GNR4LIFE
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He might have appeal to play under. But what’s the point of bringing in players if they are going to flounder cos he can’t coach?
Coach Benji 👑
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Tom Shines
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I actually say to give him another year …but I’m not expecting the roster to change much though beyond bringing in Averillo and junior Topou ,, .,,no salary cap left !
bigsiro
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We all recognise that he’s very green, but this is a team on a journey with a poor lineup.
There’s no better time for him to get runs on the board than now. And as if we don’t want him to have that.
Bennett, Cleary or Gibson wouldn’t be doing much better here. Cleary didn’t! Even with Teddy, Moses etc. And remember Bennett at Newcastle.
Can’t deny we’ve fallen off a cliff, but if we get to 9 or 10 wins this year, we have to be honest and admit that it is still representative of an upward trajectory, especially for what has been achieved with a shell of a team.
To illustrate, in any other year our recent performances were par for the course. Now we expect better. That says something.
supercoach
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People will argue Benji has put the roster together so he is responsible for the short comings in the roster.
I personally think our problems are a combination of a lot of things and sure Benji being head coach must take some blame, but I don’t think any coach could do much better considering the budget at their disposal. The pathways road is our only hope as we have very little chance of securing very good NRL players from the market place
Tom Shines
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That’s a long path …he is not going to be afforded that much time … he will need to improve the players now at the club..
jirskyr
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Madge was given a 3 year extension, so it amounts to basically the same thing. We can always sack and pay out a coach, it's the common way to end the agreement.
Also at this time, in my opinion, there is a serious lack of alternatives in the coaching ranks. Very lean.
Jedi_Tiger
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Brad Arthur perhaps
Second week in a row the game was handed to us on a platter by teams making so many errors.
hank37w
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If he's the attack coach then he should just stick to running the water.
Sorry to say that, loved him as a player but his efforts in the coaching area have not been good.
Odessa
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He's a coach learning But...
Playing one up footy then a bomb does not win football games the team needs to aim to score 3-4 try's a game and we have totally forgotten how to offload or have been told by the coach not to
So strange that we went away from a game plan that was working
mtd#2
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I think we need to take a moment to shift our focus from Luai, to the decision Benji made.
To tell your $1.2million dollar marquee signing and co-captain he isnt needed next year is a MASSIVE call.
The more time I've had to sit on this, I love it. Its probably stuffed our 2026 season, but long term, it's a great move.
For someone accused of being too chummy with the players, he sure as hell showed us that he puts the Wests Tigers ahead of his personal relationships with the players.
Well done Benji 👏👏👏👏
To tell your $1.2million dollar marquee signing and co-captain he isnt needed next year is a MASSIVE call.
The more time I've had to sit on this, I love it. Its probably stuffed our 2026 season, but long term, it's a great move.
For someone accused of being too chummy with the players, he sure as hell showed us that he puts the Wests Tigers ahead of his personal relationships with the players.
Well done Benji 👏👏👏👏
I'll put my hand up and say im not a huge fan of Benji as a coach, but im prepared to give him next year hopefully without any dramas, last year he had the Galvin crap to deal with, this year its luai, I don't think we can underestimate the disharmony luai jumping ship after all the tigers for life crap he dribbled on about,within the group.....as much as coaches, players say its had no affect the results show otherwise, im prepared to give benji next year without luai, and hopefully a settled halves pairing
