LIVE GAME Round 27 v Panthers

[Tim Sheens]

If we do recruit another 7 for next year I’d rather TMM over O’Sullivan

Coming full circle back to WT would be appropriate, and if others are good and ready enough to push him out, then it's likely into a side going well.

 

[Flippedy]

We were so close so many times, but panthers just find a way

You have to wonder why they put in so much effort, they only had to win by 3 points and they had that sewn up by halftime! They could’ve backed off a bit and let us score one or two more tries and still won comfortably. Why waste such effort on a nothing game?

 

[Flippedy]

Benji is right off Jerome. He wont publicly criticise him because he knows the negative headlines it brings. Im a big critic of Benji, but one thing i cant fault him on is his ability to handle the media. He will let Jerome leave quietly, keep us out of the bad chatter, and let him be Parra's problem. But believe me, Benji cant stand him, and wants him gone.

Sad that he kept picking him in first grade then, we might’ve won a few more games if he was dropped and Latu brought in (when he wasn’t injured of course) He had ample time to do this, I guess you could say Benji actually destroyed our season by not making this move much earlier.

 

[Halbrowne61]

Agreed but is O'Sullivan any better then Jock?

Doesn’t matter coz I’m sure O Sullivan preferring to be at Souths. Like so many others he was overpriced and not a “ name” player to justify that money.
Bennett has made him earn his stripes at Souths and he has developed along the way

 

[Tucker]

You have to wonder why they put in so much effort, they only had to win by 3 points and they had that sewn up by halftime! They could’ve backed off a bit and let us score one or two more tries and still won comfortably. Why waste such effort on a nothing game?

Because they are well drilled, well prepared, professional footballers.
You don’t half arse it in the NRL, that’s when you get injured and develop bad habits.
If there is any chance that you can either score or stop a try, you committ to doing it. Our club doesn’t get this.

 

[Demps]

Doesn’t matter coz I’m sure O Sullivan preferring to be at Souths. Like so many others he was overpriced and not a “ name” player to justify that money.
Bennett has made him earn his stripes at Souths and he has developed along the way

Sean O Sullivan

 

[Leck]

I must have been watching a different game, because we were terrible yesterday and very lucky not to lose by more points.

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[Furious1]

Because they are well drilled, well prepared, professional footballers.
You don’t half arse it in the NRL, that’s when you get injured and develop bad habits.
If there is any chance that you can either score or stop a try, you committ to doing it. Our club doesn’t get this.

Real standards that are non negotiable, every week.

 

[ATown]

Will there be a serious look at our coaching structure next season with some KPIs included as surely we have to stop expecting this level of mediocrity each year or at least to the end of Benji’s tenure.

Mediocrity would be a significant step forward.

 

[ATown]

Final comment of the day; we learnt a lot going forward, Demps nailed it re the future !!
We just need coaches that can direct our players, so total clean out , and get all our injured players back to start next season. I’d like to see us have a crack at Tyrell Sloan; we need serious speed out wide, non existent now; the bloke is having second thoughts about Super League. Time to be pro-active in the market and re-sign Madden and Latu, in 40 minutes they’ve shown what a difference they can make as a combo, with Javon Andrews getting time in 1st grade also.
I did see some green shoots in the 2nd half for sure!!

Talking about speed, geez Averillo has got plenty of it. He looked awesome for the Phins the other night.

 

[tigeress]

Benji is a mates club guy. He won’t sack or drop the big name players. He backtracks alot. I’m convinced he doesn’t actually know anything about the lower grade players and what our best formation team setup should be.

He needs a MENTOR

 

[Telltails]

15 years of club failure we sit there alone - that's a lot of players and coaches - and so it continues.
And what changes - nothing.
We are either dumb to continue to support the club the only constant in the failure
- players and coaches are transitional but always cop the blame - or just get some sort of pleasure out of bagging the crap out of the easy targets.

 

[innsaneink]

Penrith peaking at the right time.
They were by far the most impressive top 8 team.in rd 27