Tucker
Well-known member
It was. I thought Madge should have been fired immediately following round 25 of 2021 when the last placed Doggies bent us over 38 blot. The fact he survived a highly publicised hit that was set up for him and came out of that with an extension, only to be fired 3 months into the new campaign is where the sabotage of that season occured.I don’t think there’s revisionism going on around Benji at all .
He was the assistant coach in 23 . Yes he was running the training but the ideas around who plays , when and where and the strategies being played were ultimately Sheens . I’ve no doubt though that Benji would have had way more influence than any other assistant would have had , because ultimately he was the one who would inherit the team .
I’m not defending anything , but we’ve made a plan and we have to stick to it . What’s the point in undercutting , if not to undermine .
2022 wasn’t hijacked btw . It was fumbled by the special 2. Really Madge should have been turfed in 2021 . It was a farce . If by that you mean it was hijacked ? Then yes I agree . But I don’t think there was some Machiavellian scheme in place to oust Madge . Just a poor club run by even poorer administrators
Im not about undercutting a plan, although I certainly think it was a dumb plan to begin with. We need to look seriously at the possibility that we are wasting these recruits. Adding Klemmer, Api, Papali'i and Bateman to your pack and a winger fresh off a premiership victory in Staines, should not result in a last place finish. Unearthing some genuine young talent, whilst adding the Fainu bros, Olam and Sezer should not equal another one.