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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.

Turuva doesn't understand that propelling the ball forward constitutes a knock on.

Hes an awful, awful coach. Like Brett Kimmorley standard awful. The players cleary don't respect him.

It won't make much difference but Benji must be a chance of walking at the end of this season.

Getting carved up by the Bulldogs is a new low for Benji's losers.

Creamy is just a space cadet.

Bula is such a bludger. How he conned the club into paying him $1 million a season is anyone's guess.

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.

Yeah, that's right. His dad brought Sol and his brother across from the Dogs when he joined our coaching ranks.

Seyfarth is a Dundas Shamrocks junior. Broederlow is a Bulldogs junior who joined Balmain in Ball. Haywood is a Penrith junior who joined Balmain in Matts. Madden is a Knights junior who I believe went straight into our KOE team. Pole is a Storm junior who joined Balmain in Ball. Lanyon is...

I think Taateo will replace Bunty. He's no world beater but a very consistent performer in cup, among our best most weeks.

Voss is saying the ref can't react to the injury but that's exactly what happened when Tavana was sin binned in the Eels game. Anyway, I hope Crichton is ok. Scary scenes.

I'm not sure if this supports or refutes your argument but Madden absolutely did not dominate today. He was outplayed by the Warriors halves and Andrews who, while quiet, managed a couple of try assists and would have had another if Tupou wasn't asleep.

That was one of Wests' worst performance of the year - on par with the Canberra shallacking - but still miles better than First Grade and Flegg. I would promote Roberts and Saukuru. With Toa, May and the forklift driver injured, we don't have any other options at centre.