OFFICIAL Adam Doueihi #227


Interesting interview from Wednesday Morning. At around 11.15, Voss asks about Javon and at 11.22 Dooee Freudian slips & calls him "Lachie" (dare I say, "Lockie") and then mentions that Benji was gonna talk to AD & Javon on how to use him. For mine, AD knew this wasn't a good thing for AD. After some banter about nicknames, he says that he spoke to Michael Cheka on Tuesday night - why? He'd just got off from the judiciary hearing, so what more could Cheka add to that good result? Methinks he was weighing up his proposed new "Lockie" role and was seeking advice on that. Just sad that at one stage during the interview Voss mentions how after the Luai announcement that the club understandably must have been a bit unsettled prior to the Warriors game and then the Doggies ... but then let's park that and fresh start vs Raiders ..."yeah" says Dooee.
 
Chunk said:
No of course I don't support AD's actions

But I hope he didn't find out on Thursday morning, like I have said a number of times, this deserves a deeper discusion between coach and halfback.
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Its being reported on the fanatics podcast that douhei had premeditated the walk out on thursday morning.

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Same reports on Paul Kent's podcast.
 
mtd#2 said:
Its being reported on the fanatics podcast that douhei had premeditated the walk out on thursday morning.

Same reports on Paul Kent's podcast.
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Kent is speculating … I just watched it …he referred to it as his “conspiracy theory”…

Not everything someone says is gospel
 
pawsandclaws1 said:
The market will value him according to supply and demand. His manager is well-aware of interest generally for halves across the NRL. It's bucks up for him. I'm not suggesting it is right but that is the way his manager will view it. You use him or lose him.
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Do you honestly think he's a 7 though?
 
Chunk said:
Because it goes to the heart of Benji's handling of the situation

Yes reserves, so he could have been slotted into halfback or lock.

I'm just wondering if he was told that it would be lock when the team was announced, when was he told? Thursday?

'AD you will be playing lock, if you get off'

Was he told this Monday even, if not Tuesday or as it seems he only found out on Thirsday.....which seems poor
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Mate - you need to prepare as if he won't get off. You are persisting with the handling of the situation that assumes a team prepares as if he WILL get off.

Why would you prepare that way, only to find out he is suspended? If he's available, it's a bonus and the coach finds a way to slot him in after.
 
mtd#2 said:
So theres some random bloke on Facebook claiming that Douhei and Seyfarth met with Chammas on Monday....

Facebook

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Monday was the day Chammas was with Joey Manu....Weidler there too.

Now this ryan clown reckons Sefarth & Douehi was with him as well....in hindsight how convenient
Youd have thought with the nine cameras with them all day they wouldve picked up on our boys
Blokes a wannabe nobody
 
The other thing that isn't mentioned much is that to accommodate Adam, Benji would have had to rip a debut away from a promising youngster that they are trying to extend.

Surely Adam could have seen the bigger picture here.
 
innsaneink said:
I guess if he was performing to expectations as a half, which he's not, he wouldnt have been asked to move.
Again though...more narcissistic behaviour,.more me me me
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Yep, and a little delusional maybe. If he was that good as a half then he would have indisputably locked down that position already. He may believe it’s some sort of agenda rather than his performance that the club has based this on.
 
BlackWhiteGold said:

Wests Tigers call Adam Doueihi, Benji Marshall crisis meeting after dramatic training exit​

The Wests Tigers have called a crisis meeting between Adam Doueihi and coach Benji Marshall within the next 72-hours to thrash out their differences, after the star dramatically ruled himself out of their Raiders clash.

David Riccio

Adam Doueihi will meet with Wests Tigers coach Benji Marshall and CEO Shaun Mielekamp within the next 72-hours to thrash out their differences.

The meeting, expected by Monday afternoon at the latest, aims to bring all parties back onto the same page after Doueihi dramatically left training on Thursday and ruled himself out of the club’s game against the Raiders in Canberra on Saturday.

At this stage, neither the club wants to tear up Doueihi’s contract, nor has the 172-game player informed his management to seek a release from his contract, which runs through until 2029.

Both Marshall and Doueihi respect each other greatly and there is a genuine appetite to smoke the peace pipe and move forward for the benefit of the club.

The reason for Doueihi’s dramatic stance to stand down from playing is believed to be not solely due to Marshall deciding to shift the playmaker to the unfamiliar lock-forward position against the Raiders.

Marshall’s follow-up offer — made shortly after their heated discussion – for Doueihi to retain the halfback position against the Raiders suggests that the 29-year-old’s omission from Saturday’s game goes deeper than just a positional switch.

Mielekamp, recently-appointed as the CEO following Shane Richardson’s exit last season, is believed to be acutely aware of the reasons behind Doueihi’s shock reaction.

Another player also met with Marshall after Doueihi left his meeting with the head coach.

The 14th-placed Wests Tigers trained on Friday ahead of their important clash with the Raiders with Marshall selecting the Eels-bound Jarome Luai and rising star Javon Andrews in the halves to tackle the Raiders.

Matty Johns said on SEN radio on Friday that Luai needed to be selected for the clash with Canberra, but if the Wests Tigers couldn’t secure a victory, Marshall should begin selecting a team in the coming weeks that reflects their future.
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Benji should've stood on business and said if you want to play it's at lock... don't let him get his way.
 
Chunk said:
He should speak to all the players about this sort of stuff, especially your halfback.

Did AD have any idea that he was going to be dropped, I wonder?

It seems he didn't (Speculation)
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Did he get dropped? If anything he was told that Javon was making a debut and he wanted AD to play out of posistion to help facilitate this. Perhaps if he was a true leader he would have encouraged and helped his team mates rather than put all this extra attention on him. Maybe this is what the coach felt the team needed, maybe he should of appreciated that instead of putting himself above the coach, team mates and staff who make sacrifices each week for the betterment of the team…
 
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