Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

Tigerdrew said:
Benji might not be the best coach but he is the first coach we have had in a while that can attract players if he wasn't coach there is no way we would have got the 2 signings from Penrith I think our best bet is to put a really good assistant coach beside him and give him some time just remember ciraldo also struggled in his first year.
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Our best bet is to just shut up and let Benji & Richo do what they are trying to do.
 
Dennisspicer1 said:
Our best bet is to just shut up and let Benji & Richo do what they are trying to do.
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Exactly, Ciraldo couldn't get this team to win. We need a number of decent replacements badly.
Then we judge the coaching.
I just don't think we have enough money in our recruitment kitty to get all the upgrade recruits we need.
And not much faith in the older juniors we have on standby. No standouts ATM.
 
Tigerdrew said:
Benji might not be the best coach but he is the first coach we have had in a while that can attract players if he wasn't coach there is no way we would have got the 2 signings from Penrith I think our best bet is to put a really good assistant coach beside him and give him some time just remember ciraldo also struggled in his first year.
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I’ll say it again. He attracted those players due to his personality, however personality will only take him so far. Let’s see how many players he attracts after a couple of spoons.
 
Tucker said:
I’m not happy with our squad being compared so readily with the Bulldogs. Our situations are similar on paper but miles apart in reality.
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Bulldogs build is closely mapped to the Panthers upheaval in 2012 with Ivan and Gus. History is repeating.

Ours is more closely aligned to Sticky’s rebuild mission in the nations capital being a lifeless, uninspiring, cold location that no one wants to move to. This only difference is the above reference is the club for us not the capital city for the Raiders.
We all remember how ‘bright the future’ was for the Raiders with juniors like Dugan, McCrone, Bateman (Luke not John), Wighton, Papali’i.
Raiders appointed a club legend to turn the club around. I get the difference between the two coaching resumes is daylight but sticky was losing his lustre as a decent NRL coach despite his premiership win in his first coaching year.
 
Tigerdrew said:
Benji might not be the best coach but he is the first coach we have had in a while that can attract players if he wasn't coach there is no way we would have got the 2 signings from Penrith I think our best bet is to put a really good assistant coach beside him and give him some time just remember ciraldo also struggled in his first year.
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We tried, with Holbrook, but Benji was resistant to it. Maybe he should realise his limitations and accept the help the Club offered.
 
BirchgroveTigers said:
Sorry, but calls to sack Benji now is mad. You think players don’t want to come here now? Sack another coach and then see how we go in the player market. Not saying he is a good coach but we have two options. Sack Benji or keep Benji. Extremely easy decision - for now.
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Any news on big Sef , going , staying been quiet
 
Tiger Stripes said:
Exactly, Ciraldo couldn't get this team to win. We need a number of decent replacements badly.
Then we judge the coaching.
I just don't think we have enough money in our recruitment kitty to get all the upgrade recruits we need.
And not much faith in the older juniors we have on standby. No standouts ATM.
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Ice: second rower of the year. Klemmer: getting back to SOO form. Bula: Rookie of the year. Stef: Most promising prop in NRL. Bateman: Missing piece of the puzzle. Galvin: Potential superstar. Sezer: The half we always wanted.

All going backwards at WT.

The despised Brooks and Talau, playing finals with Manly. Reject Blore, top of the ladder.

Don't blame the roster.
 
tigerballs said:
Ice: second rower of the year. Klemmer: getting back to SOO form. Bula: Rookie of the year. Stef: Most promising prop in NRL. Bateman: Missing piece of the puzzle. Galvin: Potential superstar. Sezer: The half we always wanted.

All going backwards at WT.

The despised Brooks and Talau, playing finals with Manly. Reject Blore, top of the ladder.

Don't blame the roster.
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Yeah it’s not the roster. We have enough talent to have won double the games we have.
This year is an underachievement and with player departures does not bode well leading into 25 which should have been a return to finals footy.
 
BirchgroveTigers said:
Sorry, but calls to sack Benji now is mad. You think players don’t want to come here now? Sack another coach and then see how we go in the player market. Not saying he is a good coach but we have two options. Sack Benji or keep Benji. Extremely easy decision - for now.
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This Is the problem, we can't sack another coach yet the one we're stuck with might be a dud.
 
Watching the manly game last night I completely forgot about the winger Raymond Tuaimalo Vaega. He would be a great get for the club, he would be relatively cheap and plays with as much aggression and intent as I’ve seen from any other winger. Even as depth he would still run through most of our other players.

Watching him iron out Munster has made my weekend.
 
TigerNeddyK said:
Letting Papalii go is insane .. we need hard hitting, tough running forwards and he is on his prime .. who can we get that is better ?
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Yeah, I think papalii as an impact middle off the bench, or starting, would be really good. He runs out of puff too quickly for us when on an edge and lacks lateral movement for defensive work, but in the middle he is just able to run and hit and then get a break when he gets puffed and he does that well. We have no one with his physicality on our team and he is a loss.

However, it was obvious even from before he came here that he didn't want to be here. I'd guess he's been pushing hard for a release ever since.
 
tigerballs said:
Appoint Josh Hannay immediately as assistant, pay him head coach money and tell Benji to do as he's told.
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We have to do it in a way where we don’t look like complete clowns and not disgrace our best ever player.
Benji needs help, but it needs to be someone who is experienced and good.
 
watersider said:
Yeah, I think papalii as an impact middle off the bench, or starting, would be really good. He runs out of puff too quickly for us when on an edge and lacks lateral movement for defensive work, but in the middle he is just able to run and hit and then get a break when he gets puffed and he does that well. We have no one with his physicality on our team and he is a loss.

However, it was obvious even from before he came here that he didn't want to be here. I'd guess he's been pushing hard for a release ever since.
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I don’t agree, I watched Papali’i closely and I believe he has been unfairly criticised.
On the rare occasions where we physically dominated our opponents such as the Sharks game at Leichhardt, Papali’i was very dominant.
He would have been perfect as our long term 13 and said himself he asked for a contract extension which was rejected, so it was not him who wanted to leave.
We are now very under strength in our back row stocks, if we do not recruit well it wil really hurt us in 2025.
 
watersider said:
Yeah, I think papalii as an impact middle off the bench, or starting, would be really good. He runs out of puff too quickly for us when on an edge and lacks lateral movement for defensive work, but in the middle he is just able to run and hit and then get a break when he gets puffed and he does that well. We have no one with his physicality on our team and he is a loss.

However, it was obvious even from before he came here that he didn't want to be here. I'd guess he's been pushing hard for a release ever since.
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He’s a massive loss. A 25yo 150 gamer. Another player we failed 😞
 
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