji is trying to get him to play less structured football.
I don't think he sees the game in front of him. Probably KNOWS the game & studies hard etc. But knowing & feeling/seeing are different.
If Benji can teach him to understand what he's been taught, he's probably a great player.
Harvey
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Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Our attacking structure was terrible under Madge & his bench rotation was worse. Remember the tries that 80 minute Leilua would concede when out on his feet
Yeah. But Benji had a better roster than Madge.
Harvey
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There is a reason Porter is making his NRL debut at 27. He has not improved as a player, just found a club where mediocrity brings you into contention.
He is not a first grader
Harvey
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A bunch of 20 year olds?
there is not a lot that Porter can b criticized for apart from his lack of passion for raising his knee;s
TigerNeddyK
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18 year olds … 😉
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Spoke to the lawyers today and they said It will be very difficult to terminate all these contracts and they advised the best way forward would be to keep them in place and have Balmain Boy as the Super Coach next year and that would get West Tigers to a GF. Problem Solved…
Yep Luai will be halfback
Whatever happened to Josh Schuster ?
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That’s a beauty! 🤣
innsaneink
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Good post and I agree... I'd just add Benji cannot teach these kids anything.
He'd probably go OK coaching a team full of 5 year + NRL veterans but he's not the guy to be coaching kids debuting at 18 & 20 years of age
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Once again it was disappointing to watch our team, but looking at that game constructively I saw a lot of the same very obvious issues that contribute to us battling to win games.
At the simplest level there’s no doubt we are outclassed in most positions as a squad - three big initials were the difference tonight - RTS, DWZ, AFB. Swap them to our team and we win the game.
At the team level however we just don’t tackle hard enough or run hard enough. We get monstered on both sides of the ball. Our intent in D is really poor- the whole game they moved up and hit us hard driving our guys back in tackles while we waited for them to come to us, then hugged and jogged alongside their ball carriers allowing them huge pcms and momentum to play off. We lose the tackle on nearly every occasion. Consequently we played a lot of the game coming out of our own end of the field.
Our first half was riddled with errors and dumb plays but we improved our intensity in the second half and started to compete. Again some poor set up play made our 5th tackle options and kicking game really struggle. Hate to say it but at this stage none of our would be halves can kick the ball well at all.
Individually, I thought Pap had some solid desire tonight that he has rarely shown. Suffered a lack of match fitness however. Seyfarth tried hard but is still prone to stupid stuff. Sam F was fair in A but his D needs work. Apart from them the rest of our pack were non existent and soft. Boys against men. Our outside backs are all reserve grade players and really are unable to make any impression in A or D. They simply lack most of the “S’s” - size, strength, skills, speed and spirit (do have “stupidity” however)!
At the simplest level there’s no doubt we are outclassed in most positions as a squad - three big initials were the difference tonight - RTS, DWZ, AFB. Swap them to our team and we win the game.
At the team level however we just don’t tackle hard enough or run hard enough. We get monstered on both sides of the ball. Our intent in D is really poor- the whole game they moved up and hit us hard driving our guys back in tackles while we waited for them to come to us, then hugged and jogged alongside their ball carriers allowing them huge pcms and momentum to play off. We lose the tackle on nearly every occasion. Consequently we played a lot of the game coming out of our own end of the field.
Our first half was riddled with errors and dumb plays but we improved our intensity in the second half and started to compete. Again some poor set up play made our 5th tackle options and kicking game really struggle. Hate to say it but at this stage none of our would be halves can kick the ball well at all.
Individually, I thought Pap had some solid desire tonight that he has rarely shown. Suffered a lack of match fitness however. Seyfarth tried hard but is still prone to stupid stuff. Sam F was fair in A but his D needs work. Apart from them the rest of our pack were non existent and soft. Boys against men. Our outside backs are all reserve grade players and really are unable to make any impression in A or D. They simply lack most of the “S’s” - size, strength, skills, speed and spirit (do have “stupidity” however)!
I think with Luai coming and Api, feeling the assistance on the field... we will some improvement.
Simply because of the experience and class that'll afford.
Still need to work out the pack and improve the backline somewhat
His defence is excellent but he offers nothing going forward for a big body
liltiger
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I have an idea for next week, Benji can just run the tape of last night's game and just tell the team play like that. Have a good week see you at the game. Lol
liltiger
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Only backline player that belongs is Bula, just not sold if it's at fullback yet. In D he is good at reading the game but his A is atrocious, has no idea when to shift or hold the ball. He set up the try in the corner yesterday for Staines but there were another 2 - 3 times in the game if he shifts the ball we have numbers but he holds it. Maybe needs some mentoring.
