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Personally, I hope not, he is okay and certainly not anything special, he's small (lacks stength) and struggles with defence and gets tackled too easily. I haven't seen him do too much even in this Panthers team, he was dropped mid year, and he wouldn't be that cheap. We have enough halves...

Yeah agree, this is the clubs best way forward and hopefully the new club is focusing on the pathways more. Unlike other clubs buying players is not the clubs strength...

The Wests Ashfield and the Macarthur Club along with the fans and should benefit from a successful team. More success means more visits to the clubs and more memberships. If a private owner came in they would, like you said just be able to tell their friends about it but would have to be willing...

Yes that’s all true but it could be a possible way to change things. Does anyone really know all the reasons why they ousted Richo? Maybe there is some wanting of change in the group and they could be persuaded to formulate that change. It’s part of the new CEOs job to do what’s best for the...

Given the history of HBG, you're probably right. I was hoping the new CEO might be able to persuade HBG to form an independant board and at the very least, persuade them to start supporting the football in a more positive way. This maybe coming from a sense of ignorant hope (because no one...

He's a Kiwi isn't he, thats has to be a point of difference for the Tigers, come on Benji. He would awesome, and I would like Mann as well, he has a fantastic attitude and would be very valuable on and off the field. These two would just top off us off, our pack would be high quality

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