OFFICIAL Fonua Pole #257

tigermate said:
It's a simple equation

Good coach + good admin + good juniors + one big star -- can change a club.

Unfortuntately we dont have a good coach.

Benji is a MASSIVE risk for any player.

IF we had Wayne Bennet -- Steff, Pole, Galvin -- all of them would be begging to stay.

The club has all the characteristics now with Richo as CEO for it to be great.

Benji has had two years of failure.

The players wouldn't be leaving if they believed in him.

Richo is amazing, Luai is amazing (but not there yet), our juniors are amazing -- but our coaching staff is the WEAKEST in the comp -- by a MILE..... not just a small amount.

And I'm sick of hearing all the complaining -- its not fair, the big teams always stay on top etc -- yeah because they're run better.

I can guarantee you that if Richo had got Wayne to us for next year we would be top 8 for the next few years with Luai and a very very good possibility of winning a comp or a few comps.

BUT -- we had Benji promoted, and Richo had just arrived and felt he couldn't sack him yet -- so we miss the coaching window.

Now all the good coaches are taken -- we miss the window.

Sh*t clubs miss their windows.

It's hard to go from the bottom to the top -- but there is a way.

The Panthers, Roosters, Souths -- at one stage were terrible! like terrible. But they got the right pieces in place.

I just think that until we get a great coach -- we are going to suck.

I am just praying that Galvin extends for like 5 years.

That gives us time to find a great coach and have him and Luai as our halves for 5 years.

If we can do that somehow whilst replacing Benji next year with someone -- the next great coach to come up -- then maybe we have a chance.

If not -- we will lose Galvin, who is a generational player - and it will be really hard for us to win a comp if we have to go through another rebuild.

The ONLY good thing for us is that Richo has done it before but even he couldnt convince Steff to stay, or Galvin to extend yet.

It all comes down to Benji.

If we're 2-8 after 10 games next year -- and Galvin goes to November 1 -- we're screwed.

If we're 6-4 -- and Galvin extends -- then we have time to win a comp.

IT"S ALLLLLLLL ON BENJI.
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There’s one part of ur post that is so true , if we had signed Bennett as coach, every thing would have fallen into place , stepho and papa would have stayed , Galvin would have signed a new contract , they say things start in the front office , BENNETT is the front office , so we are left rolling the dice untill we sack benji and look for another crap coach to take over
 
bptiger 0 said:
There’s one part of ur post that is so true , if we had signed Bennett as coach, every thing would have fallen into place , stepho and papa would have stayed , Galvin would have signed a new contract , they say things start in the front office , BENNETT is the front office , so we are left rolling the dice untill we sack benji and look for another crap coach to take over
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Doubt Galvin would have been promoted so quickly if Bennett was the coach this past year. Big call by Marshall.
 
tigermate said:
It's a simple equation

Good coach + good admin + good juniors + one big star -- can change a club.

Unfortuntately we dont have a good coach.

Benji is a MASSIVE risk for any player.

IF we had Wayne Bennet -- Steff, Pole, Galvin -- all of them would be begging to stay.

The club has all the characteristics now with Richo as CEO for it to be great.

Benji has had two years of failure.

The players wouldn't be leaving if they believed in him.

Richo is amazing, Luai is amazing (but not there yet), our juniors are amazing -- but our coaching staff is the WEAKEST in the comp -- by a MILE..... not just a small amount.

And I'm sick of hearing all the complaining -- its not fair, the big teams always stay on top etc -- yeah because they're run better.

I can guarantee you that if Richo had got Wayne to us for next year we would be top 8 for the next few years with Luai and a very very good possibility of winning a comp or a few comps.

BUT -- we had Benji promoted, and Richo had just arrived and felt he couldn't sack him yet -- so we miss the coaching window.

Now all the good coaches are taken -- we miss the window.

Sh*t clubs miss their windows.

It's hard to go from the bottom to the top -- but there is a way.

The Panthers, Roosters, Souths -- at one stage were terrible! like terrible. But they got the right pieces in place.

I just think that until we get a great coach -- we are going to suck.

I am just praying that Galvin extends for like 5 years.

That gives us time to find a great coach and have him and Luai as our halves for 5 years.

If we can do that somehow whilst replacing Benji next year with someone -- the next great coach to come up -- then maybe we have a chance.

If not -- we will lose Galvin, who is a generational player - and it will be really hard for us to win a comp if we have to go through another rebuild.

The ONLY good thing for us is that Richo has done it before but even he couldnt convince Steff to stay, or Galvin to extend yet.

It all comes down to Benji.

If we're 2-8 after 10 games next year -- and Galvin goes to November 1 -- we're screwed.

If we're 6-4 -- and Galvin extends -- then we have time to win a comp.

IT"S ALLLLLLLL ON BENJI.
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You've put a lot of thought and effort into this post tigermate, well done 👍.
 
cktiger said:
Doubt Galvin would have been promoted so quickly if Bennett was the coach this past year. Big call by Marshall.
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Agree but maybe that would’ve been better. Now we’ve exposed him to the league and every clubs Cheque book and we don’t have Bennet to keep him.
 
Extremely concerned we haven’t locked him up and extended already. One of our shining lights last year - looks like he’ll be going to market
 
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Pole not listed. He is probably better than a number of those listed, but also has a number of real deficiencies in his game. We are in an awkward position in terms of not paying marquee money for good players and having nothing left to actually sign good players in positions of need.
 
Harvey said:
www.foxsports.com.au

The Knights star set for $350k pay rise in shock Nov 1 move: Top 10 props hitting market

The Knights star set for $350k pay rise in shock Nov 1 move: Top 10 props hitting market
www.foxsports.com.au www.foxsports.com.au

Pole not listed. He is probably better than a number of those listed, but also has a number of real deficiencies in his game. We are in an awkward position in terms of not paying marquee money for good players and having nothing left to actually sign good players in positions of need.
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Hazelton & Jensen as an affordable combo could transform our pack
 
Although, to be honest, I'd see we are Buckley's of tempting Jensen away from Qld or of Madge not wanting EXACTLY that kind of player in his squad.
 
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