Is the Robbie distraction a positive or a negative for Sunday

[Madge]

Does anyone else get the sense that all this fiasco is done purposefully by the club to take the spotlight off of the players and their focus for this week, like surely this isn’t just a coincidence where everything comes crushing down in the same week, it’s all random aswell 😂

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

Madge is taking this right from the playbook. They will have this decided well before the weekend if it hasn't been already. Wouldn't be surprised if it hasn't been already and the club are milking it for what it's worth in the media.

 

[NT_Tiger]

@Cultured_Bogan
Yeah like the photo on page 1 of Farah balancing on one leg trying to make it look like he's running.

 

[Demps]

Robbie, despite some of you guys not liking him and a lot of supporters of other clubs hating him is an ACTUAL LEGEND.
Better than the Paul Gallens & Cameron Smiths of the game.

An absolute gentleman and always good to the fans.
He has been a GREAT #9 for years and played with skills of a second halfback.

If he can play - he should play.
Love ya Robbie !

 

[NT_Tiger]

@Demps
On a broken leg in a finals qualifier. 'Can play' could be defined in any number of ways. If he can play at his best, fine. I somehow doubt that though.

 

[shiretiger]

I know every time Robbie is mentioned on the TV it triggers my Gummie supporting wife and daughter.

I'm having the time of my life.

 

[supercoach]

It really would not matter what Farah did there are going to be people taking pot shots at him and from where I sit I just can not see why anyone would bag one of the most influential players in our short history. Anyway I guess Robbie will be a easy place to lay blame if we bomb out.

People should be in awe of this guys determination just to get himself in a position to possibly play. Is it a good thing for our preparation, 100% yes. It gives all the other players person to follow and it distracts the media focus away from the rest of the playing group

 

[4jtigers]

Robbie, despite some of you guys not liking him and a lot of supporters of other clubs hating him is an ACTUAL LEGEND.
Better than the Paul Gallens & Cameron Smiths of the game.

An absolute gentleman and always good to the fans.
He has been a GREAT #9 for years and played with skills of a second halfback.

If he can play - he should play.
Love ya Robbie !

I agree he is a legend of the club but come on - why mess with what's winning right now? somehow I don't think he will listen to the coaches instructions and give fast reliable ball service from dummy half, his ego will get the best of him, it will all be about himself and not the team, and then Brooks will be blamed for everything again when we lose, you watch lol

 

[OzLuke]

I don't like the distractions, and if he plays then he is clearly high. He wouldn't be 100% fit and our team has been doing well these past few weeks that he hasn't been there. Don't upset the apple cart

 

[jadtiger]

For what its worth i doubt if Robbie will play,i see the past week as being a red herring to put the goldfish off their game and keep them unsure.If we are alive in a couple of weeks it could be a different story.

 

[innsaneink]

It really would not matter what Farah did there are going to be people taking pot shots at him and from where I sit I just can not see why anyone would bag one of the most influential players in our short history. Anyway I guess Robbie will be a easy place to lay blame if we bomb out.

People should be in awe of this guys determination just to get himself in a position to possibly play. Is it a good thing for our preparation, 100% yes. It gives all the other players person to follow and it distracts the media focus away from the rest of the playing group

It really would not matter what Farah did there are going to be people taking pot shots at him and from where I sit I just can not see why anyone would bag one of the most influential players in our short history. Anyway I guess Robbie will be a easy place to lay blame if we bomb out.

People should be in awe of this guys determination just to get himself in a position to possibly play. Is it a good thing for our preparation, 100% yes. It gives all the other players person to follow and it distracts the media focus away from the rest of the playing group

Is quite unbelievable really and to see him running after 25 days... Something special.... It will inspire his team mates

 

[Spud_Murphy]

It really would not matter what Farah did there are going to be people taking pot shots at him and from where I sit I just can not see why anyone would bag one of the most influential players in our short history. Anyway I guess Robbie will be a easy place to lay blame if we bomb out.

People should be in awe of this guys determination just to get himself in a position to possibly play. Is it a good thing for our preparation, 100% yes. It gives all the other players person to follow and it distracts the media focus away from the rest of the playing group

It really would not matter what Farah did there are going to be people taking pot shots at him and from where I sit I just can not see why anyone would bag one of the most influential players in our short history. Anyway I guess Robbie will be a easy place to lay blame if we bomb out.

People should be in awe of this guys determination just to get himself in a position to possibly play. Is it a good thing for our preparation, 100% yes. It gives all the other players person to follow and it distracts the media focus away from the rest of the playing group

Is quite unbelievable really and to see him running after 25 days... Something special.... It will inspire his team mates

It may inspire his teammates but I hope to God he doesn’t end up playing.

Just because he can run around at training doesn’t mean he will be able to withstand the rigours of an NRL match. He will be a sitting duck for the Cronulla pack imo and if he goes down early on we will be down a player for the rest of game and he may end up with an even worse injury in the long term.

We need the fittest 17 out there and the same combinations that have produced the winning performances of the past two weeks. This is the game of our lives, why on earth would we want to tamper with the team if it’s not really necessary?

As far as the media distraction around Robbie goes, I do believe it’s a positive for the same reason many others have already pointed out - it keeps the focus almost solely on him and off the rest of the team. It also stops the press trotting out stories, ad nauseum, about how long It has been since the West’s Tigers played finals football, which would no doubt end up guaranteeing our drought would continue!

 

[happy_tiger]

I still remember that game v Souths when the pain killer didn't work for Robbie

If he does play I hope it doesn't effect his legacy , he has been a champion footballer

 

[innsaneink]

It really would not matter what Farah did there are going to be people taking pot shots at him and from where I sit I just can not see why anyone would bag one of the most influential players in our short history. Anyway I guess Robbie will be a easy place to lay blame if we bomb out.

People should be in awe of this guys determination just to get himself in a position to possibly play. Is it a good thing for our preparation, 100% yes. It gives all the other players person to follow and it distracts the media focus away from the rest of the playing group

It really would not matter what Farah did there are going to be people taking pot shots at him and from where I sit I just can not see why anyone would bag one of the most influential players in our short history. Anyway I guess Robbie will be a easy place to lay blame if we bomb out.

People should be in awe of this guys determination just to get himself in a position to possibly play. Is it a good thing for our preparation, 100% yes. It gives all the other players person to follow and it distracts the media focus away from the rest of the playing group

Is quite unbelievable really and to see him running after 25 days... Something special.... It will inspire his team mates


It may inspire his teammates but I hope to God he doesn’t end up playing.

Just because he can run around at training doesn’t mean he will be able to withstand the rigours of an NRL match. He will be a sitting duck for the Cronulla pack imo and if he goes down early on we will be down a player for the rest of game and he may end up with an even worse injury in the long term.

We need the fittest 17 out there and the same combinations that have produced the winning performances of the past two weeks. This is the game of our lives, why on earth would we want to tamper with the team if it’s not really necessary?

As far as the media distraction around Robbie goes, I do believe it’s a positive for the same reason many others have already pointed out - it keeps the focus almost solely on him and off the rest of the team. It also stops the press trotting out stories, ad nauseum, about how long It has been since the West’s Tigers played finals football, which would no doubt end up guaranteeing our drought would continue!

He won't play... I wasnt inferring he could play

 

[Spud_Murphy]

It really would not matter what Farah did there are going to be people taking pot shots at him and from where I sit I just can not see why anyone would bag one of the most influential players in our short history. Anyway I guess Robbie will be a easy place to lay blame if we bomb out.

People should be in awe of this guys determination just to get himself in a position to possibly play. Is it a good thing for our preparation, 100% yes. It gives all the other players person to follow and it distracts the media focus away from the rest of the playing group

It really would not matter what Farah did there are going to be people taking pot shots at him and from where I sit I just can not see why anyone would bag one of the most influential players in our short history. Anyway I guess Robbie will be a easy place to lay blame if we bomb out.

People should be in awe of this guys determination just to get himself in a position to possibly play. Is it a good thing for our preparation, 100% yes. It gives all the other players person to follow and it distracts the media focus away from the rest of the playing group

Is quite unbelievable really and to see him running after 25 days... Something special.... It will inspire his team mates


It may inspire his teammates but I hope to God he doesn’t end up playing.

Just because he can run around at training doesn’t mean he will be able to withstand the rigours of an NRL match. He will be a sitting duck for the Cronulla pack imo and if he goes down early on we will be down a player for the rest of game and he may end up with an even worse injury in the long term.

We need the fittest 17 out there and the same combinations that have produced the winning performances of the past two weeks. This is the game of our lives, why on earth would we want to tamper with the team if it’s not really necessary?

As far as the media distraction around Robbie goes, I do believe it’s a positive for the same reason many others have already pointed out - it keeps the focus almost solely on him and off the rest of the team. It also stops the press trotting out stories, ad nauseum, about how long It has been since the West’s Tigers played finals football, which would no doubt end up guaranteeing our drought would continue!

He won't play... I wasnt inferring he could play

I know you weren’t Ink, I was just expressing my fear that they might play him and how silly it would be imo. I sure hope you are right though and he won’t end up playing, but I know how persuasive he can be sometimes. Hopefully he will come to realise before Sunday that despite his determination to play, a lame dummy half wouldn’t really benefit the team.

 

[innsaneink]

It really would not matter what Farah did there are going to be people taking pot shots at him and from where I sit I just can not see why anyone would bag one of the most influential players in our short history. Anyway I guess Robbie will be a easy place to lay blame if we bomb out.

People should be in awe of this guys determination just to get himself in a position to possibly play. Is it a good thing for our preparation, 100% yes. It gives all the other players person to follow and it distracts the media focus away from the rest of the playing group

It really would not matter what Farah did there are going to be people taking pot shots at him and from where I sit I just can not see why anyone would bag one of the most influential players in our short history. Anyway I guess Robbie will be a easy place to lay blame if we bomb out.

People should be in awe of this guys determination just to get himself in a position to possibly play. Is it a good thing for our preparation, 100% yes. It gives all the other players person to follow and it distracts the media focus away from the rest of the playing group

Is quite unbelievable really and to see him running after 25 days... Something special.... It will inspire his team mates


It may inspire his teammates but I hope to God he doesn’t end up playing.

Just because he can run around at training doesn’t mean he will be able to withstand the rigours of an NRL match. He will be a sitting duck for the Cronulla pack imo and if he goes down early on we will be down a player for the rest of game and he may end up with an even worse injury in the long term.

We need the fittest 17 out there and the same combinations that have produced the winning performances of the past two weeks. This is the game of our lives, why on earth would we want to tamper with the team if it’s not really necessary?

As far as the media distraction around Robbie goes, I do believe it’s a positive for the same reason many others have already pointed out - it keeps the focus almost solely on him and off the rest of the team. It also stops the press trotting out stories, ad nauseum, about how long It has been since the West’s Tigers played finals football, which would no doubt end up guaranteeing our drought would continue!

He won't play... I wasnt inferring he could play


I know you weren’t Ink, I was just expressing my fear that they might play him and how silly it would be imo. I sure hope you are right though and he won’t end up playing, but I know how persuasive he can be sometimes. Hopefully he will come to realise before Sunday that despite his determination to play, a lame dummy half wouldn’t really benefit the team.

I just saw on 9 news they're saying he requested I think 30 tickets for friends and family.... Now I'm getting concerned... Hopefully its 9 BS.

Story after with fafita saying there's no mates on the field (opposition)
Any team would target the leg if its fragility is that well known

 

[Madge]

@innsaneink yep, sent the link on the wests tigers vs Cronulla team thread.

 

[Tiger_Steve]

It really would not matter what Farah did there are going to be people taking pot shots at him and from where I sit I just can not see why anyone would bag one of the most influential players in our short history. Anyway I guess Robbie will be a easy place to lay blame if we bomb out.

People should be in awe of this guys determination just to get himself in a position to possibly play. Is it a good thing for our preparation, 100% yes. It gives all the other players person to follow and it distracts the media focus away from the rest of the playing group

It really would not matter what Farah did there are going to be people taking pot shots at him and from where I sit I just can not see why anyone would bag one of the most influential players in our short history. Anyway I guess Robbie will be a easy place to lay blame if we bomb out.

People should be in awe of this guys determination just to get himself in a position to possibly play. Is it a good thing for our preparation, 100% yes. It gives all the other players person to follow and it distracts the media focus away from the rest of the playing group

Is quite unbelievable really and to see him running after 25 days... Something special.... It will inspire his team mates


It may inspire his teammates but I hope to God he doesn’t end up playing.

Just because he can run around at training doesn’t mean he will be able to withstand the rigours of an NRL match. He will be a sitting duck for the Cronulla pack imo and if he goes down early on we will be down a player for the rest of game and he may end up with an even worse injury in the long term.

We need the fittest 17 out there and the same combinations that have produced the winning performances of the past two weeks. This is the game of our lives, why on earth would we want to tamper with the team if it’s not really necessary?

As far as the media distraction around Robbie goes, I do believe it’s a positive for the same reason many others have already pointed out - it keeps the focus almost solely on him and off the rest of the team. It also stops the press trotting out stories, ad nauseum, about how long It has been since the West’s Tigers played finals football, which would no doubt end up guaranteeing our drought would continue!

He won't play... I wasnt inferring he could play


I know you weren’t Ink, I was just expressing my fear that they might play him and how silly it would be imo. I sure hope you are right though and he won’t end up playing, but I know how persuasive he can be sometimes. Hopefully he will come to realise before Sunday that despite his determination to play, a lame dummy half wouldn’t really benefit the team.

I just saw on 9 news they're saying he requested I think 30 tickets for friends and family.... Now I'm getting concerned... Hopefully its 9 BS.

Story after with fafita saying there's no mates on the field (opposition)
Any team would target the leg if its fragility is that well known

Thought there were no tickets left?

 

[GNR4LIFE]

It really would not matter what Farah did there are going to be people taking pot shots at him and from where I sit I just can not see why anyone would bag one of the most influential players in our short history. Anyway I guess Robbie will be a easy place to lay blame if we bomb out.

People should be in awe of this guys determination just to get himself in a position to possibly play. Is it a good thing for our preparation, 100% yes. It gives all the other players person to follow and it distracts the media focus away from the rest of the playing group

It really would not matter what Farah did there are going to be people taking pot shots at him and from where I sit I just can not see why anyone would bag one of the most influential players in our short history. Anyway I guess Robbie will be a easy place to lay blame if we bomb out.

People should be in awe of this guys determination just to get himself in a position to possibly play. Is it a good thing for our preparation, 100% yes. It gives all the other players person to follow and it distracts the media focus away from the rest of the playing group

Is quite unbelievable really and to see him running after 25 days... Something special.... It will inspire his team mates


It may inspire his teammates but I hope to God he doesn’t end up playing.

Just because he can run around at training doesn’t mean he will be able to withstand the rigours of an NRL match. He will be a sitting duck for the Cronulla pack imo and if he goes down early on we will be down a player for the rest of game and he may end up with an even worse injury in the long term.

We need the fittest 17 out there and the same combinations that have produced the winning performances of the past two weeks. This is the game of our lives, why on earth would we want to tamper with the team if it’s not really necessary?

As far as the media distraction around Robbie goes, I do believe it’s a positive for the same reason many others have already pointed out - it keeps the focus almost solely on him and off the rest of the team. It also stops the press trotting out stories, ad nauseum, about how long It has been since the West’s Tigers played finals football, which would no doubt end up guaranteeing our drought would continue!

He won't play... I wasnt inferring he could play


I know you weren’t Ink, I was just expressing my fear that they might play him and how silly it would be imo. I sure hope you are right though and he won’t end up playing, but I know how persuasive he can be sometimes. Hopefully he will come to realise before Sunday that despite his determination to play, a lame dummy half wouldn’t really benefit the team.

I just saw on 9 news they're saying he requested I think 30 tickets for friends and family.... Now I'm getting concerned... Hopefully its 9 BS.

Story after with fafita saying there's no mates on the field (opposition)
Any team would target the leg if its fragility is that well known

It’s a do or die game. The Sharks will do what they have to do.

 

[Spud_Murphy]

It really would not matter what Farah did there are going to be people taking pot shots at him and from where I sit I just can not see why anyone would bag one of the most influential players in our short history. Anyway I guess Robbie will be a easy place to lay blame if we bomb out.

People should be in awe of this guys determination just to get himself in a position to possibly play. Is it a good thing for our preparation, 100% yes. It gives all the other players person to follow and it distracts the media focus away from the rest of the playing group

It really would not matter what Farah did there are going to be people taking pot shots at him and from where I sit I just can not see why anyone would bag one of the most influential players in our short history. Anyway I guess Robbie will be a easy place to lay blame if we bomb out.

People should be in awe of this guys determination just to get himself in a position to possibly play. Is it a good thing for our preparation, 100% yes. It gives all the other players person to follow and it distracts the media focus away from the rest of the playing group

Is quite unbelievable really and to see him running after 25 days... Something special.... It will inspire his team mates


It may inspire his teammates but I hope to God he doesn’t end up playing.

Just because he can run around at training doesn’t mean he will be able to withstand the rigours of an NRL match. He will be a sitting duck for the Cronulla pack imo and if he goes down early on we will be down a player for the rest of game and he may end up with an even worse injury in the long term.

We need the fittest 17 out there and the same combinations that have produced the winning performances of the past two weeks. This is the game of our lives, why on earth would we want to tamper with the team if it’s not really necessary?

As far as the media distraction around Robbie goes, I do believe it’s a positive for the same reason many others have already pointed out - it keeps the focus almost solely on him and off the rest of the team. It also stops the press trotting out stories, ad nauseum, about how long It has been since the West’s Tigers played finals football, which would no doubt end up guaranteeing our drought would continue!

He won't play... I wasnt inferring he could play


I know you weren’t Ink, I was just expressing my fear that they might play him and how silly it would be imo. I sure hope you are right though and he won’t end up playing, but I know how persuasive he can be sometimes. Hopefully he will come to realise before Sunday that despite his determination to play, a lame dummy half wouldn’t really benefit the team.

I just saw on 9 news they're saying he requested I think 30 tickets for friends and family.... Now I'm getting concerned... Hopefully its 9 BS.

Story after with fafita saying there's no mates on the field (opposition)
Any team would target the leg if its fragility is that well known

Oh geez I’m really not liking where this is going.