king_sirro
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All this Sheens, Marshall and Tigers talk is very weird. I just dont see the need for it. It cant be good.
Marshall reveals Tigers get out-clause
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Considering it was a board member who leaked all of the information (including entire emails that were forwarded from the than CEO) to the Telegraph would it be any real suprise that this same board member is stirring the pot in the off season again by leaking this information???
Just putting this out there but maybe Sheensy is just tryen to show every-one that he is boss and if any one dares get rid of him or keeps questioning his coaching that if he goes Benji goes <basicaly holding="" the="" club="" ransom="">. Smart move if this is what he is doing because im sure Humphreys and the board would not even consider not renewing his contract or sacking him now because Benji will go too.</basicaly>
@smeghead said:
If thats what happened then that is a classic example of just how ridiculous our club structure is because it encourages this sort of cheap backstabbing egotestical amateur hour politics.
There should be one Wests Tigers board with completely independent members & possibly a non-voting advisor from each of the Wests & Balmain boards. UNfortunately I assume money & mates make that impossible.
Still wrong of sheens to buy into it in the media but it's better than him starting it for cheap points.
innsaneink
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@Muffstar said:
Some may think or take it that way…maybe even the players??
We all know coaches have favourites, it goes on from nappy brigade u/6's to the national team....but when you are one of the favourites you dont make any friends by going around and boasting about it
Well done Sheens. Seriously what does he hope to achieve by airing what goes on in board rooms ? Seriously what ? Once again putting his ego out for all to see by trying to get back at the factions that questioned his coaching and wanted him held accountable for his performance. No no no no no, we can't have Sir Sheens held accountable now can we!
I use to be a big fan of the super coach. But the last year and a half he has really got on my nerves. :deadhorse:
I use to be a big fan of the super coach. But the last year and a half he has really got on my nerves. :deadhorse:
**Benji: I would have walked if I'd known Tigers wanted me out**
Steve Kilgallon | October 25, 2009
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A SHOCKED Benji Marshall says had he known some senior figures at Wests Tigers wanted rid of him, **he might have made a different decision when he turned down Japanese rugby to stay in league.**
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He was stunned by comments this week from Tigers and Australia coach Tim Sheens that some club officials were advocating Marshall be pushed out of the club while he was deliberating between a new two-year NRL deal or a lucrative rugby contract.
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Marshall told New Zealand's Sunday Star-Times: ''No, I didn't [know] and if I did, things could've been a lot different … I've just re-signed for two years with the club, so I am going to have to make it work and we are going to have to sit down and talk about what went on so they can let me know.
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''I have put my loyalty into the club and you don't like that stuff to come out after you sign. I would rather have known about it before I signed.
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''I am not that happy about it, put it that way.''
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Marshall, who didn't know about the story until he was alerted to it by his manager Martin Tauber on the eve of this morning's Test between Australia and the Kiwis in London, said he wouldn't ''say anything rash or make any harsh comments'' until after he had met Sheens to find out who had said what.
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Marshall also revealed he has a get-out clause in his contract allowing him to quit the club should Sheens be removed, so strong is the bond between player and coach. ''He's my No.1 supporter, he always has been,'' Marshall said of the man who will be doing his best to stop the Kiwi superstar in his role as Australian coach at the Four Nations.
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''I've got the utmost respect for him. I've even got a clause in my contract that says if he's not the coach at the Tigers that I don't have to be there. That's just the respect that I have for Tim.
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Marshall revealed that Kiwis coach Stephen Kearney played an influential role in persuading him to stay and said the prospect of going on his first Kiwis tour, after missing the 2005, 2006 and 2007 trips through injury, was a crucial factor.
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''[Kearney] was good; he wanted me to stay in the game, and he helped me weigh up the pros and cons of the decision,'' Marshall said.
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''I didn't know I was going to be made captain, and that would've been even more of a factor, but he didn't want to put that on me to make me stay and he didn't need to because playing for your country is a big enough reason on its own.
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''When you play over [in Europe], you rarely get the opportunity to play for New Zealand, and if I changed to play rugby, I wouldn't get to play for my country again unless I went home to play, and that was one of the things I considered.
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''If I had played 30-odd Tests, it might have been a different story but I've only played a limited amount of Tests.''
Might is a bit different to would…....Careful Benji the Club showed you a lot of Loyalty as well bro.....
Steve Kilgallon | October 25, 2009
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A SHOCKED Benji Marshall says had he known some senior figures at Wests Tigers wanted rid of him, **he might have made a different decision when he turned down Japanese rugby to stay in league.**
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He was stunned by comments this week from Tigers and Australia coach Tim Sheens that some club officials were advocating Marshall be pushed out of the club while he was deliberating between a new two-year NRL deal or a lucrative rugby contract.
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Marshall told New Zealand's Sunday Star-Times: ''No, I didn't [know] and if I did, things could've been a lot different … I've just re-signed for two years with the club, so I am going to have to make it work and we are going to have to sit down and talk about what went on so they can let me know.
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''I have put my loyalty into the club and you don't like that stuff to come out after you sign. I would rather have known about it before I signed.
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''I am not that happy about it, put it that way.''
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Marshall, who didn't know about the story until he was alerted to it by his manager Martin Tauber on the eve of this morning's Test between Australia and the Kiwis in London, said he wouldn't ''say anything rash or make any harsh comments'' until after he had met Sheens to find out who had said what.
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Marshall also revealed he has a get-out clause in his contract allowing him to quit the club should Sheens be removed, so strong is the bond between player and coach. ''He's my No.1 supporter, he always has been,'' Marshall said of the man who will be doing his best to stop the Kiwi superstar in his role as Australian coach at the Four Nations.
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''I've got the utmost respect for him. I've even got a clause in my contract that says if he's not the coach at the Tigers that I don't have to be there. That's just the respect that I have for Tim.
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Marshall revealed that Kiwis coach Stephen Kearney played an influential role in persuading him to stay and said the prospect of going on his first Kiwis tour, after missing the 2005, 2006 and 2007 trips through injury, was a crucial factor.
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''[Kearney] was good; he wanted me to stay in the game, and he helped me weigh up the pros and cons of the decision,'' Marshall said.
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''I didn't know I was going to be made captain, and that would've been even more of a factor, but he didn't want to put that on me to make me stay and he didn't need to because playing for your country is a big enough reason on its own.
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''When you play over [in Europe], you rarely get the opportunity to play for New Zealand, and if I changed to play rugby, I wouldn't get to play for my country again unless I went home to play, and that was one of the things I considered.
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''If I had played 30-odd Tests, it might have been a different story but I've only played a limited amount of Tests.''
Might is a bit different to would…....Careful Benji the Club showed you a lot of Loyalty as well bro.....
innsaneink
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I wonder what Benji thinks about the coach he has the ''utmost respect for'' keeping this news from him for an entire season.
@Geo. said:
So Marshall's contract expires in 2 more years, if all this is true, then anyone would think twice about resigning with the club. The more I think about this and I think Ink mentioned this earlier, this can only create divisions which we don't need. Maybe this was a tactic to unsettle Marshall on the eve of the Test match, but I think it may have far reaching ramifications than it's original intentions.
Reading stuff like this if I was a player thinking of signing (Lote) then I would question the team behind the Wests Tigers - we don't need to see press like this or even hear about.
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So Marshall's contract expires in 2 more years, if all this is true, then anyone would think twice about resigning with the club. The more I think about this and I think Ink mentioned this earlier, this can only create divisions which we don't need. Maybe this was a tactic to unsettle Marshall on the eve of the Test match, but I think it may have far reaching ramifications than it's original intentions.
Reading stuff like this if I was a player thinking of signing (Lote) then I would question the team behind the Wests Tigers - we don't need to see press like this or even hear about.
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Correctamundo…..This needs to be squashed immediately, fancy bringing this up when we are still trying to sign two internationals....The bloke is a bloody idiot.
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So Marshall's contract expires in 2 more years, if all this is true, then anyone would think twice about resigning with the club. The more I think about this and I think Ink mentioned this earlier, this can only create divisions which we don't need. Maybe this was a tactic to unsettle Marshall on the eve of the Test match, but I think it may have far reaching ramifications than it's original intentions.
Reading stuff like this if I was a player thinking of signing (Lote) then I would question the team behind the Wests Tigers - we don't need to see press like this or even hear about.
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Correctamundo…..This needs to be squashed immediately, fancy bringing this up when we are still trying to sign two internationals....The bloke is a bloody idiot.
king_sirro
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Wiedler says today that Sheens' is trying to get a one year extension so he finishes his time at the Tigers when many stars come off contract at the end of 2011\. Its claimed that this is so the new coach has a great opportunity to make a fresh start. Yeh right, its more likely that Sheens is trying to time everything perfectly for 2012 when he takes over from John Lang at Souths and takes Benji (and maybe some others) with him.
If this is true from Weidler, and its a big "if", we would want to win the comp next year as i think 2011 will be a very disrupted season. I hope this isnt whats happening.
If this is true from Weidler, and its a big "if", we would want to win the comp next year as i think 2011 will be a very disrupted season. I hope this isnt whats happening.
@king sirro said:
Now that is truly disturbing….....and some say the coach as nothing to do with a player leaving well we got a few coming off contract in 2011 that Sheens certainly would have influence over.....For a master manipulator of the media....Sheens isn't that dumb........This happened 10 moths ago....I'm not convinced he took it to the media just to unsettle Benji.....if that is indeed the case...Media new about it......now it seems to have further reaching ramafications........
I hope it isn't what's happening either........
Notice none of these articles have made the official website........
innsaneink
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@king sirro said:
Lots are off then
