Goodbye Benji! Goodbye Farah!
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@Geo. said:
They have both lost it. Farah for the past 18 months, Benji for the last month. I reckon it is unacceptable for our two best players. Now in saying that I reckon Robbie nearly had it back together today and if he hadn't gone for that stupid play on the 5th I would have said he had a good game.
Benji seems lost - for a player who I thought was up there with the best 2-3 players in the game he is now playing like a complete dud.
I agree that they both cannot be sacked and I am now starting to think that Sheens simply has to go. Surely with our squad of players the coach can get a forward pack who can get some go forward and defend and then create a game plan to score some points with the likes of benji, Robbie, Lawrence & Tuqiri.
I don't know how many read this (it was posted in the aus v nz thread last week) this was Benji's performance in the test.
Watched Benji very closely last night and actually wrote down everything he did other than when he just caught and passed the following is exactly what i jotted down.
3rd min Benji kicks, Slater takes it on the full in the in goal, no pressure. Pathetic
24th min Benji on last tackle gets put under pressure kicks Slater takes it on full in goal no pressure.
26th min Benji knocks on off Cronk kick but ref calls play on (knock back) Benji beats a few in broken play then gets tackled and loses ball.
28th min Benji puts kick up, Slater takes it under posts no real pressure. Nothing kick.
54th min Nz get penalty in good field pos Gould mentions " Benji needs to come to life "
56th min Benji has his second run of the game puts in a chip kick inside his own half nz fail to regather and turn over ball.
61st min Benji puts up bomb slater takes it, basically all Benji has done is bomb and turn over possession.
64th min Benji tries to catch Cronk kick and knocks on under his own posts.
67th min Puts attacking chip kick in Hayne knocks on and Benji also knocks on regathering.
75th min Nz attacking line Benji drops ball( lucky not to be called knock) on play breaks down
79th min Benji throws cut out pass to Taia who turns it inside to Sau who scores.
This is a so called superstars performance captaining his country in a test match, the most experienced playmaker in the team playing in the halves with a 19yo on his debut. If any other half in any rep game plays like Benji did he probably never gets picked again.
Imo Foran outplayed Benji and Foran wasn't that flash.
I have watched Benji very closely for his whole career but never actually recorded his play like i did last night i just made mental notes, but reading this back floors me!!
The first thing i notice is his lack of involvement and the second his poor kicks/decisions and mistakes.
As i said at the top this is every play Benji was involved in bar when he simply caught and passed and even that was scarce.
Why is 75% of his game rubbish but people only ever remember the fancy stuff.
He's still just a touch player fooling everyone that he can play with the occasional good game and fancy pass.
Waiting for the Benji lovers to try and shoot me down, but how can you argue with the above observation of his game, how can you argue with the truth.
I didn't get a chance to do it today but i'd like someone who has recorded the game to do the same thing and post it on here. I know it will be painful to sit through again but i think the exercise will really open your eyes.
I honestly haven't seen one player let alone a so called superstar of the game directly and singly contribute to so many tries to the opposition. And the commentators/media don't even mention it.
Watched Benji very closely last night and actually wrote down everything he did other than when he just caught and passed the following is exactly what i jotted down.
3rd min Benji kicks, Slater takes it on the full in the in goal, no pressure. Pathetic
24th min Benji on last tackle gets put under pressure kicks Slater takes it on full in goal no pressure.
26th min Benji knocks on off Cronk kick but ref calls play on (knock back) Benji beats a few in broken play then gets tackled and loses ball.
28th min Benji puts kick up, Slater takes it under posts no real pressure. Nothing kick.
54th min Nz get penalty in good field pos Gould mentions " Benji needs to come to life "
56th min Benji has his second run of the game puts in a chip kick inside his own half nz fail to regather and turn over ball.
61st min Benji puts up bomb slater takes it, basically all Benji has done is bomb and turn over possession.
64th min Benji tries to catch Cronk kick and knocks on under his own posts.
67th min Puts attacking chip kick in Hayne knocks on and Benji also knocks on regathering.
75th min Nz attacking line Benji drops ball( lucky not to be called knock) on play breaks down
79th min Benji throws cut out pass to Taia who turns it inside to Sau who scores.
This is a so called superstars performance captaining his country in a test match, the most experienced playmaker in the team playing in the halves with a 19yo on his debut. If any other half in any rep game plays like Benji did he probably never gets picked again.
Imo Foran outplayed Benji and Foran wasn't that flash.
I have watched Benji very closely for his whole career but never actually recorded his play like i did last night i just made mental notes, but reading this back floors me!!
The first thing i notice is his lack of involvement and the second his poor kicks/decisions and mistakes.
As i said at the top this is every play Benji was involved in bar when he simply caught and passed and even that was scarce.
Why is 75% of his game rubbish but people only ever remember the fancy stuff.
He's still just a touch player fooling everyone that he can play with the occasional good game and fancy pass.
Waiting for the Benji lovers to try and shoot me down, but how can you argue with the above observation of his game, how can you argue with the truth.
I didn't get a chance to do it today but i'd like someone who has recorded the game to do the same thing and post it on here. I know it will be painful to sit through again but i think the exercise will really open your eyes.
I honestly haven't seen one player let alone a so called superstar of the game directly and singly contribute to so many tries to the opposition. And the commentators/media don't even mention it.
Cmon get serious…
I loved Fitzy's work especially when Sandow isolated him with the kick for whoevers try...
Fitzy stood there....get real
I loved Fitzy's work especially when Sandow isolated him with the kick for whoevers try...
Fitzy stood there....get real
magpie_mania
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@clontarfkid said:
hopefully 8 weeks from now we will look back at this 50 pt shellacking as a turning point for the season not overly confident.all this benji and robbie talk is precise however good backs seldom look good with no go forward.the biggest worry now seems to be effort which is the biggest worry of all.
@kiwitiger said:
Did you watch HEIGHINGTON and ELLIS
gallagher
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@Geo. said:
I prefered when Ayshford was desperatly trying to hold up Dave Taylor 1 meter out while Fitz had a decision to help make the tackle or mark his man. What did he do? He just stood there thinking about it.He just stood there!!!! Easy pass from Taylor to the winger saw a try.
He wasnt the only bad one out there today obviously, but he is always bad every week. One of the u20''s wingers please.
Balmain_Tiger
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stupid thread
AmericanHistoryX
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@magpie mania said:
its ridiculous. :deadhorse:
851
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@gallagher said:
Shake head in disgust,but what can you do when it happens week after week.
AmericanHistoryX
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if wayne bennett was coach you wouldnt see this farah or marshall. you cant blame them. you must point the finger at the coach. im not angry with sheens anymore - i'm starting to feel sorry for him. he means well - but maybe we dont have it anymore.
gallagher
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@851 said:
Laugh?? I did he when didnt ground the ball. Thats all you can do.
ron_burgandy
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@Geo. said:
dont forget:
the bombed try
the simple knock on
the way he left ayshford posted one on one with taylor
the dumb penalty where he tried to play leap frog with talanoa
LOL at the people who said he had a good game and "put in"
AmericanHistoryX
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forget rhino - sack farah and give ellis the captaincy - he knows what he's doing.
851
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Farah ain't playing origin,that I can be sure of.
