Coach Benji
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clontarfkid
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Benji clearly has some admirable traits.most particularly attracting loyalty and commitment from the coterie of players we retained.
Those that couldnt work with him and subsequently moved on have mostly under achieved,altho I wld have liked to have kept Stefano and/or Papali,who have both picked up their games as the season progresses.Maybe if they saw our progress this year they may not have headed out the exit door..tho both are premiership chances
What Id like to see is one or two qualified assistant coaches who are not former team mates...ppl who will have a potentially conflicting opinion,particularly in attack,to what were currently doing
innsaneink
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Daly Cherry-Evans has revealed how a text message from Wests Tigers coach Benji Marshall left him emotional in the lead-up to his 350th NRL game.
Tigers legend Marshall was forced to leave his beloved club in 2013 when he failed to agree on a new contract.
Cherry-Evans will play his 352nd and final game for the Sea Eagles on Friday night at 4 Pines Park before he is expected to link with rivals the Sydney Roosters for one season after a bitter split with Manly...................................
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Are you thinking what I'm thinking?,🤣
Rock Hopper Steve
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Please no, I want middles lol.
innsaneink
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Naah...pencil neck would never come here
upthetigers
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And no QLDers lol
weststigers
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I hate listening to him speak. He's bloody Switzerland all the time. Sounds like a wanker
clontarfkid
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It's not a terrible idea tbh..
clontarfkid
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TheEnz
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interesting thing is I think he is closer to the Bro cuzzies at Manly than the non-bro cuzzies. Hamuole and Latu have always spoken highly of DCE....I do wonder if he scraps the idea of playing another season and moves straight into a halves coaching and media role. I would not mind having him coaching Latu to play 7.
426Tlgerland
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The roster this season was far better than last year and I think we went ok with it , new players like Luai , Skelton , Turuva , May , May , Hunt all first year in so 2026 needs to gel better .
Galvin Gate was a disaster and def an interruption .
Roster overall was not top 8 , we will need to add KPP ✅ plus probably 2 more first grade quality , if this is done Benji should only get next season to get us to the 8 , anything under I think he should walk .
Staff , Benji needs to bring in. A Cronk or Johns , we can’t score points often enough when we are in the opp 10 We look lost .
Galvin Gate was a disaster and def an interruption .
Roster overall was not top 8 , we will need to add KPP ✅ plus probably 2 more first grade quality , if this is done Benji should only get next season to get us to the 8 , anything under I think he should walk .
Staff , Benji needs to bring in. A Cronk or Johns , we can’t score points often enough when we are in the opp 10 We look lost .
Tom Shines
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Can’t really say at this stage I think …. Need to see who else falls into their laps during the offseason …and then how they actually play throughout next season
I see this quite a bit about Cronk …. Why would he want to come here ? I don’t see either giving up their cushy media gigs to come and slog it out here to be honest
I think they both work as halves consultants meaning they only work with the team during the day a couple of times per week and are not required on game days/nights, therefore it doesn’t interfere with their media commitments.
Whether he likes it or not, someone has to work with or make Jerome understand his 5th tackle options are currently shite.
Tom Shines
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Yeah sure ..get someone in … im just surprised at how often the person nominated is Cronk …someone without any prior connections with the club…
Who does he work with now as a consultant?
Benji did a good overall job this season. The nonsense about assistant coaches baffles me John Morris coached NYC, First Grade and has been an assistant for years. Hodgson coached a few seasons in England and with the wallabies also and was an assistant here before.
Our problems have historically been in management and recruitment. Richo is turning the tide will take time.
Our problems have historically been in management and recruitment. Richo is turning the tide will take time.
Roosters, but not with them for next season apparently.
