Please my grandmother on my mum's side could have moulded that lot into a cohesive unit … and she is long dead.
Next thing you will say is he had to mould thurston, slater, inglis, cronk & co into a cohesive unit to overcome the might of the Kumuls and France
Pete tell me which of these blokes was an established star before he joined the Raiders
Actually Pete name one
It is not easy picking talent Most of these guys when they get to this level are pretty equal It all comes down to work ethic and drive to succeed
You sit them down and they all say the same thing I want to be this or that or I want to achieve this or that
So how did Sheens manage to get all of these great players and not sign a whole heap of coulda and shoulda beens and the same goes for Bennett ????
Who cares what they say publicly ? TBH i stopped listening to what they say in about 1992 when I realised they were all liars. They could be asked about the weekend's game against the Warilla Wombats who are 27th in a 16 team comp in Group 127 and they would trot out the same rubbish `Warilla are a good side and have some good players so we will really have to be on our game to beat them and if we don't turn up ready to play we will get beaten'.
Much the same as they all say `Paul Langmack/Alan Jones/Jason taylor/Phil Economides is one of the best coaches I have ever worked under'. Given they have previously worked under amateur coaches until NRL and once in the NRL they may only ever be coached by 2 or 3 `one of the best' is not saying much is it.
He is stale, his threats carry no threat, his messages have no message and his tatics were out of date by April 2006\. Throw in his garbage benches and we have a complete myth.
Tell me what happened in 2010 when the great man was told to drop his favourite all time player by the CEO because the other senior players had gone to the CEO and wanted said player dropped. Or is that just fanciful internet dreaming by me ?
