Yet another wonderful purchase by Tim Sheens,doing his favourite party trick of stuffing up our cap for years.
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Yet another wonderful purchase by Tim Sheens,doing his favourite party trick of stuffing up our cap for years.
Tom Shines
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not as hard as the Storm swapping Olam for Blore …
Benji got welcomed to first grade by Bellamy
Harvey
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If Stefano goes we probably need to chase one of the Saifiti brothers. We have no forwards outside of Pole.
Everyone on here were waxing lyrical about the swap. Where are few saw through the crap that Belemy was delivering, but poor old bunji fell for his bullshite! Should of locked up BLORE much earlier.
Tom Shines
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Absolute Bullshit…
plenty …including myself weren’t on board with this decision at the time
Check yourself, before u wreck yourself…
Look again!
I was shouted down continuously for saying Olam was gone and Belemey knows it, we could of kept BLORE and he still would of let Olam go. He was just playing chicken with tigers and as usual we folded! Plenty were saying it.
Tom Shines
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Who was shouting you down mate ? Name the names …
You will find plenty of posts from me and others saying the same thing ..you ain’t special buddy
Blore had signed post November 1 with the Storm. Benji fought to keep Blore was over ruled. They wanted him to play another season due to injury. This one was on Sheens. The plan swap is a seperate issue keep Blore for 1 year or take Olam. They obviously didn’t do proper due diligence in injuries.
crazycat
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That's what I am really fearing here.
Pole cannot carry a team and is still developing. Klemmer is our next best behind Stef... which will really weaken our team.
Soft teams train soft. We start loosing our bigger and harder players, it will make training even worse.
Tom Shines
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this was not the case that I recall in respect of Blore
June last year Blore was saying publicly he wanted to be extended by the Tigers past end of 2024 ,,
Benji had the final say on the player calls by then …Sheens said Benji had final say on player contracts beyond start 2025 …remember he overruled Fulton regarding Schuster ? He could have made Blore happen but didn’t ,,, Blore signed with the Storm originally for 2025 but then Benji moved him on for 2024 late last year
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Yeah I vaguely remember this too (whether it was a media interview, I can't quite recall) and he said it again in August.
Here's a timeline of events that I could gather from Google.
16 August 2023
Tim Sheens stands down as Wests Tigers blow up five-year plan
Benji Marshall has the backing of the struggling club and is ready to step into the NRL furnace.
7news.com.au
Shock and Blore: Tigers gun head-hunted by Bellamy but wants to stay put
Shawn Blore doesn’t know what his Tigers future holds, but a meeting with Storm coach Craig Bellamy has him thinking seriously about his career.
Storm Farewell Premiership Star Olam, Welcome Blore
Melbourne Storm and Wests Tigers have agreed on a player swap that will see Justin Olam and Shawn Blore trade jerseys for the start of the 2024 NRL season.
www.melbournestorm.com.au
Either way, its disappointed to read he was left hanging for so long.
Tom Shines
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Yeah I remember this too (whether it was a media interview, I can't recall) and he said it again in August.
Here's a timeline of events that I could gather from Google.
16 August 2023
25 August 2023Tim Sheens stands down as Wests Tigers blow up five-year plan
Benji Marshall has the backing of the struggling club and is ready to step into the NRL furnace.
12 January 2024.Shock and Blore: Tigers gun head-hunted by Bellamy but wants to stay put
Shawn Blore doesn’t know what his Tigers future holds, but a meeting with Storm coach Craig Bellamy has him thinking seriously about his career.www.smh.com.au
Storm Farewell Premiership Star Olam, Welcome Blore
Melbourne Storm and Wests Tigers have agreed on a player swap that will see Justin Olam and Shawn Blore trade jerseys for the start of the 2024 NRL season.
thanks …
gee I wish they had of kept Blore … I was sure it was going to bite us….
Of course he hasn’t been injured at all since he moved to Melbourne …
Apologies got it wrong. Managemebt and last recruitment manager were against it Sheens and Benji wanted to extend him. This may make you mad.
he explained to me what was happening. My impression from it all was that was one side [of club management] was happy for me to walk away, but one side was happy to keep me.
“Benji [Marshall] and ‘Sheensy’ [Tim Sheens] were keen to keep me. I’m a very loyal person. They gave me a chance when I was coming off a knee injury.
Tom Shines
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Mate ,,,see my comment about Schuster ,,,
Benji had final say on recruitment and could have kept Blore …
your story changed in 20 minutes..,not exactly convincing
Your wrong I’ll leave it at that.
Mighty_Tiger
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Re Blore that’s not correct
innsaneink
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Yeah... Anyone can search back I dunno how many times I'd said over summer he was broken... But hoped he could overcome his injuries and get back to his best
Odessa
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Blore will become a very good first grade player Mark Geyer has a very big opinion of him from his junior days at Penrith to bad he was let go of
A thousand times no! That would just be another typical Wests Tigers signing of a once good player way past their best before date. No more of these please! These types of signings have been killing us for years.