You have a guy killing it at centre in reserves, yet Benji picks the forklift operator who hasn't played in 8 weeks and a winger out-of-position. I don't care if Saukuru is leaving at the end of the year, our season is dead. Saukuru should be rewarded for his hard work in reserves with a first...
Agree that Saukuru needs work on his defensive technique. He tackles with his arms too much instead of driving with his shoulder. But show me a debutant centre who is defensively sound. Even reliable defenders like Herbie Farnsworth struggled early in their careers. Who can forget Farnsworth...
At this stage, the only plausible explanation for overlooking Saukuru is that he's not in our future plans because he's signed elsewhere or the club doesn't rate him. Otherwise, we're playing a busted To'a who's leaving for Manly and a busted Makasini who badly needs a rest.
While any win over the Dogs is sweet, the margin of victory should have been much bigger. We were leading 32-12 after 48 minutes and could easily have had 2-3 more. It was even more disappointing to concede 3 quick tries to a Dogs team who had lost Conti to HIA.
That aside, the first half was...
Please have some self-respect and resign, Benji. You managed to recruit a few decent players, but you never cut it as a coach. Clearly, you have lost the team, and it's only going to get worse.
The last four weeks have been as bad as any time in our pathetic history. How can professional athletes be so bad at their job? It's hard to say what's worse, the defence or attack.
I know right? I couldn't give a stuff about Luai's Christianity or Phil Gob's screeds against renewable energy or Dave Hughsey Hughes' view on anything, but celebrities feel the need to tell us. Team America was bang right.
I wasn't weighing in on the definitions of juniors and pathway players, I was merely pointing out that many of the guys you identified as Wests products never played for Wests; they were either Balmain juniors, came through the Balmain pathways or joined WT in Flegg.