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And if in doubt, juice em up

Not known if Cleary would have gotten results, he was gone too fast

Can't read a Weedler article, he's only ever a mouthpiece for Moses.

You know what I'd be OK for Seyfarth to leave, like Eisenhuth at Penrith, he wouldn't be first picked but at least he'd get some rewards for his effort and the team discipline might iron out his mistake rate.

I can't. Play where the coach puts you. It's the mentality of player-first that gets us in trouble all these seasons. And I'm not to say that Doueihi doesn't try hard, because he does, but he is not immune to the lack of output.

You know what though, I remember so clearly supporting the old Balmain sides of the late 90s and they often tried so hard every week. Usually they just didn't have the quality, but you could see them fight, guys like Senter, Buckets, Stimson, Benny G, Shane Walker, Jason Lowrie. It's not that...

It surely can't be that simple, that one dude leaves each year and the rest of the players cry into their milkshakes.

I don't understand how this team is so far off the team that turned up the first 2 months. At one point injuries were to blame, but by and large it's the same team. We gave up the fewest points of any team in those early rounds when the 6-agains were causing blow-outs, and now the refs have put...

Corrupt and inept are not the same thing. There's no specific advantage or intention to go against Tigers, it's not as if NRL HQ are plotting against us. Rather it's just the by-product of a bully's game, where the top dogs get the better calls and the fortunate interpretations.

I've been away for a week, how are you guys managing 40-odd pages of recruitment chat with no obvious actual signings to drive discussion? I admire your passion for the topic in spite of dire Tigers on field results.

Not a single lad playing AFL that could cop the constant contact of League and still be "never say die". It's fine and dandy to hang on for a game of aerial ping-pong. If Benji's going to Melbourne I would instead prefer he absorb the spirit of Bellyache.

Gillett... the best Balmain could get! (to the tune of that old Gillette razor ad)

Neal's hard to tackle too

It's like being in Auckland.

It's almost like an alternate reality version of our previous game against the Warriors. We were down 10-0 but we rallied, scored and then two more to get into HT 16-10. Came out 2nd half, held strong and got away with the match 32-14. Instead tonight we had those few chances, blew them...

Siro and Brasher were still playing, they were somebodies?

I'm not crook at him, but he was paid $1.2M for a particular reason - it's expected to be extremely hard to turn this club around. I think he tried his best and was a positive influence, but I also don't think we got value for money. That's the kind of money Easts are paying Tedesco or Panthers...

What an interesting historical document you have provided for the youngsters.

I have an interesting corollary about this with my Premier League team Tottenham. Historically Spurs are a big-money club ("Big Six") who were always tight with the purse strings. They had a former part-owner and chairman who was very savvy with business but arguably misguided with football...

One thing I'll say for Benji, he does seem able to keep the players he wants. It's a very large number of important re-signings this year, esp. if it's true that Latu and Samuela re-sign soon, which would end up being 100% of young targets. And whatever you think about the long-term prospect of...