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Looking forward to Olam stamping his authority out there. Hes a decent chunk of a guy, not adverse to hurting opposition backs. Melbourne had him signed for 3 extra years, before the falling out.

I was thinking that if Api can’t stop the frolicking away from the game plan, maybe we should be trialling a new on field captain? He is one of the best players in the game, but captains have to be a lot more. I’d have to break the news to him with a sweetener or something. Get some intel on...

You could be right, but I think Pole is amped up. Benjis words give us clues about his thinking. From his recent comments, he has made form and effort, the priority in his selections. As for discipline, this should be easily fixed as it is controllable. I think he will want to see his game...

It’s close to what I expected. Good to see Pole apparently starting and a vote of confidence for Galvin, which is fine by me. Bud given a breather, but not wiped from memory which is probably right. The devil is in the game plan. The pack need to be amped up. They won’t be expecting too...

We don’t have any independent recruitment officer or regime. Richo has just said “ We will try to get the players Benji wants” And with the number of legacy players, unless we can wheel and deal etc, this will take time. At least 2 seasons realistically. My concern is that he was too close...

It didn’t work out, but I’d be cautious of stripping players of initiative and “eyes up” footy. It’s all good and heroic when it pays off, but the end of the world when it’s linked to losing. Just for starters, I’d give Bud a short term spell, Galvo, Salad and Pole to start. We are fortunate...

You are full of surprises! He said he’d chop and change depending on the team we are playing and related circumstances. I’ve been on Benjis back since he was crowned grand master coach without a nano seconds experience in coaching u7 tiddlywinks. A coaching certificate cut out of the back of...

There’s a lot of speculation about already about next week. Does he offer the chance of redemption or get back to the laboratory? I get the impression,he’s going to don the white coat and make some brave changes. And isn’t Api supposed to command the players to stick to task? Always more...

So did our ref. When raiders fans are showing empathy, that speaks volumes.

As Benji threw the players under the bus in his first official press conference, Im interested to see how they respond. I appreciated his honesty,but it’s a risky play with some of the egos out there. He might shock us all and give everyone another go. Api seems to be settling into these...

We might have draw breath and put our coaching caps on for a sec. If I was coaching the side, the worst team in the comp two years running, a bunch of new mostly factory players and juniors pressing for selection, I wouldn’t stick to the same old. I’d be mixing it up a bit to see who is...

No offence to @shiftysheens and I’m not usually a ref monster but the officials should be dropped next week. Players were frustrated, and I for one, I’m backing Stef. There was comment earlier about Tim having to lift his hand to visit the bathroom. I’m afraid that most of the squad we are...

Maybe Richo can sign Bellamy?

Well as you know, our squad has that Frankenstein’s monster feel about it, with about 100 cooks spoiling the broth. 6 or 7 different coaches and recruiters, each trying to give birth to yet another golden era. And that’s what Benji, the rookie coach, with regrettably mostly bad influences, is...

It’s a bit of a “white elephant” so far. We’ve ripped off Zurich for sure. We should lease it out to Interstate clubs as a base. Go back to LO and Lidcombe.

Well it’s a “ blame the players not me” line. I don’t think he planned it, Freudian slip. But it’s telling us they aren’t quite on board with him. So he can tell them that if they listen to him, they will succeed. The contrary position is that they listened to him and still screwed up that...

At least we don’t have Lee and Justin, urinating on our back, telling us it’s raining.

They scored off forward passes, obstructions everywhere, stef gets sent off unjustly, we have 5 new players, (a couple are yet to shave properly) who barely know each other and we faced a fully fit and operational raiders at home. it not an excuse, but an explanation. Benji noted the boys...

Yeah I’m unhappy about losing today, but given how it all unfolded, especially derelict officials, Im not reaching for the draino. Benji has his baseline to build on. Voss has turned into a poor man’s Hadley.

Yeah, I’m sorry for crashing this sub forum, but @Tucker asked me if I had any current photos of him as he’d heard a few quiet whispers about him in dispatches. So I obliged. And I can’t advise my source, and I’m not claiming to be an insider or any other name dropping rubbish, but @tuckers...