Farah wants out..

I would say that Robbie has been more loyal to this club than anyone in our history.

Unkike Potter…...who has been here for two minutes and everyone is jumping up and down defending him like he was Robbie.

Its madness.....

The media parasites must be loving this.
 
@simonthetiger said:
I would say that Robbie has been more loyal to this club than anyone in our history.

Unkike Potter…...who has been here for two minutes and everyone is jumping up and down defending him like he was Robbie.

Its madness.....

The media parasites must be loving this.

Don't worry, if Potter talked up rubbish like you I'd want him out to.

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I agree with a lot of your post Telltales. Elite performers can be significant drivers of team performance and standards. They can also be difficult to manage within the context of a team structure. This can lead to friction between elite performers and coaches. That is where mutual respect is required. You make a statement 'if that means dealing with an ego-so be it'. Sounds simple but by my experience, some egos don't like being dealt with by anybody. An ego that doesn't like being managed by a coach might just try to undermine that coach, and the next coach….. If any player is allowed to dictate terms regarding who the coaching staff should be, I see that as an untenable situation and fraught with danger for the long term stability of the club. That needs to be managed from above.
As I have posted earlier I don't see this as an 'either-or' situation. My personal preference would be to have both Farah and Potter retained and there may be absolutely no reason that this isn't possible. I don't however, believe that the club should retain someone simply because they are an 'elite performer' or because of past contributions. A recent ex-player, now at the Dragons, comes to mind.
By the way, I am not making the assumption that Farah is deliberately driving an agenda of destabilisation. In my view; so what if he said something out of frustration in the past. Who hasn't? I do believe that someone is driving an agenda of destabilisation, and management needs to deal with it.
 
@simonthetiger said:
Shouldnt u be outside Wests Leagues with yer shirt on backwards you clown?

I'm glad people are getting the message. Thank you for you support in passing it on.

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@simonthetiger said:
I would say that Robbie has been more loyal to this club than anyone in our history.

Unkike Potter…...who has been here for two minutes and everyone is jumping up and down defending him like he was Robbie.

Its madness.....

The media parasites must be loving this.

I think the point is that the COACH is being defended because of the shoddy treatment that has been dished out to him. No one deserves the sort of treatment he has received. Especially a COACH that most feel has achieved at or above expectations! That is the mad part.

Whether Robbie wants out or not has been a minor scene in this ridiculous drama, and was quickly played out anyway?
 
@barra said:
@simonthetiger said:
I would say that Robbie has been more loyal to this club than anyone in our history.

Unkike Potter…...who has been here for two minutes and everyone is jumping up and down defending him like he was Robbie.

Its madness.....

The media parasites must be loving this.

I think the point is that the COACH is being defended because of the shoddy treatment that has been dished out to him. No one deserves the sort of treatment he has received. Especially a COACH that most feel has achieved at or above expectations! That is the mad part.

Whether Robbie wants out or not has been a minor scene in this ridiculous drama, and was quickly played out anyway?

Exactly Barra
imo Potters been treated very poor by the club….the club should be grateful

Farah is a non issue
 
Please explain to me how Potter has been treated poorly by the club??

By not extending the deal when Potter wants it??

They didnt sack him…..wait and see how we go.Seems fair to me.We arent going they great and he does have a clause in his contract thnat states if we make the 8 he gets re-signed.

Sounds like a fair performance driven indicator to me.

Again the media have made us out to be evil,,,,and all the clowns run to the circus!
 
His re-signing shouldn't rely on us making the 8\. If you haven't seen how this side has come along in leaps and bounds this yr then your eyes must be painted on. Making or not making the 8 this yr will have no bearing on what this side will be like in the next 3 to 4 yrs. He deserves a new contract now.
 
Could be a load of rubbish, but a bloke I work with said he heard Ayoub on radio today saying he is trying to get Farah to Parra, and they want Cherry Evans as well? Can someone confirm or deny it, the guy at my work pretty full of it.

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Simon there has been a faction at the club since Potter came in that did not want him there because it did not suit their agenda. He has been white-anted since that time. The whole saga has been allowed to be played out in the media and on numerous occasions the club could have controlled the brush fire with a strong statement. Instead a non-committal statement by the CEO, their leaks and official (deafening) silence fanned those flames.

Then when Robbie finally felt the need to come out and officially support Potter, that part was conveniently edited out of the video clip! Ooops - our bad… sorry, those sort of coincidences just don't keep happening.

Can't believe you don't see it mate. Everyone else has been blinded by it!
 
Oh I dunno simon
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The push from withing to have him sacked before the end of the year.

The leaked review condemning him, publicising his alleged shortcomings in his career ensuring he finds it even harder to find a new job….how would you like an organization publicly demeaning your work abilities?

hardly what Id call "treating him well"

Stick your head in the sand all you like, there are people at the club undermining him, when he should be getting gratitude
 
This thing needed to be all sorted out by now. Either Potter should have been sacked or resigned for at least two years, with the club coming out and supporting him a 100%. We are now faced with two months of constant negative rumors directed at everyone from the ball boys through to the chairman of the board. This will do a lot of long term damage to the club.

Potter is now on a hiding to nothing, our captain is going to be under constant scrutiny from the press and linked to endless rumors. I think our season is dead and buried,to much drama,not enough decisive action and a sh.t load of injuries.

I dont really care what they do, but do something and then give your person 200% suport
 
I must be missing something. Other than the obvious - not having Benji in the side - I cant see the big difference under Potter that others see. We are still either rocks or diamonds much the same as we were. I am never over confident of winning games, and can usually tell in the first ten minutes by the intensity in our defence whether we are a chance or not. We are still more often than not on the wrong end of the penalty count and again our for and against is poor. The young players coming through were in our system prior to Potter, and don't get me started on the support of Lulia at expense of Koro( straight into Melbournes first grade under Bellamy) cause I really hate bagging players. I really hope the drama to keep him is worth it - happy to be wrong, but not convinced.
 
TRUTH BE SPOKEN !!
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OR too long journalists have used the line "I won't reveal my sources" to cover up their own inaccurate reporting or, in some cases, the fiction they demanded a byline for.

On Sunday, Wests Tigers coach Mick Potter woke to a News Limited article that stated as of that night, he would be out of a job courtesy of a disgruntled club board of directors.

Predictably, the punchline failed to deliver.

Three days later Potter still has a job — and you can bet that same journalist who demanded a credit for the Sunday "exclusive" does, too.

So who are the ones that suffer as a result of this misinformation?

It sure as hell isn't the journo.

But ask Mick Potter and captain Robbie Farah how they feel about the story.

I'm sure they've both experienced sleepless nights this week.

Ask the other journalists — even those from rival publications — in the coming days, weeks, months and years, about how hard it is to extract information from Potter or Farah.

Rest assured the usually accommodating and forthright Potter, will be particularly on guard when approached by reporters.

When you get burnt like that, the scars don't heal quickly.

Farah can be prickly to speak to at the best of times but how could anyone possibly begrudge him for being anything but icy towards reporters after being accused — again without any solid proof — as the mastermind behind his own coach's demise.

Former player Gordon Tallis claimed on Sydney radio that Farah told him last year "Potter couldn't coach".

It's hardly motive.

Farah wasn't the first, nor will he be the last, to take a pot shot at his boss.

But there's a difference between letting off steam — in what one presumes is a private conversation — and scheming their downfall.

For the record, Farah denied the comments.

There is no doubt that with the increase in corporate dollars, the boundaries between sport and entertainment have become increasingly blurred.

However, the importance of accurate and fair reporting should never be a grey area.

It's in everybody's interests.
 
@barra said:
Simon there has been a faction at the club since Potter came in that did not want him there because it did not suit their agenda. He has been white-anted since that time. The whole saga has been allowed to be played out in the media and on numerous occasions the club could have controlled the brush fire with a strong statement. Instead a non-committal statement by the CEO, their leaks and official (deafening) silence fanned those flames.

Then when Robbie finally felt the need to come out and officially support Potter, that part was conveniently edited out of the video clip! Ooops - our bad… sorry, those sort of coincidences just don't keep happening.

Can't believe you don't see it mate. Everyone else has been blinded by it!

All I hear is heasay and innuendo….most of it started by the papers, which seem to be me to be wrong on every count.

Did Potter get sacked...NO.
Is Kidwell coach...NO.
Is Farah whit anting Potter...NO.

That is all we know......the rest is up for debate....i have no proof whatsoever that the cub/board/whoever is trying to gt rid of Potter....which is their right to do if they think they have a better option.

TBH im not a huge fan....I havent seen enough to go in all guns blazing to keep him....I think a see how we go this year approach is pretty fair when u consider our mediocre year.
 
@happy tiger said:
Then why can't he come out and say that

How hard is it

**" I wasn't happy with the way that Mick was coaching at times last season but things have changed and he has had a positive effect on the club as a whole "\
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Does Robbie have an "Arthur Fonzerelli " complex , can't admit he isn't always right that he is occasionally wrrrrrrong .

it doesn't take a genius to figure out that robbie always has been an arrogant and over-confident player on and off the field however i think this year he has matured out of sight and is taking a bit of a backward step on both fronts for the benefit of the team. This has been obvious since round one where he has been willing to contribute to the team more so than ever whilst also giving others (brooks, teddy, austin) a chance to also make the big plays whilst off the field he has elected to stay out of any decision regarding the appointment of our 2015 coach. This hasn't been something we could always associate with robbie in the past. However i think he is now suffering for his past attitudes and behaviour (i.e the sacking of tim sheens and the role he played) with the media inclined to falsely single him out as the person trying to oust potter. They have absolutely no proof that any player is trying to oust potter yet they continue to "run their mouths" in order to sensationalise the whole drama and sell more papers and boost tv ratings on pathetic "footy" shows like the matty johns show.

go onto the wests tigers official website mate and have a look at the unedited version of his interview on saturday (before the drama imploded) and tell me what more he can say to show support for the coach without being accused of "trying to manage the club".

People don't know what they bloody want. Don't show enough support and be accused of heading a revolt; show to much support and your trying to manage the club. Seriously feel sorry for coaches and players…
 
**Robbie Farah a no-show at Wests Tigers training**

Wests Tigers skipper Robbie Farah was a notable absentee from training on Wednesday afternoon.
The hooker was due to return with his teammates after the playing squad had two days off following their last start 28-12 loss to St George Illawarra on Sunday. The players met for a pre-arranged bonding session on Sunday but returned to Concord for a video, weights and field session on Wednesday.
It continues a tumultuous period for Farah and the Tigers who have dominated headlines following recent uncertainty surrounding Mick Potter’s coaching future at the club.
Farah was dragged into the coaching drama last weekend when he was involved in a heated confrontation with former Test player Gorden Tallis after Tallis said on his radio show that Farah had told him that he thought Potter could not coach.
Farah hit back at Tallis following Sunday’s game but remained rocked by accusations of the conversation which happened last year.
In some much needed good news, the Tigers announced the re-signing Ava Seumanufagai for one season after Fairfax Media revealed on Wednesday that major sponsor Meriton would stay on until at least the end of next year.
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