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jinu84
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Triple M reporting on rumours again: http://www.triplem.com.au/sydney/sport/nrl/news/2013/7/reports-benji-marshall-extended-contract-with-wests-tigers/
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system
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Yeah. The Mole is still an idiot
Eye_Of_Da_Tiger
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One way or another just get on with it.The topic of Benji is becoming boring
innsaneink
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something here but I cant read it- fkd if im paying for it
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/benji-marshall-tipped-to-sign-upgraded-15-million-contract-with-wests-tigers/story-fni3gpz1-1226678943919#
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/benji-marshall-tipped-to-sign-upgraded-15-million-contract-with-wests-tigers/story-fni3gpz1-1226678943919#
SUNDAY is decision day for Tigers superstar Benji Marshall, with club power brokers tipping the five-eighth will finally put pen to paper on an upgraded $1.5 million contract until the end of 2015.
Fresh from a week-long mid-season holiday in Bali with wife Zoe, Marshall arrived back in Sydney on Saturday and will sit down with Tigers boss Grant Mayer as early as today.
As much as the Tigers have shown Marshall enormous latitude throughout a difficult contract stalemate, there will be an expectation to conform to a new set of standards once the five-eighth commits to being part of a new culture at the club.
"Our hope is that we get some clarity from Benji and his manager no later than Monday," Mayer said.
"Leading into a game against the Warriors at Leichhardt Oval on Friday night, wouldn't it be great news if Benji was remaining a Tiger?"
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Under previous coach Tim Sheens, Marshall enjoyed a father-son type of rapport where the playmaker was effectively marked by a different set of rules to the majority of other players.
This is not the case under new coach Mick Potter, which is why, as The Sunday Telegraph reported a fortnight ago, the working relationship between the pair had become strained after Marshall was dropped to the bench.
Tigers power brokers are privately convinced Marshall can be a wonderful role model for the next generation of stars in the club's ranks, headed by Curtis Sironen, Luke Brooks, Mitchell Moses, Kyle Lovett, Nathan Brown, Brenden Santi and Bayley Sironen.
But he needs to buy into the new culture the Tigers are building, a shift away from the old guard power clique at Concord led by Sheens, ex-CEO Stephen Humphreys and football manager Warren McDonnell.
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In terms of the club's roster, the Tigers are quietly undergoing a change in personnel to fall into line with the club's salary cap issues. Centre Blake Ayshford is going to Cronulla next season, Eddy Pettybourne is off to the UK Super League and Tim Moltzen travelled to St Helens last week and may well approach the club for a release.
Then there are players like Matt Utai, Joel Reddy, Matt Bell and Matt Groat off contract at the end of this season, with the Tigers hell bent on upgrading the likes of Tim Simona, Brooks, Moses, Lovett and Santi.
As there was in 2005 when Sheens won the competition, the Tigers boast one of the best crop of juniors in the NRL.
The challenge for coach Potter and new boss Mayer is to find them a way to complement the experience of stars like Marshall and Robbie Farah.
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Link: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/benji-marshall-tipped-to-sign-upgraded-15-million-contract-with-wests-tigers/story-fni3gpz1-1226678943919#
There ya go mate.
Fresh from a week-long mid-season holiday in Bali with wife Zoe, Marshall arrived back in Sydney on Saturday and will sit down with Tigers boss Grant Mayer as early as today.
As much as the Tigers have shown Marshall enormous latitude throughout a difficult contract stalemate, there will be an expectation to conform to a new set of standards once the five-eighth commits to being part of a new culture at the club.
"Our hope is that we get some clarity from Benji and his manager no later than Monday," Mayer said.
"Leading into a game against the Warriors at Leichhardt Oval on Friday night, wouldn't it be great news if Benji was remaining a Tiger?"
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Under previous coach Tim Sheens, Marshall enjoyed a father-son type of rapport where the playmaker was effectively marked by a different set of rules to the majority of other players.
This is not the case under new coach Mick Potter, which is why, as The Sunday Telegraph reported a fortnight ago, the working relationship between the pair had become strained after Marshall was dropped to the bench.
Tigers power brokers are privately convinced Marshall can be a wonderful role model for the next generation of stars in the club's ranks, headed by Curtis Sironen, Luke Brooks, Mitchell Moses, Kyle Lovett, Nathan Brown, Brenden Santi and Bayley Sironen.
But he needs to buy into the new culture the Tigers are building, a shift away from the old guard power clique at Concord led by Sheens, ex-CEO Stephen Humphreys and football manager Warren McDonnell.
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In terms of the club's roster, the Tigers are quietly undergoing a change in personnel to fall into line with the club's salary cap issues. Centre Blake Ayshford is going to Cronulla next season, Eddy Pettybourne is off to the UK Super League and Tim Moltzen travelled to St Helens last week and may well approach the club for a release.
Then there are players like Matt Utai, Joel Reddy, Matt Bell and Matt Groat off contract at the end of this season, with the Tigers hell bent on upgrading the likes of Tim Simona, Brooks, Moses, Lovett and Santi.
As there was in 2005 when Sheens won the competition, the Tigers boast one of the best crop of juniors in the NRL.
The challenge for coach Potter and new boss Mayer is to find them a way to complement the experience of stars like Marshall and Robbie Farah.
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Link: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/benji-marshall-tipped-to-sign-upgraded-15-million-contract-with-wests-tigers/story-fni3gpz1-1226678943919#
There ya go mate.
happy_tiger
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If we do upgrade Marshalls contract it will prove one thing , we are the masters at rewarding mediocrity
bigsiro
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@happy tiger said:
Nup. I totally disagree and resent that. I think the current management have made some good and bold decisions.
Anyway, isn't the upgrade part of Benji's contract re salary cap increase…?
if we do not even keep our word on our contracts (good or bad) then why would anyone sign with us in the future?
What would not re-signing Benji say about our club and our people?
Re-signing Benji shows integrity and loyalty. Great business acumen if you ask me.
tigerbenji
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bigsiro you are spot on.
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@bigsiro said:
I agree with this post in the sense that the Tigers are honouring their initial agreement with Benji for THIS contract. Any talk of extending him beyond 2015 at this stage is far too premature and I don't agree with that.
innsaneink
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Hahaha….''buy into the new culture"
New culture.....is this the culture that of course pumps up the Leichhardt games in these articles, our big players always put pen to paper before a LO game.....and on the official website advertised tickets to the round 19 home game @ LO and round 21 AWAY game interstate....yet ignores another game in between in rd 20 at HOME at you guessed it - Cambo.
Whilever this sorta crap continues....there is no new culture
New culture.....is this the culture that of course pumps up the Leichhardt games in these articles, our big players always put pen to paper before a LO game.....and on the official website advertised tickets to the round 19 home game @ LO and round 21 AWAY game interstate....yet ignores another game in between in rd 20 at HOME at you guessed it - Cambo.
Whilever this sorta crap continues....there is no new culture
Tim Sheens
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@Furious1 said:
I have been going to **news.com.au/sport/nrl for a month or so no [[www.news.com.au/sports/nrl(http://www.news.com.au/sports/nrl[...he same articles without the subscription.**)
Tim Sheens
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innsaneink
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Thanks for that
when you are at the page you wish to link, left click on the address (URL - [www.whatever.com](http://www.whatever.com)) in the top bar and highlite it, then R click and select 'copy'…..come back here to the forum in your reply box and either R click again and select 'paste'....or press Ctrl + V
when you are at the page you wish to link, left click on the address (URL - [www.whatever.com](http://www.whatever.com)) in the top bar and highlite it, then R click and select 'copy'…..come back here to the forum in your reply box and either R click again and select 'paste'....or press Ctrl + V
Agree ink, about the cambo stuff. Very disappointing, it's such a large and growing area and I simply don't understand why we can't tap into it better. Know lot's of people living in cambo for a while who are simply NOT tigers supporters. You'd struggle to find that in Balmain. I've never lived in cambo so I'm not sure what the issue is or how to solve it but the club needs to make an obvious effort to rectify it.
That signing before a cambeltown game in macarthur square was a nice start, but nothing since then.
That signing before a cambeltown game in macarthur square was a nice start, but nothing since then.
diedpretty
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@pHyR3 said:
the difference is that the Balmain area has had a team to support for over 100 years - there is a culture that if you are born or live in the area you are a tiger supporter. Campbelltown is different - no team to support until a struggling magpie outfit moved there - there was no previous culture - the magpies were building that culture until times changed - WT have failed to build on that culture and have alienated a lot of people in the area - the other problem is that a lot of people move to the area from other parts of the city and continue to follow the side they previously followed - i would think that would be true of people form Balmain moving to the northern beaches - they wouldn't start following Manly ( at least i hope they wouldn't ) - WT need to recognise and promote the area as theirs and start building a long term presence and culture.
