Robbie Farah..Discussion Thread.....

@goldcoast tiger said:
@MacDougall said:
@lathami said:
If today's news is right , the whole deal looked settled when Farah and the management agreed on him playing next year, then going to SL in 2017\. Then our wonderful coach spat the dummy and involved himself in it again . And blew it all apart .
Some may not want to believe Paul Kent , or Rothfield but it seems the longer it goes the more it seems that the circus is in the boardroom and the coach is the head clown

Does it really matter what the particulars of this sorry saga are GCT?

All that matters to me now is that there is a tug-of-war going on between the coach and the captain (and his player manager).

If the captain wins, then we are back in the familiar territory of 'player power' and 'boys clubs', and we all know where that has led us over the past 5 years.
 
Oops, sorry I messed up the quotes. The quote in my post attributed to lathami was actually made by GCT. It was GCT I was responding to. Apologies to both.
 
@MacDougall said:
@lathami said:
C'mon hardly facts u point out, more your opinions!
Farah has stated and it is plain to see that he has been told to take a back seat for the new halves to assert themselves.. Also he gave up last year because he hated potter, I think fair enough. My opinion.
Mate his tackling the same way he has for years, he's not a hitter more a lock them up tackler. Please if u are going to character assassinate some one be fair. What are the stats this year when farah didn't play due to broken hand and SOO games? where are those facts??????? Again u are picking and choosing the argument to favour your opinion!!! Again hardly the facts and hardly fair. Please respond to the questions above.
Now on farahs tackling technique, the thing missing in our defence when farah is missing is locking up the football allowing the opposition to offload at will…. Farah often comes in as the third man in to stop this, like he did to Shillington against Canberra to win the game.
Stop pushing your own agenda... and be fair!!!!
NOW for me to be fair, I didn't like the way farah backstabbed sheens after all sheens did for him and spoke up for him during the SOO selections.. I though that was really pour, but most of u guys hated sheens so u didn't care, typical.
But farah has been coached by a fair few good coaches in his time and if he says potter couldn't coach then I agree with him. You didn't have to be Einstein to work this out just listen to potter talk at the post match interviews. You'd swear he had only part of his brain working. Again my opinion, NOT FACTS.

Most of what I said are facts friend.

We lose him mid year for ages. Fact.
He is fragile. Broken bones etc. Fact.
He isn't playing as good as he used to. He used to be arguably the best in the NRL. Fact.
The halves are controlling the game. Fact.
He is destabilising to the club. Demonstrated and confirmed fact.
He loses more than he wins. Fact.

The only part that was opinion was the part about Cherrington tbh.

You just picked out one part of what I said and ranted about it without even making a point of everything else I said. I didn't say that Farah has regressed in his tackling. He's regressed in other points but his tackling has always been that way, that doesn't refute any part of what I said.

So your entire point really revolves around the fact that you think he was justified with Potter, but not with Sheens … Alright, your opinion. And the fact that his defense is actually useful, which it is, but it's not something that we can afford to be paying a million dollars a season for.

My only agenda is to be alive to see an era of success for this club. I believe this is the hardest, toughest most brilliant decision they could have made and was pushing for it to be made before it was even announced. They just weren't tactful enough, and probably should have expected Robbie to turn it into a media circus, because that's just how he operates.

Blah blah blah, what dribble!!
Hey mention fact again, nut job?!?
How funny, friend.
U mentioned my point, thanks we do lose every game farah is missing for SOO, thanks. Fact.
He did break his hand playing for us, and we lost every game he was injured, thanks again. Fact.
I don't really know for sure, but apparently we lose 90% of games farah doesn't play. Fact
Cherrington has had 4 try's scored over the top of him this year out of six games. Fact.
Have a lie down. Turncoat
 
@lathami said:
U mentioned my point, thanks we do lose every game farah is missing for SOO, thanks.Fact.

Yeah, that's why we beat Souths this yr without him. So much for that fact eh?
 
We smashed souths without Farah in the middle of the origin series. That's a REAL fact. Not one of your made up facts.
 
I don't really care about the politics behind WT's decision to shaft Farah and I certainly don't want to get caught up in all the rumour and innuendo that gets flung around on here and in the media, because it's a waste of time. I just want Farah to stay!

There is still a place for him in our pack, imo. Maybe not at hooker, but why not at lock as someone suggested, or even on the bench? We need to retain as many of our current forwards as possible because we don't have a lot of decent depth there. He is still our best defender and God knows this tackle-shy team cannot afford to lose another good defender! Just think how many more tries would be let in each week without his obligatory 40 plus tackles every game.

Robbie is a loyal club man and guys like that are a dying breed in this age where players are constantly looking around other clubs (even other codes) to sell themselves to the highest bidder. He deserves to see out his contract with the team that he loves and into which he has put his heart and soul for over a decade, and he certainly deserves to be treated a lot better than the way this club is treating him right now.
 
@gallagher said:
We smashed souths without Farah in the middle of the origin series. That's a REAL fact. Not one of your made up facts.

I think they were missing a few blokes as well :laughing:
Anyway, according to MacDougall, Cherrington is an equal, if not better, player than Farah (obviously after a whole 9 games in first grade off the bench) so we will be sure to be missing him during SOO next year.
 
@lathami said:
@MacDougall said:
@lathami said:
C'mon hardly facts u point out, more your opinions!
Farah has stated and it is plain to see that he has been told to take a back seat for the new halves to assert themselves.. Also he gave up last year because he hated potter, I think fair enough. My opinion.
Mate his tackling the same way he has for years, he's not a hitter more a lock them up tackler. Please if u are going to character assassinate some one be fair. What are the stats this year when farah didn't play due to broken hand and SOO games? where are those facts??????? Again u are picking and choosing the argument to favour your opinion!!! Again hardly the facts and hardly fair. Please respond to the questions above.
Now on farahs tackling technique, the thing missing in our defence when farah is missing is locking up the football allowing the opposition to offload at will…. Farah often comes in as the third man in to stop this, like he did to Shillington against Canberra to win the game.
Stop pushing your own agenda... and be fair!!!!
NOW for me to be fair, I didn't like the way farah backstabbed sheens after all sheens did for him and spoke up for him during the SOO selections.. I though that was really pour, but most of u guys hated sheens so u didn't care, typical.
But farah has been coached by a fair few good coaches in his time and if he says potter couldn't coach then I agree with him. You didn't have to be Einstein to work this out just listen to potter talk at the post match interviews. You'd swear he had only part of his brain working. Again my opinion, NOT FACTS.

Most of what I said are facts friend.

We lose him mid year for ages. Fact.
He is fragile. Broken bones etc. Fact.
He isn't playing as good as he used to. He used to be arguably the best in the NRL. Fact.
The halves are controlling the game. Fact.
He is destabilising to the club. Demonstrated and confirmed fact.
He loses more than he wins. Fact.

The only part that was opinion was the part about Cherrington tbh.

You just picked out one part of what I said and ranted about it without even making a point of everything else I said. I didn't say that Farah has regressed in his tackling. He's regressed in other points but his tackling has always been that way, that doesn't refute any part of what I said.

So your entire point really revolves around the fact that you think he was justified with Potter, but not with Sheens … Alright, your opinion. And the fact that his defense is actually useful, which it is, but it's not something that we can afford to be paying a million dollars a season for.

My only agenda is to be alive to see an era of success for this club. I believe this is the hardest, toughest most brilliant decision they could have made and was pushing for it to be made before it was even announced. They just weren't tactful enough, and probably should have expected Robbie to turn it into a media circus, because that's just how he operates.

Blah blah blah, what dribble!!
Hey mention fact again, nut job?!?
How funny, friend.
U mentioned my point, thanks we do lose every game farah is missing for SOO, thanks. Fact.
He did break his hand playing for us, and we lost every game he was injured, thanks again. Fact.
I don't really know for sure, but apparently we lose 90% of games farah doesn't play. Fact
Cherrington has had 4 try's scored over the top of him this year out of six games. Fact.
Have a lie down. Turncoat

What's with the hostility? Are you incapable of having a discussion without resorting to name calling?

Troll.
 
How about him demanding a release from him contract every year or so? It seems that's just come back and bit him on the ass.
 
@cktiger said:
@gallagher said:
We smashed souths without Farah in the middle of the origin series. That's a REAL fact. Not one of your made up facts.

I think they were missing a few blokes as well :laughing:
Anyway, according to MacDougall, Cherrington is an equal, if not better, player than Farah (obviously after a whole 9 games in first grade off the bench) so we will be sure to be missing him during SOO next year.

Yes they did, and i didn't say they were full strength. But someone claiming we lost every game during origin without Farah is just crap. Cherrington is a kiwi btw.
 
@cktiger said:
@gallagher said:
We smashed souths without Farah in the middle of the origin series. That's a REAL fact. Not one of your made up facts.

I think they were missing a few blokes as well :laughing:
Anyway, according to MacDougall, Cherrington is an equal, if not better, player than Farah (obviously after a whole 9 games in first grade off the bench) so we will be sure to be missing him during SOO next year.

Awesome attempt at humor considering he's a kiwi.
 
@GNR4LIFE said:
@cktiger said:
@gallagher said:
We smashed souths without Farah in the middle of the origin series. That's a REAL fact. Not one of your made up facts.

I think they were missing a few blokes as well :laughing:
Anyway, according to MacDougall, Cherrington is an equal, if not better, player than Farah (obviously after a whole 9 games in first grade off the bench) so we will be sure to be missing him during SOO next year.

Awesome attempt at humor considering he's a kiwi.

Get the radar on GNR - was going over the top like everybody else.
 
@cktiger said:
@gallagher said:
We smashed souths without Farah in the middle of the origin series. That's a REAL fact. Not one of your made up facts.

I think they were missing a few blokes as well :laughing:
Anyway, according to MacDougall, Cherrington is an equal, if not better, player than Farah (obviously after a whole 9 games in first grade off the bench) so we will be sure to be missing him during SOO next year.

I didn't say he was better, I said we looked pretty much the same. Farah obviously has a lot of skills and ability but we didn't look any worse with Cherrington on the park. I think that's a more than fair comment.
 
@MacDougall said:
@cktiger said:
@gallagher said:
We smashed souths without Farah in the middle of the origin series. That's a REAL fact. Not one of your made up facts.

I think they were missing a few blokes as well :laughing:
Anyway, according to MacDougall, Cherrington is an equal, if not better, player than Farah (obviously after a whole 9 games in first grade off the bench) so we will be sure to be missing him during SOO next year.

I didn't say he was better, I said we looked pretty much the same. Farah obviously has a lot of skills and ability but we didn't look any worse with Cherrington on the park. I think that's a more than fair comment.

It's cool Mac - you are entitled to your opinion.

Here's a funny quote from Taylor when he tried to get out of his contract at Western Suburbs with Warren Ryan as coach - deja vu….
"The press came up with some interesting reasons why I wanted to leave, but I prefer to keep most of them to myself because they have been pretty well resolved. **One reason, however, was I thought our style of play was too restrictive, too structured and by the end of the year, very predictable. I wasn't the only player to think that way.**
:unamused:
 
@cktiger said:
@MacDougall said:
@cktiger said:
@gallagher said:
We smashed souths without Farah in the middle of the origin series. That's a REAL fact. Not one of your made up facts.

I think they were missing a few blokes as well :laughing:
Anyway, according to MacDougall, Cherrington is an equal, if not better, player than Farah (obviously after a whole 9 games in first grade off the bench) so we will be sure to be missing him during SOO next year.

I didn't say he was better, I said we looked pretty much the same. Farah obviously has a lot of skills and ability but we didn't look any worse with Cherrington on the park. I think that's a more than fair comment.

It's cool Mac - you are entitled to your opinion.

Here's a funny quote from Taylor when he tried to get out of his contract at Western Suburbs with Warren Ryan as coach - deja vu….
"The press came up with some interesting reasons why I wanted to leave, but I prefer to keep most of them to myself because they have been pretty well resolved. **One reason, however, was I thought our style of play was too restrictive, too structured and by the end of the year, very predictable. I wasn't the only player to think that way.**
:unamused:

Talk about biting yourself on the Bum
That really is Gold
:laughing: :laughing: :laughing:
 
@MacDougall said:
@cktiger said:
@gallagher said:
We smashed souths without Farah in the middle of the origin series. That's a REAL fact. Not one of your made up facts.

I think they were missing a few blokes as well :laughing:
Anyway, according to MacDougall, Cherrington is an equal, if not better, player than Farah (obviously after a whole 9 games in first grade off the bench) so we will be sure to be missing him during SOO next year.

I didn't say he was better, I said we looked pretty much the same. Farah obviously has a lot of skills and ability but we didn't look any worse with Cherrington on the park. I think that's a more than fair comment.

I'm yet to see where Cherrington has won the contact in a tackle he is the first player in. Teams run at him and go straight through him. It's why he is playing the back end of halves when in first grade. His defense is of more concern then Brooks and Moses. He isn't ready defensively and we don't have any other options in what is one of the most vital positions on the field. For that reason alone, Farah has to play for Wests Tigers in 2016.

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@Peaches said:
@MacDougall said:
@cktiger said:
@gallagher said:
We smashed souths without Farah in the middle of the origin series. That's a REAL fact. Not one of your made up facts.

I think they were missing a few blokes as well :laughing:
Anyway, according to MacDougall, Cherrington is an equal, if not better, player than Farah (obviously after a whole 9 games in first grade off the bench) so we will be sure to be missing him during SOO next year.

I didn't say he was better, I said we looked pretty much the same. Farah obviously has a lot of skills and ability but we didn't look any worse with Cherrington on the park. I think that's a more than fair comment.

I'm yet to see where Cherrington has won the contact in a tackle he is the first player in. Teams run at him and go straight through him. It's why he is playing the back end of halves when in first grade. His defense is of more concern then Brooks and Moses. He isn't ready defensively and we don't have any other options in what is one of the most vital positions on the field. For that reason alone, Farah has to play for Wests Tigers in 2016.

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Well said and 100% accurate..
I like cherrington but he is way off being ready!
Absolute liability in defence. And that's saying something with our team.
We will be losing by 50 on a regular basis with him as our starter..
Watch the game boys, the teams are already targeting him, and he only plays 15-20 minute a game!
 
Since we are all into hypotheticals…I have one,,,say Farah stays,,,,Taylor falls on his sword to much delight of the forum and results with the next bloke remain the same...Where to from then?
 

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