Coach Benji 👑

Harvey said:
Benji is in a mess of his own creation. Whatever he does will look like a reaction.

If he drops Luai and plays Douehi in the halves, he is pandering to AD.

If he drops Javon who he has touted as the future, he looks like he has backflipped amid pressure and last week was for nothing.

If he plays AD at lock or centre things look great. Come the offseason they will likely be be grounds to agitate for a release. Things will only get worse if his bad shoulder (which is being mentioned in sympathetic media) gives out.

He is probably also starting to have to juggle long term roster planning with the need to start winning games as the seat warms up under him.
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Reserve grade or at the very least off the pine this week.

Surely he can’t start him.
 
Benji has a big job ahead for the rest of 2026 season
He must get wins along the way as if we don’t he will be n a world of media pain , AD this week will be a telling factor on Benji and his strength to do the right thing , back via reserve grade , play him off the bench and into 13 to replace Twally , or start him at 7 will Luai at 6 , we can’t afford to dump Luai as he simply to good and Jarvon is not close yet , the team may have a say if AD plays but if you leave it to the team it could cause a split in voting , that you don’t want , Latu and Madden won’t play so we are thin , we need a bounce back over the eels , we need all troops on deck and wanting blood for a win , we need to simply smash them hard right from the start , I would elect to kick off and jump on them right from the get go , turn them around , kick to the corners , kick some grabbers , go for 40/20 I would bomb them just non stop and they will break , if we don’t well I feel they will put 30 on us , Benji is in a tough spot , we need wins , team needs discipline, team needs leads hard leaders , people who are going to stand up
 
Harvey said:
Benji is in a mess of his own creation. Whatever he does will look like a reaction.

If he drops Luai and plays Douehi in the halves, he is pandering to AD.

If he drops Javon who he has touted as the future, he looks like he has backflipped amid pressure and last week was for nothing.

If he plays AD at lock or centre things look great. Come the offseason they will likely be be grounds to agitate for a release. Things will only get worse if his bad shoulder (which is being mentioned in sympathetic media) gives out.

He is probably also starting to have to juggle long term roster planning with the need to start winning games as the seat warms up under him.
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Yeah he is almost in a no win situation.
It is very possible that we could win this weekend and the articles will be attacking him.
 
Terry T.Nuts said:
Isaac wants to sabotage him, make no mistake.
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That’s the way I see it too.
Benji has been his target for a couple of seasons and he’s been able to rattle the coach. There’s no other explanation for Benji not communicating with Adam regarding the positional change. It’s the Galvin 101 list of grievances revisiting with Benji being forced into reacting.
Shaun gets it, hence the limited information disclosed from the meeting.
If I had to guess what went on in the room that nobody wants to talk about lol..unlike earlier speculation that Doueihi wants out, or should be sacked immediately, Moses wants Doueihi to play 7 for the rest of the season and will apply more pressure to achieve that end.
 
Caught between a rock and hard place.
No easy fix and what ever happens there will be a negative consequence.
Douehi has friends in the squad and he has also developed a level of distrust among the playing group by not only not playing on the weekend, but outing them with accusations that may be true or not - that have come from him or his people
Benji has to make decisions that takes all that into account while also selecting the team that he thinks is best to beat Parra, but no guarantee that the players can rise above the off field issues.
They are meant to be professionals but let's face it most of them are man child's
Meanwhile Moses has coaching clients looking for a start somewhere
 
matchball said:
Benji lost the dressing room months ago. Benji great player but can't coach. He just wants to be mates with everyone.
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I dont think he lost them.
I think he became too casual and let standards with certain player's slip. Some players were held accountable and others werent.
He is learning on the job.
Its his fault, but not for lack of trying, but for lack of experience.

I was opposed to the idea originally, but shane flannagan could be a good option.... the only problem he is an isaac moses client. So its a win for isaac... as much of a c you next Tuesday he is to this club, he gets results for his clients.
 
mtd#2 said:
I dont think he lost them.
I think he became too casual and let standards with certain player's slip. Some players were held accountable and others werent.
He is learning on the job.
Its his fault, but not for lack of trying, but for lack of experience.

I was opposed to the idea originally, but shane flannagan could be a good option.... the only problem he is an isaac moses client. So its a win for isaac... as much of a c you next Tuesday he is to this club, he gets results for his clients.
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And you know this as fact because ??

“I dont think he lost them.
I think he became too casual and let standards with certain player's slip. Some players were held accountable and others werent.”
 
mtd#2 said:
I dont think he lost them.
I think he became too casual and let standards with certain player's slip. Some players were held accountable and others werent.
He is learning on the job.
Its his fault, but not for lack of trying, but for lack of experience.

I was opposed to the idea originally, but shane flannagan could be a good option.... the only problem he is an isaac moses client. So its a win for isaac... as much of a c you next Tuesday he is to this club, he gets results for his clients.
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Benji letting players vape in the gym is being reported. What's that say about setting standards?. He needs to be sacked if that's true.
 
innsaneink said:
Bateman mainly...didnt like how benji put Galvin and rhe younger players on an apparently higher level to the senior players...differing standards etc
Who knows really?
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Bateman didn’t like how Galvin was being put on a pedestal, who didn’t like that Luai was blocking his path, who had a clause in his contract to leave so he could earn millions in PNG , which led to Doohey thinking he should have been dropped instead of him,,.

This football stuff is complicated …
 
Speed2burn said:
I think that’s the nice way of looking at it, from what’s been going on IMO it will end up being a messy exit
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AD is frustrated with the club culture..unrewhelmed by the coaching prowess...and way underpriced in the current environment(his own fault as self manager)
Can only end one way...unless he has another major injury between now and year end
 
Aussielion said:
The big thing for Benji this year is that the rest of the season is a relatively soft draw. If they fail to win a game from here which is a strong possibility, he would have to be under the pump in 2027 from game one.
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if same same he will make it to round 8/10
Its he who needs to change or be changed
 
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