Carefactor
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Anyway.. Flanno was the best available and the NEW board still continued with the crazy Benji crap .
Benji 2025 and Beyond
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magpies forever
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A PR exercise by previous club admin should not hold Richo to their plans if he sees a different approach needed. Hopefully some very serious words said between the 2 of them and honest decisions made within a week or two..
TIGERS
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Our coach, Benji, shanked this one.
I watched the pre-game on Fox, and Benji's pre-match comments about telling the players to 'have some fun out there', were telling. I think he misread the atmosphere and dynamics of this match, and also missed an opportunity to show a sold out home crowd that this was a chance to put in a serious, hard, professional performance, and that better things were ahead next year. It felt wrong and I had a bad feeling from the get go.
With Sezer out of the side out we struggle to manage games, we haven't won a game without him. So with him out of the side I would be telling my inexperienced halves to put in a mature and controlled performance. The word 'fun' would be banned until after the match. Benji models himself on Wayne Bennett somewhat but you wouldn't see Bennett doing Vox pops with a microphone 5 minutes before a match.
Sure we started well enough and Galvin put in some good touches, but it was clear from a few passages of play we were trying to put on some trick plays, overplaying, not focused (kicks etc), and just not giving our opponents, the unique occasion and the sold out crowd the respect it deserves. The match blew out and we got handed the spoon via a 60 point loss for good measure.
We don't sign Luai without Marshall as coach. Thats a fact. I'm not certain another coach would have thrown Galvin in like benji did. I back him for ALL of next season but its clear to me that Benji's biggest weakness is that he lets his abstract philosophical principles , (let players express themselves, play eyes up footy, have fun, no work after 6:00pm) distract from the fact that that we are running last, we have been abymsal for over a decade, and we as fans are all drinking sand in the desert right now. Its nice to have these principles, and I respect the bravery in the approach, but ultimately they will eventually need to - ahem - work.
Fans won't be interested in having the cool older brother / cousin as coach for very much longer if we have yet another season like this. If we are getting 60 points scored against us at sold out home crowds, ahem - eventually, perhaps we wouldn't mind a 24/7 coach who is relentlessly and almost insanely driving our team back up off the canvas. Keen to see how one performs without the old board interfering as they did.
I watched the pre-game on Fox, and Benji's pre-match comments about telling the players to 'have some fun out there', were telling. I think he misread the atmosphere and dynamics of this match, and also missed an opportunity to show a sold out home crowd that this was a chance to put in a serious, hard, professional performance, and that better things were ahead next year. It felt wrong and I had a bad feeling from the get go.
With Sezer out of the side out we struggle to manage games, we haven't won a game without him. So with him out of the side I would be telling my inexperienced halves to put in a mature and controlled performance. The word 'fun' would be banned until after the match. Benji models himself on Wayne Bennett somewhat but you wouldn't see Bennett doing Vox pops with a microphone 5 minutes before a match.
Sure we started well enough and Galvin put in some good touches, but it was clear from a few passages of play we were trying to put on some trick plays, overplaying, not focused (kicks etc), and just not giving our opponents, the unique occasion and the sold out crowd the respect it deserves. The match blew out and we got handed the spoon via a 60 point loss for good measure.
We don't sign Luai without Marshall as coach. Thats a fact. I'm not certain another coach would have thrown Galvin in like benji did. I back him for ALL of next season but its clear to me that Benji's biggest weakness is that he lets his abstract philosophical principles , (let players express themselves, play eyes up footy, have fun, no work after 6:00pm) distract from the fact that that we are running last, we have been abymsal for over a decade, and we as fans are all drinking sand in the desert right now. Its nice to have these principles, and I respect the bravery in the approach, but ultimately they will eventually need to - ahem - work.
Fans won't be interested in having the cool older brother / cousin as coach for very much longer if we have yet another season like this. If we are getting 60 points scored against us at sold out home crowds, ahem - eventually, perhaps we wouldn't mind a 24/7 coach who is relentlessly and almost insanely driving our team back up off the canvas. Keen to see how one performs without the old board interfering as they did.
GNR4LIFE
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Maybe, but it’s also a recurring theme. Players that leave here, progress. Players that come here, regress. The club has to take some of the heat for that.
momo_amp_medo
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No change from me only support staff will need to be seriously beefed up.
Schedule appointment with me again in 12 moths for an update.
Schedule appointment with me again in 12 moths for an update.
yeahcaz
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The assistant coaches are basically the most important signings we can make this offseason and that’s a guarantee. Not a clue who’s out there but the current crop have to go. As for Benj? He’s going into next year with probably the most talented roster on paper we’ve had in a long time and as people have eluded to, they can’t be put to waste. I’d honestly give him the first 6 rounds and I think that’s generous
Zero percent chance Benji gets sacked so I guess we'll see.
Bulldogs finished with 1 more win than us in Ciraldo's first year and they'll be playing finals next week.
GNR4LIFE
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Ciraldo also served an apprenticeship. Benji didn’t.
Nooo
weststigerman
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Benji should never have been hired in the first place but Richo will give him next season before he sacks him.
The half time talk summed it up. They should have been told to fix their completions and hold the ball but instead were told to throw the ball around.
AmericanHistoryX
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So much for J. Morris
Benji press conference terrible
He said
1. I told them to play footy
2. I’m learning on the job too
I mean cmon man… what agent or player wants to hear that our rookie coach is openly admitting he has no idea and who’s game plan is “just go play footy”
Ffs
if we held the ball tonight and kicked to the corners we would’ve won
Terrible
He said
1. I told them to play footy
2. I’m learning on the job too
I mean cmon man… what agent or player wants to hear that our rookie coach is openly admitting he has no idea and who’s game plan is “just go play footy”
Ffs
if we held the ball tonight and kicked to the corners we would’ve won
Terrible
GNR4LIFE
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The club will learn the hard way.
AmericanHistoryX
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ABC of footy. Or something like that
GNR4LIFE
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WT’s version is ACB
Tucker
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Yeah, this was the obvious result of sticking someone with zero experience in the top job.
Just as you don’t promote a chippy straight to project manager on a commercial site, you don’t do what we did with Benji.
Bloody laughable they thought this could work.
1. Jahream Bula
6. Lachlan Galvin
7. Jarome Luai
14. Tallyn Da Silva
13. Latu Fainu
Bench:
9. Apisai Koroisau
That's the most ideal spine for 2025, I think.
6. Lachlan Galvin
7. Jarome Luai
14. Tallyn Da Silva
13. Latu Fainu
Bench:
9. Apisai Koroisau
That's the most ideal spine for 2025, I think.
yeahcaz
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okay that’s harsh even from us. You’re down by 12 at halftime so you do need to play some footy, surely Benji isn’t to blame for what, 9 second half errors and a sin bin ? Tupou and others literally dropped non contested balls cold
