Gee, I don't know how you can compare Api with Klemmer and Bateman.
Like a broken record..
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You lucky bugger 🙂 supercoach, having a 2-month break from the 😢 attached to following our mob atm.
Have a great holiday and stay safe.
You might have some interesting stories to tell us when you get back.
Maybe you're right, Sco77y. I reckon there's a fair bit of Benji's ego involved.
We all make mistakes in our life that we later go on to wish we had never done.
And I have made as many as anyone if not more.
If the now Saint's coach i.e. Flannagan was appointed as Our Head Coach with Benji as Assistant Coach while he learned the coaching gig, Imo a GIANT size mistake would have been avoided.
Nailed it, Flip!!
100% TT!!!
AmericanHistoryX
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Have a great trip brother. Just remember - you can run but you can't hide!!
When the power that be appointed Benji, it must have been on the understanding that there will be lots of short-term how long is a piece of string pain, for long term gain.
Plus...when the gains do eventually come along, we will hopefully have built a style of play unique to Wests Tigers handed down by Benji, Morris, Farah and others from the unforgettable 2005 era.
tig_prmz
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I wouldn't do that if I was Morris. Any chance of being a head coach again would have gone if he were to associate his name with this
Even Benji if he's fair dinkum about coaching should follow a pathway rather than skipping to the end.
I just can't see this ending in any other way but a bitter feud in 3 years and the new guy wanting a "re build"
Tiger_heart
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Rebuild, hey...well, if not the club, let's see if we can "rebuild" the fan, that is he/she:
1. Has zero expectations
2. WIll never ever have a home ground
3. Lives a a fairy tale based on one day my "Prince" will come
4. Believes the old brigade is what makes the club great
5. Supports the belief that every year cancel the previous, and so on, like Bill Murray in Ground Hog day;
6. Wonders what happened in 2005, as he/she watches a worn our DVD...
7. Is convinced (Permanent) Work in progress is actually the new WT mission statement
8. Believes our juniors will makes us great again
9. Belives pigs fly.
..........
1. Has zero expectations
2. WIll never ever have a home ground
3. Lives a a fairy tale based on one day my "Prince" will come
4. Believes the old brigade is what makes the club great
5. Supports the belief that every year cancel the previous, and so on, like Bill Murray in Ground Hog day;
6. Wonders what happened in 2005, as he/she watches a worn our DVD...
7. Is convinced (Permanent) Work in progress is actually the new WT mission statement
8. Believes our juniors will makes us great again
9. Belives pigs fly.
..........
BAGNF05
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If he’s passing the ball to those centres and wingers we fielded on Friday he’s a shot duck.
Siberian Kitten
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Yep BZN, Flanno paid his dues. It doesn't look like the Tiger's "integrity" is doing them much good. Red-hot favourites for the spoon.
Meanwhile, Dragons are hovering around the 8 after starting the year as spoon favourites. No one is seeing any problems with the Dragons' ethics under Flanno either. They seem fine.
The only teams to ever get a spoon three-peat were Newcastle 2015-7 and Sydney University, who won four spoons in a row in the 1930s ... before they were dropped from the comp.
Annoyed how the Tiges screwed this up so badly, but it's done now. The club maintained its virtue and hired a rookie coach. Benji was somehow supposed to not need years of experience that all other coaches need to be first grade standard. And it's not like he was known as a super smart player like Cronk or Slater.
Will the Tigers survive four successive spoons? With a rookie coach, a four-peat looks very possible, especially now that Parra have hired a good new coach and Titans improving under Hasler. I'd love to be wrong.
do you realistically think we could get Crichton or Hargreaves or any quality player to come to us at the same price that they would go to the top tear clubs? IMO no and because of this our only way up off the bottom of the ladder is to hope we find a group of jnrs who can turn this club around.
While I believe we don't have the best players I think the drop in mentality spirit enthusiasm is on the coaches. This is why most teams get the best out of thier squad except us.
We just let it all fall to shit during the season.
Properossi
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We should be getting behind Benji ‘Biden’ Marshall for the next phase in the Tigers journey
426Tlgerland
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Spot on , i was all for Flanno but we had to many people saying he is the wrong fit , just look at the Drags , moving up the ladder nicely , and if they get to the GF. Flanno would be coach of the year , they will make the 8 is my prediction , not bad for his first year , where are we. Ohh that’s right last same as always , I’m also thinking even Richo may have lost his touch as I see absolutely no change , The owners cleaned the joint out not Richo he come later , so my over all look at his performance so far is lip service only and Benji last year and this year overall. Worst coach in the comp
I'm too tired and too old and stress about the tigers too much to stay any more. Not because I don't care but because I care about my health more. Too many years of the same lines and same results. It feels like a conspiracy to make the tigers unsupportable.
Very few players want be there and players want overs to go there. Galvin will develop and leave the fainus will leave steph the myth will leave and become steph the legend. There is something wrong with the club. A gypsy curse sits heavy on it
Very few players want be there and players want overs to go there. Galvin will develop and leave the fainus will leave steph the myth will leave and become steph the legend. There is something wrong with the club. A gypsy curse sits heavy on it
There is nothing wrong with ex players being associated in roles with their ex club - all clubs have them. Benji was thrust into a position he should never have taken on, and blindly or stupidly thought he could handle it /make a difference. I admire him for that - it is no doubt the toughest gig in the league. He may very well still be successful at some point but the patience of supporters even when we recognize all the flaws has run out.
At some point though they have to stick to a plan or no manager is going to buy what they are selling and neither will the players - plenty don't already.
Richardsons experience is key - and not sure if he can afford to pull the trigger and at the same time how bad does it have to get before he has no option.
At some point though they have to stick to a plan or no manager is going to buy what they are selling and neither will the players - plenty don't already.
Richardsons experience is key - and not sure if he can afford to pull the trigger and at the same time how bad does it have to get before he has no option.