Farah to SOUTH SYDNEY in 2017..OFFICIAL..

[Kavi]

I don't consider it best for all parties if Farah moves on. WT played more stable footie with him at hooker. The halves are not consistent enough yet nor do we have another excellent hooker to take his place. His grubber is still 100% better than Mitch's and this is a very important aspect. His scoring those tries in last two FG games proves he is still up to it. As well we would helping another club get a first class hooker on the cheap.

It's better for us because it appears obvious that JT and Robbie hate each other and aren't prepared to work together.

Personally I'm sick of all the drama and the sooner he is gone the better. It might not be best for the team but it's the best thing at this point for the club.

They are both professional people so are expected to work together. JT stating about lack of team cohesion in attack in public and Robbie adequately answering in public appears to demonstrate who
has the stronger/correct position. The coach appears to be letting the team and Club down by not selecting the strongest team. Robbie struck to his part of the contract by playing excellently in FG. If the coach cannot handle RF playing excellently that is his problem. He seems to accept the opposite of other players.

:deadhorse:
you don't criticize your coach and team because you are # that you got dropped it is not professional…
i dont know how you think their relationship is salvageable...
best of luck to robbie if he moves

 

[Telltails]

Regardless of those who hate Farah there is still a large proportion of the fan base that would like the opportunity to farewell him.
I would hate to think the club is stalling in agreeing to terms to prevent this from happening.
At a time when other clubs are acknowledging players who have contributed less than Farah to their clubs ,- it is really a bad look from the club especially when they are responsible for the deal that they now so desperately want to be free of.

I don't think that is happening at all.
You have to take into consideration the position of the other club and where they are situated at the moment.
Any premature anouncements could derail their season.
As someone mentioned in an article.
The Tigers are in a bit of a rock and a hard place.
Preparing a farewell game is extremely unprofessional of them when Farah is still at this moment contracted till the end of next year.
I read the same thing about Manly, Stewart, and his impending departure.

The two clubs being spoken about would not be effected -, South's are out of contention and with Ennis leaving it is obvious the Sharks are looking for someone to fill that role.
Not saying they should have a farewell if there isn't going to be one but they also shouldn't be stalling to prevent one either - if that is what is happening. And of course there is also the possibility that Farah is so detached now that it may be preferable to finalise it in the off season. If they make the finals I would say it will be excruciating for him to be observing from the sideline.
It would be great to tidy this up and have it over and done with - but clearly that isn't going to happen now.

 

[NT_Tiger]

This thread is becoming less and less relevant as time goes on. The team has now clearly moved on without Farah. He is now a spectator to their change in direction. It must surely be dawning on even him that he is no longer relevant to the Wests Tigers future. The absolute best he can hope for now is to keep his mouth shut, salvage some of his dignity and fall back on his past glories. So the bottom line for me is, who cares if he goes elsewhere? If he wants to he can loll around for a year in reserve grade and collect his paycheque. But if he is maintaining even the faintest glimmer of hope of returning to WT firsts he is deluded. Go Wests Tigers!

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

You know what, all the fan anger about this whole situation is a bit daft. What no-one seems willing to acknowledge is that all the following statements can be entirely true:
1) It would be best for all parties if Farah moved on.
2) Farah is no longer worth a superstar salary under the cap.
3) Farah could have handled this situation much better.
4) The Tigers have treated a club legend shoddily, and could probably have got a better result by doing a lot of things differently.
5) Farah was entirely entitled to sign the contract he was offered and to decline to walk away from money he is owed or sign at a club he doesn't want to play for just to do the Tigers a favour.

Personally I quite happily believe all five of these. Why do so many people want to turn it into some sort of contemporary morality play?

Quite a good summary. I believe all five are to be true, especially #1\. The atmosphere is toxic now and untenable. I hope he finds another deal and salvages the final years of his career, it would be terrible for him to end his career on this note.

We will only be truly clear of it now when both Farah and JT move on. I can see if Farah moves on next year and we have a slow start the media won't hesitate in speculating that JT has issues with other players.

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

So i guess not as simple as he will get what he is owed.
Rival NRL clubs battle for Farah’s signature

http://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/cronulla-sharks-south-sydney-rabbitohs-battle-to-sign-robbie-farah/news-story/eed99448b32a8f6f8ae4846e2083cbb3

Great. Sell him to the highest bidder.

I don't believe it is a simple as that because Farah has already alluded to the payout figure and in the article from the DT about the RLPA went further.

It is exactly that simple. Farah will stay if he will look to be shortchanged, as he is certainly entitled to do as he has a contract.

 

[NT_Tiger]

So i guess not as simple as he will get what he is owed.
Rival NRL clubs battle for Farah’s signature

http://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/cronulla-sharks-south-sydney-rabbitohs-battle-to-sign-robbie-farah/news-story/eed99448b32a8f6f8ae4846e2083cbb3

Great. Sell him to the highest bidder.

I don't believe it is a simple as that because Farah has already alluded to the payout figure and in the article from the DT about the RLPA went further.

It is exactly that simple. Farah will stay if he will look to be shortchanged, as he is certainly entitled to do as he has a contract.

With all that has gone on, WT management really would be foolish if they tried to pull a fast one and shortchange Farah. It would be wise for them to ensure that he gets every cent he is entitled to and on time.

 

[tigers2005]

Great. Sell him to the highest bidder.

I don't believe it is a simple as that because Farah has already alluded to the payout figure and in the article from the DT about the RLPA went further.

It is exactly that simple. Farah will stay if he will look to be shortchanged, as he is certainly entitled to do as he has a contract.

With all that has gone on, WT management really would be foolish if they tried to pull a fast one and shortchange Farah. It would be wise for them to ensure that he gets every cent he is entitled to and on time.

Youd love to be a fly in pascoes office to know whats really going on. My opinion is the club botched this from day one, and the fact it continues to draw out tells me that continue to handle it poorly.

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

I don't believe it is a simple as that because Farah has already alluded to the payout figure and in the article from the DT about the RLPA went further.

It is exactly that simple. Farah will stay if he will look to be shortchanged, as he is certainly entitled to do as he has a contract.

With all that has gone on, WT management really would be foolish if they tried to pull a fast one and shortchange Farah. It would be wise for them to ensure that he gets every cent he is entitled to and on time.

Youd love to be a fly in pascoes office to know whats really going on. My opinion is the club botched this from day one, and the fact it continues to draw out tells me that continue to handle it poorly.

In this case I certainly would. The club botched this the day they offered him a 4 year contract when the coach at the time foresaw it would be a mistake.

 

[tigers2005]

It is exactly that simple. Farah will stay if he will look to be shortchanged, as he is certainly entitled to do as he has a contract.

With all that has gone on, WT management really would be foolish if they tried to pull a fast one and shortchange Farah. It would be wise for them to ensure that he gets every cent he is entitled to and on time.

Youd love to be a fly in pascoes office to know whats really going on. My opinion is the club botched this from day one, and the fact it continues to draw out tells me that continue to handle it poorly.

In this case I certainly would. The club botched this the day they offered him a 4 year contract when the coach at the time foresaw it would be a mistake.

We were poorly run back then, and continue to be poorly run now. The Eels owe us big time, weve managed to take them of the back page with the circus that continues. Imagine we make semis and this still hasnt been resolved. What a distraction.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

This circus has been going on almost 2 months and it hasn't distracted the players. I can't see it distracting them now.

 

[Nelson]

With all that has gone on, WT management really would be foolish if they tried to pull a fast one and shortchange Farah. It would be wise for them to ensure that he gets every cent he is entitled to and on time.

Youd love to be a fly in pascoes office to know whats really going on. My opinion is the club botched this from day one, and the fact it continues to draw out tells me that continue to handle it poorly.

In this case I certainly would. The club botched this the day they offered him a 4 year contract when the coach at the time foresaw it would be a mistake.

We were poorly run back then, and continue to be poorly run now. The Eels owe us big time, weve managed to take them of the back page with the circus that continues. Imagine we make semis and this still hasnt been resolved. What a distraction.

What problem do you have with what they're doing now? They've made a decision and they're sticking to it. They can't make him leave. Shutting up and getting on with business is exactly what they are doing and I don't think they have any better options at the moment.

 

[stevetiger]

This circus has been going on almost 2 months and it hasn't distracted the players. I can't see it distracting them now.

I agree. The circus hasn't impacted the team on the field at all. I can't wait for it to be over though.

 

[magpiecol]

Souths announcement this week.

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

That's been said week in, week out, for the last six weeks Col…

 

[balmain boy]

Youd love to be a fly in pascoes office to know whats really going on. My opinion is the club botched this from day one, and the fact it continues to draw out tells me that continue to handle it poorly.

In this case I certainly would. The club botched this the day they offered him a 4 year contract when the coach at the time foresaw it would be a mistake.

We were poorly run back then, and continue to be poorly run now. The Eels owe us big time, weve managed to take them of the back page with the circus that continues. Imagine we make semis and this still hasnt been resolved. What a distraction.

What problem do you have with what they're doing now? They've made a decision and they're sticking to it. They can't make him leave. Shutting up and getting on with business is exactly what they are doing and I don't think they have any better options at the moment.

The only thing we botched was offering him a stupid contract.

He's the one botching things.

If Robbie want's any chance of a farewell at LO he needs to sign elsewhere in the next 24 hours. Even then i highly doubt we'd give him a farewell know as it would detract from the team and it's goal of the finals.

Imagine the team makes the finals against all the odds and instead of embracing the players and the club on a lap around the ground after the match, people are cheering for an individual who wasn't playing and booing the coach. Not going to happen.

 

[magpiecol]

That's been said week in, week out, for the last six weeks Col…

I posted a couple of weeks ago that I had received information that he had already signed with Souths. We will see shortly no doubt.

I agree that this has gone on long enough. There would have to be a lot of negotiation between Farah, WestsTigers and his new club. But enough already!!
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[Telltails]

It is exactly that simple. Farah will stay if he will look to be shortchanged, as he is certainly entitled to do as he has a contract.

With all that has gone on, WT management really would be foolish if they tried to pull a fast one and shortchange Farah. It would be wise for them to ensure that he gets every cent he is entitled to and on time.

Youd love to be a fly in pascoes office to know whats really going on. My opinion is the club botched this from day one, and the fact it continues to draw out tells me that continue to handle it poorly.

In this case I certainly would. The club botched this the day they offered him a 4 year contract when the coach at the time foresaw it would be a mistake.

Not the four year deal - the backending is the problem. Farah is still best hooker in the club and at the very least should be on the bench this weekend - if he was on less money he would be selected. The cohesion talk is pure spin - there is no cohesion at all when Dene goes off. It becomes a scramble in both defence and attack
However he is taking too much of the cap and the only way to get him to go was to force him out by doing what they originally said they would do and that was play him in the reserves.

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

That's the price of the game going professional.

Clubs become stepping stones to something bigger and better and the players become commodities and mercenaries.

 

[Telltails]

According to James Hooper - believe it or not- the club has been holding up the deal - however it appears that it will happen in the next 48 hours and while it was looking like the Sharks last week - a big push by Crowe, Ingliss and Burgess have now got it looking like South's. Heard this all before.
So if it does go through before the game on the weekend - another dilemma presents itself for the club.

 

[gallagher]

According to James Hooper - believe it or not- the club has been holding up the deal - however it appears that it will happen in the next 48 hours and while it was looking like the Sharks last week - a big push by Crowe, Ingliss and Burgess have now got it looking like South's. Heard this all before.
So if it does go through before the game on the weekend - another dilemma presents itself for the club.

What dilemma?