Farah on FOX

[cunno]

Robbie was a guest on NRL on FOX tonight and for those who missed it he made the following points:

- the playing group worked very hard to get through the 'rumours' period
- Chris Lawrence and gareth Ellis have been very important to the WTs comeback particularly strengthening the left edge attack.
- his own form has been down , he has struggled with his running game and ruck interpretations but it is getting better with the improved form of the forwards eg Ellis, Gibbs and the Sauce
- the team has been working hard on their completion rates which have picked up from 50-60% to 92% against the roosters and similar against manly aided by 6 repeat sets.
- Loz was impressed the the WTs 'control'
- full credit to Chris lawrence and his huge comeback from injury reflecting his professional attitude and commitment, inspiration to the team
- Benji's brilliiance good but the players see him do those sorts of things all the time at training,it's a matter of getting balance between brilliance and control
- Heighno and Beau are staying which is great, the heart and soul of the club
- Bennett's comments after saints loss last week were aimed at his own players who will be stirred up for this week
- Wizz's stat of the week, Wests Tigers haven't beaten drags since round 22 in 2008 therefore WTs are due for a win.
- Is Lote now called Lote McDougall!! (the Del's comment)
- Simon Dwyer's contribution to the team acknowledged emphasis on his health at the moment, playing comes second.
- contribution to the grab bag- a football used in the city country game signed by the city team.

Robbie represented the club well IMO by speaking well answering questions informatively and by limiting Loz's opportunities to ask questions.

 

[innsaneink]

They mentioned his groin injury.
"Its all good now" was his response….best thing I heard.

 

[Swordy]

Thanks for the updates guys. I missed it.

The game ball he gave away, was that for being the best City player in that game and still not being able to crack origin?

 

[Aladinsane]

Thanks for the great summary Cunno.
Did he mention that after the Parramatta loss how Benji's call of a meeting & his speech during it , help inspire the turnaround in the team's form?

 

[cunno]

They mentioned his groin injury.
"Its all good now" was his response….best thing I heard.

An interesting comment I thought maybe he doesn't need surgery. At least he acknowledged his slip in form.

 

[cunno]

Thanks for the updates guys. I missed it.

The game ball he gave away, was that for being the best City player in that game and still not being able to crack origin?

Apparently he's not built for origin.

 

[cunno]

Thanks for the great summary Cunno.
Did he mention that after the Parramatta loss how Benji's call of a meeting & his speech during it , help inspire the turnaround in the team's form?

No he didn't mention that specifically just said the team has worked hard to move on. Didn't know about this myself Aladinsane so Benji rallied the troops, glad someone did. I heard Ellis refer to a team meeting but no specifics. Let's hope the roll on continues, I think it will, their effort over Manly had a real positive feel ,about it at the ground.

 

[Aladinsane]

There's a piece in this weeks RLW about it … Chris Lawrence said it did a great job in getting everyone to get it off the chests and talk about the comings & goings etc

 

[happy_tiger]

Thanks Cunno Great reporting mate . Yes Farah hit the nail on the head Ellis and Lawrence back huge turnaround also the completion . A lot of sides in the top 4 have a warm feeling in their shorts now that the Tigers are firing .

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

Robbie was a guest on NRL on FOX tonight and for those who missed it he made the following points:

**Robbie represented the club well IMO by speaking well answering questions informatively and by limiting Loz's opportunities to ask questions.**

This is always a good thing. Loz loves the sound of his own voice.

Great summary Cunno, cheers mate.

 

[you_know_who]

Good interview and well worth watching as well. Was pretty happy to get the left hand side attack back as well. Only thing missing is Lote.

 

[Spartan117]

THX Cunno.

The thing that wins games is Completions. We need to out dragon the dragons. Limit the opportunities and they will get frustrated and choke.

If we jag this one then we will well and truly have some serious Mo (Momentum)

 

[hammertime]

- Benji's brilliiance good but the players see him do those sorts of things all the time at training,it's a matter of getting balance between brilliance and control

I think these kind of consistent comments from Farah is why people think these two don't get along. He doesn't really ever have anything to say positive about Benji, but gave raps to pretty much everyone else.

After last week you would think he would just say 'yeah, that was some amazing stuff to put Lawrence down the sideline'. Not the same spiel about balance that we hear, over and over and over.

I don't know how much of it is reflecting Sheensy's attitude, but as captain, I don't think he should take on the same attitude as the coach. He needs to be more of a partner with his teammates.

 

[cunno]

- Benji's brilliiance good but the players see him do those sorts of things all the time at training,it's a matter of getting balance between brilliance and control

I think these kind of consistent comments from Farah is why people think these two don't get along. He doesn't really ever have anything to say positive about Benji, but gave raps to pretty much everyone else.
After last week you would think he would just say 'yeah, that was some amazing stuff to put Lawrence down the sideline'. Not the same spiel about balance that we hear, over and over and over.
I don't know how much of it is reflecting Sheensy's attitude, but as captain, I don't think he should take on the same attitude as the coach. He needs to be more of a partner with his teammates.

I probably should have typed 'words to that effect' as I paraphrased that point rather than quote his exact words. I understand your interpretation Hammertime and maybe they don't get on. I interpreted it a bit different as Farah saying Benji is that good he does it all the time it wasn't a fluke but then I'm not saying my interpretation is correct over anyone else's.