How to change a club in 12 months: Marina Go

Also this was written by and for NRL.com, they aren't going to put slanderous pieces out there, so it's a fairly safe swing of the bat.
 
Can't wait for Michael Chammas insight into Parramata and the Dogs. Love to see Woods and Moses quotes about wanting stability and a chance to play in the finals!
 
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She doesn't mind having her say in the press Marina Go.

Some of it might be good to get out here. Some of it might be a bit over the top.

Anyway she tends to have her say.

I would rather continue chugging along quietly however its easy for me to say. She has copped some really bad press. Only natural to want to say what the club has "achieved"

Why can't she have a say like everyone else involved in the game? Or does she have to shut up because she's a woman?
 
It’s a much more enjoyable read than the articles than the articles from 12 months ago.
I might even start watching NRL 360, Hooper and Buzz again. Or is that going too far?
 
"Rebecca is a sensational woman," Go said.
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"Her and Ivan are all in. They are 100 per cent in. The children come to the games. Nathan comes to watch his dad, and his dad goes to watch his son. It’s fantastic. That’s what should happen because ultimately they are father and son first.

The bit about the family involvement was good to hear as well.
 
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She doesn't mind having her say in the press Marina Go.

Some of it might be good to get out here. Some of it might be a bit over the top.

Anyway she tends to have her say.

I would rather continue chugging along quietly however its easy for me to say. She has copped some really bad press. Only natural to want to say what the club has "achieved"

Why can't she have a say like everyone else involved in the game? Or does she have to shut up because she's a woman?

Probably why Rothfield has the hate! an opinionated women that will not take any crap …seems to be on the front on most things..good article about a club that has turned the corner it just happens to be OUR club.
 
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https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/03/23/how-to-change-a-club-in-12-months-marina-go-tells-the-wests-tigers-story/
Michael Chammas Chief Reporter
Fri 23 Mar 2018, 01:20 PM

"And to be honest, it’s probably been the best for everyone involved. I think so. One of the ways to get cultural change quickly is to change people. It’s harder to do in rugby league teams than in business, because fans have an emotional attachment to players.

"It’s really difficult to do that. We saw that with Robbie Farah. That was hard for us – and it was no less difficult with these three players. But you can’t wallow in it, they wanted to go so we moved on."

Thing is Robbie wasn't actually wanting to leave…. you can't put them all in the same basket sorry.
 
I’m new around here, but seriously - that article has a certain “smugness” to it that I really don’t like.
The facts of the matter are that Cleary achieved very little in 2017, and we are barely into 2018\. The potential for this season to nose dive spectacularly is still there. The signs don’t point that way, but let’s not all circle jerk each other until we have tangible proof in August and September that things have turned around.

On a similar vein, It’s not as though Go, the board and the management are veritable babes in woods - they’ve been around for a while now. It wasn’t that long ago that they wholeheartedly supported Jason Taylor despite all signs pointing the other way. It was even less long ago that they couldn’t figure out why senior players were reluctant to re-sign, not long after seeing a true representative caliber player get sent to reserve grade and replaced by a genuine reserve grader all because the “coach” they backed, was still around. Gee, wonder why that was.

The only truly remarkable story about the article and the start of 2018 as far as the WT goes is that a) Ivan Cleary has worked a miracle in getting a rag tag bunch looking like a competitive 1st Grade side for 3 rounds and b) Despite being told repeatedly that Wests Ashfield are a financial behemoth and that they own 75% of the club - we are only looking at breaking even for 2018…..
 
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I’m new around here, but seriously - that article has a certain “smugness” to it that I really don’t like.
The facts of the matter are that Cleary achieved very little in 2017, and we are barely into 2018\. The potential for this season to nose dive spectacularly is still there. The signs don’t point that way, but let’s not all circle jerk each other until we have tangible proof in August and September that things have turned around.

On a similar vein, It’s not as though Go, the board and the management are veritable babes in woods - they’ve been around for a while now. It wasn’t that long ago that they wholeheartedly supported Jason Taylor despite all signs pointing the other way. It was even less long ago that they couldn’t figure out why senior players were reluctant to re-sign, not long after seeing a true representative caliber player get sent to reserve grade and replaced by a genuine reserve grader all because the “coach” they backed, was still around. Gee, wonder why that was.

The only truly remarkable story about the article and the start of 2018 as far as the WT goes is that a) Ivan Cleary has worked a miracle in getting a rag tag bunch looking like a competitive 1st Grade side for 3 rounds and b) Despite being told repeatedly that Wests Ashfield are a financial behemoth and that they own 75% of the club - we are only looking at breaking even for 2018…..

Farah in disguise. :unamused:
 
Been called worse - I’ve had people reckon I’m Isaac Moses…..
 
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Been called worse - I’ve had people reckon I’m Isaac Moses…..

Being called Isaac Moses is pretty low.
Yep. There was a bit of smugness from Go about the WestsTigers. I'd prefer those thoughts to be kept in house. But you could hardly blame them after what they'd been through the last couple of years. It's clear that there has been a big shift in mentality this year. Anyway an article like this isn't going to do us any harm.
Having our game against the Broncos ruined by the ref will have a lot more to do with how the wider league communities attitude starts to shape up this year.
 
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I’m new around here, but seriously - that article has a certain “smugness” to it that I really don’t like.
The facts of the matter are that Cleary achieved very little in 2017, and we are barely into 2018\. The potential for this season to nose dive spectacularly is still there. The signs don’t point that way, but let’s not all circle jerk each other until we have tangible proof in August and September that things have turned around.

On a similar vein, It’s not as though Go, the board and the management are veritable babes in woods - they’ve been around for a while now. It wasn’t that long ago that they wholeheartedly supported Jason Taylor despite all signs pointing the other way. It was even less long ago that they couldn’t figure out why senior players were reluctant to re-sign, not long after seeing a true representative caliber player get sent to reserve grade and replaced by a genuine reserve grader all because the “coach” they backed, was still around. Gee, wonder why that was.

The only truly remarkable story about the article and the start of 2018 as far as the WT goes is that a) Ivan Cleary has worked a miracle in getting a rag tag bunch looking like a competitive 1st Grade side for 3 rounds and b) Despite being told repeatedly that Wests Ashfield are a financial behemoth and that they own 75% of the club - we are only looking at breaking even for 2018…..

Well, I think you've got the wrong slant on the article and Marina Go. I read NO smugness.

It is a good positive article on the Club, the coach, the players, the culture, the resolve, the commitment and the family values.

Nah better to have all the crap that has been written over the past five years.
 
Infuriates me the the bit about the previous coach complaining about not having player A or needing to get rid of player B.

Absolute pretender.

Only wish Go would have taken some responsibility for his ridiculous appointment.
 
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Infuriates me the the bit about the previous coach complaining about not having player A or needing to get rid of player B.

Absolute pretender.

Only wish Go would have taken some responsibility for his ridiculous appointment.

Love it mate, won't happen though, she was very cosy with JT
 
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Infuriates me the the bit about the previous coach complaining about not having player A or needing to get rid of player B.

Absolute pretender.

Only wish Go would have taken some responsibility for his ridiculous appointment.

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Not sure it's a fact and far from defending Taylor …but who employed Taylor to make this decision ..

The faceless men...?

You just proved my point.

That you can avoid a question..?

Nice try but we both know you have jumped in here to defend your boy. You proved my point.
 
As far as getting rid of the coach (JT) etc lets look at what happened. All the RF rubbish going on and the non commital fab four but JT nearly got us to the finals in 2016.

Not many boards would drill the coach except maybe uncle Nick (he is the board).

Even the start of 2017 where we flogged Souths in round one gave me heart. I applaud the WTs board for biting the bullet when we copped some awful floggings after that. It seemed the coach had definitely lost the playing group (with the help of our useless captain) so the board acted, brought in Cleary who took control of the playing group.

Some didn’t like it and left but we found out they were already leaving anyway.

Yes it’s early days but I can’t see this playing group dropping their bundle.
 
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Infuriates me the the bit about the previous coach complaining about not having player A or needing to get rid of player B.

Absolute pretender.

Only wish Go would have taken some responsibility for his ridiculous appointment.

What Wait a sec..
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You just proved my point.

That you can avoid a question..?

Nice try but we both know you have jumped in here to defend your boy. You proved my point.

Provibgg my point yet again.. No one can say anything bad about the guy without a person like you coming to his rescue.
 

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