LIVE GAME Round 14 vs. Dragons

[Coastie_Tiger]

I know it’s not going to happen but I hope Benji pulls the pin on himself, he’s clearly not up to it. He should if he wants to have any sort of success as a coach, do a proper apprenticeship. Be an assistant for a good few years and revisit things. This rubbish of going to Fiji and then getting 50 put on you what other head coach does that.

 

[StarswithStripes]

Did we see Rueben Porter get a run?

 

[Droppy05]

I know it’s not going to happen but I hope Benji pulls the pin on himself, he’s clearly not up to it. He should if he wants to have any sort of success as a coach, do a proper apprenticeship. Be an assistant for a good few years and revisit things. This rubbish of going to Fiji and then getting 50 put on you what other head coach does that.

Absolutely right!

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Seeing as we're now talking coaches, I have one from left field, and perfect for Wests Tigers.

Cooper Cronk.

His level of knowledge makes everyone else sound like morons. His attention to detail is incredible. He could have a side running rings around opponents

Please. Cronk would never lower himself to step foot in our club, are you kidding? He looks down on the bottom clubs with contempt.

 

[Mighty Mouse]

Please. Cronk would never lower himself to step foot in our club, are you kidding? He looks down on the bottom clubs with contempt.

Agreed - no way an articulate accomplished player would take on coaching the dumbest roster in nrl history.

 

[innsaneink]

He's got it made already... A. Cushy job at Fox getting paid to watch and talk footy... Only has to go to the studio doesn't have to travel to games
Watches repeats thru the week doing research all on top dollar.... He saw Benji HAD that too and now he sees what Benji has

 

[InBenjiWeTrust]

We played well only for the first fifteen minutes, then made three unforced errors that killed us. Our opponent was nothing special, but again, we played with no brain, undisciplined, and too many unforced errors.
Many players were unavailable, but still, this cannot explained and be acceptable for 44:0 in the second half.

 

[BAGNF05]

Stop crapping your dacks. This year was always Pascoe’s final up yours to the fans. Worst 30 man roster ever.

 

[Telltails]

Bateman and Papallii's defence was overlooked by many on here a few weeks back. Both consistently averaging 35/ 40 plus tackles. If you think that they are not a massive loss you may think differently now. Mighten have been game winners but both workers that can't be easily replaced within this squad.

 

[TT 01]

This is exactly what you get when your CEO is over in the UK actively trying to offload players. How can we expect them to put in when they know that is happening? We have had Simpkin and Ice both either sign or go recently as well. Unfortunately the season is done but we are going to cause our young blokes a lot of damage in the mean time. You hear people say it’s good for you down the track but I don’t think it is. You play in a team like this and you develop bad habits and you become part of the culture and this is our never ending cycle. Also want to question API as captain. He is absolutely an all effort player, love him. But he comes across very chilled and we need lead a leader who is hard nosed. On field discipline like that needs a skipper who sprays blokes.

 

[Stevec]

So much 2nd rate rubbish its hard to hone in on one in particular .
Staines not a center not sure he's even a NRL level winger
Stephano is a disgrace obvious he wants out no effort gave away pens and threw the ball away once
Lobb undid all what was good in 1st half with a dreadful 2nd half and then smiling and laughing with his dragons mates at full time
Surprisingly I'm not going to bag Sullivan the 10 in the bin was a half grab instinctive reaction .1st half good and showed effort
Seyfarth also effort but by God he does dumb things
The Fainus both looked 2nd rate
Feel sorry for Api cant fly like an eagle when surrounded by donkeys
Possible return of Douehi next week ?
They are so bad it's really hard to watch

 

[Todd Packer]

The second half was expected. You could see the game developing that way.
When you have 8 reserve grade standard players in your starting 13 they can run on emotion for 30 minutes then ability takes over.

 

[Todd Packer]

I don't think I've ever seen a forward with a worse tackling style than Seyfarth. The way he just flails his arms and slaps at players as they run past him is ridiculously bad.

 

[Tiga]

Tigers are the ONLY club that keeps a coach on after SERIES of losses. Sorry Benj, we love ya but reality is....
And Richo, are you back from trying to flog players to o/s clubs? Doesn't seem to be a positive strategy, esp. to the players in the squad.
This is beyond desperation.

 

[Twodogs]

I was thinking he was going ok and was developing the sharks players before he was axed unfairly imo.

But Morris is there. He could undermine Benji easily but he'd have to demonstrate that he has something else AND that Benji won't listen to him or try any of his ideas. Otherwise he's just a passenger.

 

[Spartan117]

I don't think I've ever seen a forward with a worse tackling style than Seyfarth. The way he just flails his arms and slaps at players as they run past him is ridiculously bad.

We must be watching different players.

Seyfarth was the only guy still trying at the end.

The rest were putrid

 

[bptiger 0]

Tigers are the ONLY club that keeps a coach on after SERIES of losses. Sorry Benj, we love ya but reality is....
And Richo, are you back from trying to flog players to o/s clubs? Doesn't seem to be a positive strategy, esp. to the players in the squad.
This is beyond desperation.

What u think Richo done the wrong thing , the score board tells u way he’s doing it , Sullivan was one of those been offered and I think he was one of our best last night , he has contacts in the uk , better been face to face with clubs and players when ur trying to sell and buy players . I respect ur post but I think ur on the wrong road

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Do you know what one of my most enjoyable seasons as a supporter ever was? The year 2000. Might sound strange as we didn’t even play finals. But it was enjoyable for one reason. The two years previous, I had supported the Magpies, who only won 6 or 7 games combined for those two years and 99 in particular, had cricket scores put on them every week. Then the JV formed, and we signed a ton of established first graders. And guess what, we actually won a few games. We were even sitting second at the midway point of the season. We fell off the map over the second half of the season, but still, we actually won a few games, which was a breath of fresh air for most of us. We’re now on our 3rd season of winning less than 6 games, and no real signs of it improving anytime soon. I know some think the rest of us are whining unjustly, but we aren’t asking for the world. We aren’t demanding a premiership, or even a top 8 finish. We just want to watch our team win a few games.

 

[Telltails]

Do you know what one of my most enjoyable seasons as a supporter ever was? The year 2000. Might sound strange as we didn’t even play finals. But it was enjoyable for one reason. The two years previous, I had supported the Magpies, who only won 6 or 7 games combined for those two years and 99 in particular, had cricket scores put on them every week. Then the JV formed, and we signed a ton of established first graders. And guess what, we actually won a few games. We were even sitting second at the midway point of the season. We fell off the map over the second half of the season, but still, we actually won a few games, which was a breath of fresh air for most of us. We’re now on our 3rd season of winning less than 6 games, and no real signs of it improving anytime soon. I know some think the rest of us are whining unjustly, but we aren’t asking for the world. We aren’t demanding a premiership, or even a top 8 finish. We just want to watch our team win a few games.

Yep - if I could detach myself from this club I would because there is no joy in it for me at the moment, and at the same time I would devo if they weren't around.
I get defensive when we get bagged in the media because they never consider the impact on the fans of this club and how depressing the constant disappointment from year to year has on all the many that just want some hope that this season things may be different. The constant media barrage just reinforces what we already know and are experiencing. It takes me great mental strength to stop it ruining my whole weekend.
I wasnt expecting anything than a bottom 4 finish this season based on the squad, let alone Benji's lack of experience, but it doesn't make the reality any easy to cope with - and still have weeks of pain ahead.

 

[Westie]

Nursing a self induced headache this morning trying to understand how things turned terribly wrong in the 2nd half....
For the 1st time I am not blaming a referee's bad call as the turning point.
We started like a house on fire, then or mistakes let them back in but we stayed in the game.
The 2nd half i would look at what was in the half time drinks.
We were an inexperienced team and that showed.
Big Stef he can take himself and go to another team and get his big pay check he has not stood up to deserve that big pay day.
For that money we need a game changing forward not a cream puff.
My conclusion yes we got smashed, but the team on the field was no where near our best 17. So I am not going to slashing my wrists.
Yes we are not going to be playing finals this year , if we can clean out the crap this year next year has to be better.
All these calls to sack Benji is not the right path I honestly believe we are better than last year even if the stat's don't show it.