OFFICIAL Adam Doueihi #227

When I was 15 I was a B team player and not great. Our A team suffered a lot injuries and so one game they put me on the bench. I was a hooker/lock, and the coach told me I had to go on at prop as we had lost 4 forwards to injury that game. I was terrified and knew I didn’t belong but I went on and got smashed for 30 straight minutes. I did it because you never leave your teammates stranded. I felt so much pride to wear that jersey and be one of the boys.

That exact spirit is why I love rugby league, and it's why I’ve stayed loyal to the Tigers through years of misery.

So seeing a professional like Doueihi sit back and refuse to play when his team needed him doesn't just frustrate me as a fan, it breaks my heart. If a scared kid can do what the coach asks for his team, a professional earning a living in the NRL has no excuse when the team was down bad.

Welcoming him back so easily shows the club administration doesn't understand basic Tigers culture. For us, the jersey means never giving up on your team despite the years of bad performance. Reinstating him just tells fans our loyalty is for nothing.
 
AD has been our best player all year and having him in the side is common sense. I would have played him in reserve grade last week and likely for the rest of the season.

Now we pick him at halfback. In isolation it makes sense however, what kind of message are we sending.

It’s got to the point no club will take Douihei after this and he’s under contract. Perhaps this is what the club is doing salvaging the relationship as we are stuck with him. Perhaps he regrets the dummy spit but why leak info about the internals at the club.

We are in the dark on most of what has happened but it’s puzzling to say the least.
 
weststigers said:
Nothing wrong with having a strong opinion and being deeply unhappy about things at the club, but he didn't just walk out on his team, he leaked a bunch of dirty laundry to the media and threw Benji and the club and his teammates under the bus.

Benji was very diplomatic publicly and protected Adam - Adam has shat all over that.

The only response is to drop him for walking out. It's not how you handle things. regarding Adams grievances, the door is open to discuss any time he likes with or without his manager.
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Yeah, little problem with the returning Doueihi apologising for his words and/or actions on the day, before shaking hands and putting it behind them. However, leaking or allowing your representatives to push a narrative to the media for a week or so is another story altogether.

Disappointed that Benji didn't force the issue by naming him at lock.
 
TurnStyle said:
Saw he was selected today and was just so disappointed.

Until today I was actually fine with Benji, but this is up there with the worst selections I've ever seen and on the surface looks either incredibly suspicious, spineless, or both.

There's obviously a lot more to this than meets the eye, but without any explanation from the club how and why are we fans supposed to keep even caring?
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To be honest i would not be shocked to find out Benji was DIRECTED to pick AD at 7,naturally i have no evidence to support this but it would be the sort of thing i expect from our board.
 
So seems like:

1. Benji didn't think AD would get off so promised Javon a debut and trained with him there.
2. AD won the case and wanted to be halfback but Benji picked Javon over what's better for the team. Wrong decision.
3. AD overreacted and said he wont play. Even worse decision.
4. Benji understands AD is best at halfback for us so put him there this week.

A shitshow and I doubt AD ever really comes back from this but let's move forward.

Happy for them to keep it all indoors and deal with it in off-season.
 
tig_prmz said:
So seems like:

1. Benji didn't think AD would get off so promised Javon a debut and trained with him there.
2. AD won the case and wanted to be halfback but Benji picked Javon over what's better for the team. Wrong decision.
3. AD overreacted and said he wont play. Even worse decision.
4. Benji understands AD is best at halfback for us so put him there this week.

A shitshow and I doubt AD ever really comes back from this but let's move forward.

Happy for them to keep it all indoors and deal with it in off-season.
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Between 3 & 4 the AD camp again disrespected Benji and the club very publicly. That’s why him being named this week seems weak as puss.
 
jadtiger said:
To be honest i would not be shocked to find out Benji was DIRECTED to pick AD at 7,naturally i have no evidence to support this but it would be the sort of thing i expect from our board.
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There’s bigger things at play here. He’s on our books for years and clubs won’t be lining up to sign him if we push him out. I just hope Perth have him lined up.
 
My perspective on Douehi getting booed on the weekend.
We've been slamming him for walking out on his team mates against Canberra, an individual act, not a team players act.
He has now, for whatever reason, been included in the team again to go out and beat the Eels.
Like it or not he'll be wearing the jumper so booing him is booing the team.
I really hope that doesn't happen. The last thing the team needs is negativity as they run out. This team needs as much positive energy as they can get.
Anyway, he'll be remembered for his form. It's on him not the team.
 
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