Recent content by Chunk

Sorry, could you please expand on what you mean and how this relates to the new CEO & Barry trying to bring the parties together.

Yes there could be another way, I'm hoping the new CEO, Barry and someone from Marcarthur can build a better relationship between the football club and HBG. He indicated this is one of his answers. Maybe they might appreciate a different approach than Richo's 'gung ho' style and be more willing...

Benji seems to really share his inner feelings and thoughts more than most coaches, maybe he's just that sort of person. Like him or not he has had to deal with much more then your average coach. The idea behind spending truckloads on Luai was sound but turned out to be a big failure. And I...

Thanks for the thoughful repsonse 'You have to have a hand in it all.' Good one. I think you have your hand on it. ;)

There were signs of improvement but generally speaking no. And I'm not saying Benji shouldn't wear some of the blame, of course he should, but it is so easy just to blame the coach for everything, there has been some 'unusual' stuff happening with the club this year. Remember he's not going...

Maybe, its Benji who puts the side together and he has struggled there, Jerome was a distaster but everyone on here thought it was the right move. Although he's on a tighter budget then most in relation to player recruitment. But I think ha has handled the younger players well, considering the...

Yeah no doubt Benji has room for improvemnet but is the technical side of in game the most important thing for the main coach? No I don't think so, I think its to have the players hungry to play and respect for what he says? The technical side of the game is the 'easy' part of running the team...

Good second half performance, you could see the comittment was there and nice structure (two ticks for Benji), the best thing was to see the 'newbies' play well. Gives me hope for next year. Half glass full.

I think some people are short sighted, we are talking about 2029 and beyond. All this talk about current win percentages is way too simplistic. I'm a Balmain man but the future is to engage with the Maracarthur community whilst building on the very strong pathways system we have at our feet...

I didn't compare the two clubs, 'blueprint' means that we should try and copy. And obviously some things will never be the same but there are things that are alike, the junior program and engagement with the local community could be the same. You may disagree but I think our junior pathways...

So what do you think we should do then?

Makes a lot of sense. $400,000 is a lot of money for a cashed strapped club but this is it, our chance to entrench ourselves in two local communities and grow with those communities, especially Campbo. It's our best bet to becoming a strong club, Penrith was the blueprint.

Yeah, its one of the teams biggest weaknesses so hopefully with our new centres (May & Avi) and an improving Sakura things are looking better both in attack and defensively. When you consider how we have held our own in other parts of the game (especially the ruck) over the past two weeks, next...

Couple of better centres should make things better, more stike

Yeah some of the calls were poor but more importantly was the very good performance, there is some hope for next year. That's one game where the performance was more valuable than the result. Couple of better centres next year should make things better