API Koroisau Interview

[Newtown]

Not trying to toot my own horn but I literally said this all year that our strength was our forward pack & trying to play expansive attacking footy with the backline we had was setting us up to fail. Api pretty much confirmed what we all knew... Sheens was holding the side back & once Benji gained more control we started to improve.

The writing is on the wall. Our current backline is/has been in dire straits. It's staring the club in the face. The club has more than enough money to recruit a much better backline than what it has at the moment.. . If ithe doesn'r react with a new much improved backline for 2024 it is a disgrace which the club has to live will have to live with..for for 2024 and many more years to come.years to come,

 

[watersider]

Unlike all our past pretenders, I believe API.

Totally understandable his hesitation at the start of the year, but he's proven himself this year and it's for other players to go with him.

Other thing of note from that apart from his not so subtle criticism of Sheens is that in saying we didn't have someone like Benji to drive the attack the way Sheens wants is really a criticism of how limited brooks is as a player.

 

[Red88_Tiger]

What I read

Tigers have no go to guy- true imo

Sheens and Benji wanted to coach differently- plausible but likely to never know

 

[Lauren]

The full podcast, for those interested.

 

[twentyforty]

Hmmm I think everyone would agree for the last ten years
“We didn’t really have the go-to guy at the Tigers," he said

If we ever did have he got up and went.

 

[Odessa]

It will be more embedded this training season. Cohesion takes time. Except for Dolphins. Didnt take long. Pretty good season. First time together.

Mate there in an interview from a few years ago when Bennett talks about his coaching it's about 15 20 minutes Long and goes into great detail but he goes on that footy is not difficult and getting the basics right tackle kick chase and under stress and fatigue you need a very simple game plan that's second nature and in the interview he talks about how he goes after players with different body shapes and skill sets and how the game plan is the base then he fills the team with players who naturally improve the game plan different natural skills the speed machine the eyes up player the tackling machine very smart man

 

[StarswithStripes]

There have been numerous reports now that Benji is surprisingly big on percentage play footy and then play off that. This is the only thing that gives me hope.

If we can get a former fullback to teach Bula how to inject himself into the backline, I expect Fainu and Sullivan to strip numbers much better then our 2023 halves. Even Sezer.

Totally agree on coaching Bula to chime into the backline and set up his wingers. Or through the middle and finding holes for his forwards. I watched Meaney and Walsh nail that so well during the finals and thought the same. He could learn a lot from doing some time watching videos of the champion fullbacks. He would be deadly.

 

[Red88_Tiger]

Totally agree on coaching Bula to chime into the backline and set up his wingers. I watched Meaney and Walsh nail that so well during the finals and thought the same. He could learn a lot from doing some time watching videos of the champion fullbacks. He would be deadly.

I’ve watched many champion fullbacks and I’m no where near deadly
Could be just modest I guess
😂😂😂

 

[Mccarry]

It will be more embedded this training season. Cohesion takes time. Except for Dolphins. Didnt take long. Pretty good season. First time together.

Please tell me you listened to the Roar podcast where Ben Darwin talks about cohesion.

 

[Winston Churchill]

Couldnt be bothered reading the fluff piece.

Api Koroisau explains major issues at Wests Tigers???​

Blind Freddy can tell you, Lee, Pascoe, Sheens, no centres/wingers and Brooks.

Theres the answer Api, theres the answer.

 

[weststigers]

Mate there in an interview from a few years ago when Bennett talks about his coaching it's about 15 20 minutes Long and goes into great detail but he goes on that footy is not difficult and getting the basics right tackle kick chase and under stress and fatigue you need a very simple game plan that's second nature and in the interview he talks about how he goes after players with different body shapes and skill sets and how the game plan is the base then he fills the team with players who naturally improve the game plan different natural skills the speed machine the eyes up player the tackling machine very smart man

Back in high school, under 16’s we went undefeated. Previous years we were 50% win ratio.

The difference was a coach that gave us a simple and effective base game plan. We all knew where to be and what was going to happen 2-3 plays ahead.

We were also coached to know what to look for and when to pull the trigger.

It’s amazing what a difference this made in such a short time. Same guys, same opposition, just a structure we could understand and we could reset to when we had the ball.

 

[tony soprano]

Couldnt be bothered reading the fluff piece.

Api Koroisau explains major issues at Wests Tigers???​

Blind Freddy can tell you, Lee, Pascoe, Sheens, no centres/wingers and Brooks.

Theres the answer Api, theres the answer.

He a unique guy. One hand he says doesn't watch any footy then on the other hand has a deep understanding of footy.

Guess thats the benefit of being around good teams.

 

[jrtiger]

the two biggest things to come out of that interview is that Marshall understands what is required to compete in the modern game and that Koroisau will be driving high standards from day 1 of preseason with Bateman and Klemmer beside him. that's huge. providing we do some more work on the roster between now and January we could seriously rocket up the table.

 

[Tucker]

At this stage, it’s all fluff. Everything he is saying is paint by numbers sports marketing 101.
Our club is famous for it.
Here’s a suggestion….STFU and let your actions do the talking for the first time in the past 13 years.

 

[Red88_Tiger]

Back in high school, under 16’s we went undefeated. Previous years we were 50% win ratio.

The difference was a coach that gave us a simple and effective base game plan. We all knew where to be and what was going to happen 2-3 plays ahead.

We were also coached to know what to look for and when to pull the trigger.

It’s amazing what a difference this made in such a short time. Same guys, same opposition, just a structure we could understand and we could reset to when we had the ball.

I’ve been in a side that won a gf after a solid year and pretty only 1-2 changes for the next year with same coach and same practices. Made the finals but even throughout the year didn’t have the same edge. Few had the same hunger as before

 

[jrtiger]

At this stage, it’s all fluff. Everything he is saying is paint by numbers sports marketing 101.
Our club is famous for it.
Here’s a suggestion….STFU and let your actions do the talking for the first time in the past 13 years.

I mean I get it, but this is a three-time premiership winner who will be driving the standards, not Zane Musgrove or BJ Leilua. I’m far more inclined to believe Api because he knows what it takes.

Bateman, Klemmer, Papali’i and Sezer will additionally prove invaluable given their experiences, and keep in mind not one of them had a full preseason.

I’d much rather him stay quiet but in this day and age with 24 hour round the clock coverage and podcasts from various channels it was bound to happen. obviously the preseason fluff will come thick and fast, but this is our captain talking about drawing a line in the sand. let’s see what transpires.

 

[InBenjiWeTrust]

the two biggest things to come out of that interview is that Marshall understands what is required to compete in the modern game and that Koroisau will be driving high standards from day 1 of preseason with Bateman and Klemmer beside him. that's huge. providing we do some more work on the roster between now and January we could seriously rocket up the table.

Koroisau is already with Ellis, one of our best "established" players we ever signed 🐅 💪

 

[Winston Churchill]

the two biggest things to come out of that interview is that Marshall understands what is required to compete in the modern game and that Koroisau will be driving high standards from day 1 of preseason with Bateman and Klemmer beside him. that's huge. providing we do some more work on the roster between now and January we could seriously rocket up the table.

Pity he just thought of that now and not in the offseason for 2023? Guess this year was just a gap year?

 

[WesternSuburbsBoy]

A lot of players have come & said things like this before but I genuinely believe it when Api says it… this guy busted his arse all year long & gave it 100% every game. Without him I don’t think we would’ve won a game all year !!!

You can tell he wants to build something here… he could’ve easily hit the market for 2025 & most clubs would be trying to sign him instantly but he let his actions do the talking by committing for a further 2 years. I don’t have a lot of hope for the future but this guy makes me have hope 🟠⚪️⚫️

 

[jrtiger]

Pity he just thought of that now and not in the offseason for 2023? Guess this year was just a gap year?

why don't you listen to the podcast as opposed to throwing shade from the nosebleeds, so that way you can gain an understanding around his approach? just a thought.