Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

tigermate said:
Storm do a 2 WEEK camp!!!

2 weeks!

And we do white water rafting lol

Benji got no excuses

It reminds me of when Benji took a home game to New Zealand to say thanks to the warriors for the Covid stuff.

No other team did it

Benji was like. “The game is bigger than winning”

Like when he went to NZ last year “it’s about showing the boys the culture”

dude - it’s about busting your ass and drilling the players in pre season. It’s all about winning.

And jumping in on players drills is embarrassing bro. You’re not a player anymore.

As Benny Elias said to a mate of mine - benji is a sh*t coach. (And that was recent). And I’m no fan of Elias - but that’s the noise floating around the club … and that’s what’s in glavins parents ears. Let’s see
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One of the best things for the club would be to cut off the gossip queens like Benny Elias.
 
Tucker said:
My point is we had enough blokes who knew what they were doing to not get back to back spoons.
The 22 spoon was caused by the disruption of losing the coach mid season, having him replaced by a greenhorn coach who was not supported and in charge of an injury depleted roster that was not strong at all to start with.
The 23 and 24 spoons were different.
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The 23 spoon was because we had a head coach who was trying to implement a strategy that hadn’t won a footy game since 2012 . Sure Benji coached half that season , but it’s been well stated it was sheens’ game plan , because you can’t turn whole tactics on thier head mid season . Too many players saw an easy ride and took advantage of sheens’ declining faculties , and Benjis inexperience .
24 , yea that’s a failure , Benji took the “I’m one you guys “ approach , and it back fired spectacularly. It wasn’t until he was forced to blood kids , and started to de -prioritise under performing older players , along with finding his inner arsehole as a coach , did we get any results . He once again dropped the ball in the last game by going back to relaxed approach .
I think from all accounts he’s learnt that he’s not thier mate this offseason , and first and foremost he’s thier boss .
This is where I think the most growth will come from , it’s clear it’s perform or see you later . Which is the way it should have been for a long time . Even Madge had his favourites that were head scratching at times . And we all remember the Sheens and Fitzhenry love affair , Taylor banishing Farah for a washed Ballin etc.
Sare I say it the only season where I felt this accountability was genuine , was the Cleary one . As much as we don’t talk about Voldemort .
 
jrtiger said:
the second you bend to ridiculous clauses for a schoolkid is the second you lose any leverage with any other player or manager. the club did the right thing. we can’t continue to pander to player managers.
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Onitoni Larges Manly SG ball team got
whooped by Souths 9 tries to zip last
night in their trial. He played alright but
He was getting crunched everytime
that he dug into the line. In rugby union
backlines don't play as flat & the flyhalf could just sit in the pocket, not
in league though. Stoked we have latu
and Galvin & agree with your sentiment
 
Tucker said:
With our easy start to the season drawise, he should be sitting at 4 wins or better by round 10.
The way we lose games this year will dictate his fate.
Defence has to improve significantly.
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It's been our achillies heel on the pitch for years. We need to learn to defend for our lives.
 
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crazycat said:
Well, like I have been saying.
Depth isn't our problem. We have as fine quality players registered to play 18-30 as we do 1-17!

The problem is other then Api and maybe Bula, our 1-17 is depth in most other teams.
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I think that's a bit of a cop out mate. We lost 5 of our best 13 from 24 (Tupou, Sezer, Utoikamanu, Bateman, Papallii). 3 of them will be starting in last years finals teams, Tupou may/may not start for Dolphins but they did actively recruit him and only the 1 wasn't offered an NRL contract.
Thats 6 (4 plus your 2) of our best 13 that are clearly good enough to play elsewhere. Add a few more like Galvin reportedly with clubs waiting for him free to negotiate, Klemmer a well established first grade (even if he is not what he once was), Fainu who the forum wax lyrical about, Pole a bloke we were all desperate to see re-sign.
The overwhelming majority would start elsewhere. There was more than enough talent to have a better season than we did. Finals? Probably not, but certainly much better.
 
Spartan117 said:
Nah,

The culture in the playing squad and management was garbage.

The club as a whole is changing.

Benji will be a good head coach and I hope we persevere for a few more years.

Tigers are on the up.
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Benji will be able to offer his experience and coaching skills but it’s the players who will determine where we finish which will determine Benjis outcome , if the players who we have of quality - Bulla , Luai , Appi , May , Pole , Sam F , Galvin , Klemmer , Turuva , Bird , Hunt play to their ability 90% of the time we will be fine - 6 wins from first 10games would be a fair result with more improvement during the rest of the season , we will make the 8 on the back of the above players , the other players in our team will grow due to the positive results , Seyfarth , Latu , Sione , Olam , Naden , Staines , Skelton I think will be solid this season , positive vibe brings positive results
 
If we don't gel as a team in the trials, Benji's future will be almost sealed. Stated before the first 6 games this year will determine if Benji last the season.
Sammy B and Matt K name are being mentioned as possible replacements.
 
Bellend said:
If we don't gel as a team in the trials, Benji's future will be almost sealed. Stated before the first 6 games this year will determine if Benji last the season.
Sammy B and Matt K name are being mentioned as possible replacements.
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I think Brad Arthur if he’s successful at Leeds this year.

Sammy maybe but he’s still junior,

At least players loved BA and he’s an adult
 
liltiger said:
It's a strange one because it's obvious the guy can coach, he had that Dragons team last year playing some good footy, there just seems to be something either around him or the Dragons that's making it tough to sign some players. For us it was player managers telling their clients to steer clear cause the place was a basket case. The Dragons atm iv no idea what it is. They'll sign good tradesman type players guys that can do a job, I just can't really remember Flanno in the last 2 years signing any big name they were after.
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Yeah mate hard to pinpoint any real reason outside looking in all started when Lomax headed for the lifeboat something must be on the nose amongst the players they text to each other then a snowball effect happens next thing you know its like rats leaving a sinking ship thank god its them and not the good ship Wests Tigers.
 
tigermate said:
Storm do a 2 WEEK camp!!!

2 weeks!

And we do white water rafting lol

Benji got no excuses

It reminds me of when Benji took a home game to New Zealand to say thanks to the warriors for the Covid stuff.

No other team did it

Benji was like. “The game is bigger than winning”

Like when he went to NZ last year “it’s about showing the boys the culture”

dude - it’s about busting your ass and drilling the players in pre season. It’s all about winning.

And jumping in on players drills is embarrassing bro. You’re not a player anymore.

As Benny Elias said to a mate of mine - benji is a sh*t coach. (And that was recent). And I’m no fan of Elias - but that’s the noise floating around the club … and that’s what’s in glavins parents ears. Let’s see
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Benny Elias, one arm is around your shoulder whispering sweet nothings in your ear, while the other arm sticks the knife in? That Guy?

I hope no one is listening to him.
 
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