Sack Marshall

[Flippedy]

I think there is huge upside with installing Arthur as an assistant. Experience that Benji can learn from and if he is sacked, Arthur's a ready made replacement....

Assuming Arthur would want to come anywhere near the joint.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Assuming Arthur would want to come anywhere near the joint.

Well there is that. I’m sure there are better gigs that will come along.

 

[momo_amp_medo]

I don't think the coach is the problem.

I agree …. just add “only” to your sentence.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

FTR, we can blame Sheens for this.

 

[liltiger]

No … it’s the players .

But one of the oldest saying in professional sports is that it’s easier to change the coach than the players ..

At some stage though even with our current squad you would expect to see some improvement in the players, it just looks like the squad are regressing

 

[liltiger]

FTR, we can blame Sheens for this.

This is on the old boardroom and Ceo. They signed off on all this garbage. They absolutely destroyed the club.

 

[liltiger]

Assuming Arthur would want to come anywhere near the joint.

Now we have a real ceo and a boardroom who mind their business we will become a much more attractive proposition than we were. Problem will be how long a new coach will think it'll take to get us competitive.

 

[momo_amp_medo]

I think that, given time, Benji May turn out to be a decent coach.
Unfortunately this club in short supply of “Time” factor.

Way I see it only two options …. Benji calls press conference announcing/ restating that “family commitments” are more important than making a priority his full commitment to the first grade coaching duties.…. or as many have suggested …. step back to assistant to an new appointment of a experienced coach.

If he is not ok with either of those outcomes the club should not sack him …. It would be a terrible look and diminish what little positive PR we may currently have. The media and people like Bennet would crucify us.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

I think that, given time, Benji May turn out to be a decent coach.

There is absolutely nothing to base this on. He has no resume. Zero.

 

[pacey]

Time to give Billy Slater the keys to concord.

 

[Todd Packer]

Hey Mods.
Any chance of merging the 200 Benji's fault/this club is rubbish threads into 1 thread?
Grazzi hafna.
You can call it the mega whinge thread.

 

[krissy]

Assuming Arthur would want to come anywhere near the joint.

I can’t see a coach with first grade experience wanting to play apprentice to Benji the walking ego who has such little coaching experience.
It has got to the point where people are going to avoid the club rather than risk their football future by being associated with the mess.

 

[Flippedy]

We been the clowns of the NRL for this exact reason.

Squad needs fixing asap

So what do you propose we do about it? Over the past couple of years, we signed the likes of Klemmer, Papalii, Bateman & Api to bolster our forward pack. In the backs we signed Naden, Staines and Olam - all good or at least fairly good players when we signed them, all have played in grand finals.

We got rid of those we all deemed as the deadwood or non-developing players holding us back in Brooks, Nofo, Laurie, Talau and Liddle to name a few. We unearthed some precocious sought after talent in Bula, Steph and Galvin. We’ve added some experience in the halves (Sezer) while we wait for the arrival of Luai and signed the highly touted Fainu brothers and now Turuva for next season.

I don’t know how else this club can fix the squad, we’ve been trying for years now, constantly cleaning out deadwood and signing experienced first grade players - it’s not working and I’m at the point where I don’t think it’s ever gonna work. Clearly our problems are of a spiritual nature because there is just no reasonable explanation for our constant failure otherwise.

 

[colinbh]

No one would raise this thread at half time last night.

There's a ton of reasons why it's looking like things are pear shaped today but the squad is being culled, the swamp of our lousy Top 30 is being drained, and no amount of wishing otherwise can change anything.

This is the real change we all wanted out of the review.

Better management.
Consistency.
A team to compete and get back into finals.

But again, no one expected that in 2024.
As Richo has said: patience.

It is so hard to have to deal with the now but it's all about the tomorrows to come.

Good post. Remember the saints conceded 38 or so points in the second half only a few weeks ago.

We had a great first half and were looking great. Then came the unforced errors, a justified sin binning of a player who seemed more interested in sledging players from his former club than anything else, 20% possession plus error after error and it was over.

Galvin, Bula and Api can hold their heads high. The rest need to take stock of themselves.

It seems to me that Bula's future may be as a centre. He has good defence, a good step, can find a gap and has good pace and unloading skills. Can't hurt to give it a try. Our backline was crap, especially in the second half. Seafarth is a good player until he has his usual brain snap ( last night was involved in a few melees and a horrible double movement). If he can get some discipline he would be an asset to the team. If not then.....
.Good first half garbage second half. Team selection for next week? Stick with the same or bring in some youngsters? Good luck Benji.

 

[Tiger-ferret]

Time to give Billy Slater the keys to concord.

He is a true champion and leader. He would put as much time into 3 games as Benji would for 26.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Time to give Billy Slater the keys to concord.

Yeah right. He’s smarter than that.

 

[Todd Packer]

Benji has no experience coaching so let's bring in a bloke who runs a horse stud and coaches 3 games a year to replace him.
That pretty much sums up the logic of this place.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Benji has no experience coaching so let's bring in a bloke who runs a horse stud and coaches 3 games a year to replace him.
That pretty much sums up the logic of this place.

Doesn’t even coach. Origin teams don’t have coaches. They have man managers.

 

[jirskyr]

Sure, but a good coach will cut them down. Tell that to Bellamy.

It's pointless to compare a junior coach to Craig Bellamy. Bellamy might be one the of the all-time great NRL coaches.

 

[Buttface]

Hey Mods.
Any chance of merging the 200 Benji's fault/this club is rubbish threads into 1 thread?
Grazzi hafna.
You can call it the mega whinge thread.

Or piss weak supporters thread, I’d be happy with either.