Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[Vicious]

So at what point does the coach come into it?

If by round 10 we are losing more than 50% of our games and we have players in our team playing well below their ability, questions will need to be asked.
If by round 20 we are still losing more than 50% of our games and still have players in our team playing well below their ability, it will become a problem.
Until then sit back relax, be optimistic that we have an improved playing roster that can hopefully allow us to win 50% of our games or better and be even more optimistic that if this happens we should be well placed to make another big improvement in 2026.

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

Lets address your first sentence. If the players are well below their par after winning comps in the past - it could be the coach.

 

[bptiger 0]

No chance.

Richo has been adamant that were not ready.

I was hoping we would get a spot , I was going with a few friends for my birthday

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

I was hoping we would get a spot , I was going with a few friends for my birthday

Las Vegas is cool. You gotta go once. Let's hope its your birfday. With your friends. Hope you are over 18.

 

[crazycat]

How was Bateman toxic?
Sure we didnt get the best out of him. That is true for most guys who have played for his club lately, including Stef.
It was the right decision to let Stef go as he wanted too much money. Bateman though? None of us know what has happened there.

Cmon Tucker...

Bateman was hammering Benji publicly.
Klemmer, from what I can tell hasn't said much and Stef/Paps have slipped a little but not a lot.

It was Bateman who always got quoted as attacking Benji.

 

[user118245]

Las Vegas is cool. You gotta go once. Let's hope its your birfday. With your friends. Hope you are over 18.

Not sure what I just watched or how many movies that was

 

[crazycat]

Problem is he can’t do it all on his own , the rest need to really step up, would love to get a better backrower to help

Bingo.

Loosing Stef, Paps, Klem and Bateman and just saying we have:

May + Hunt to replace them is a joke.


Look I get it, were coming 17th and we need changes.
but those 4 players had some output and significant output at that. Loosing 2, we would be upgrading. Loosing 3 were kinda breaking even.... Loosing all 4, it's really going to weaken us for awhile and I was hoping Luai would start with success....

It also means we may panic sign, bring someone in who we may not exactly want long term just to cover the gap. Was really hoping we were past this.

 

[Vicious]

Cmon Tucker...

Bateman was hammering Benji publicly.
Klemmer, from what I can tell hasn't said much and Stef/Paps have slipped a little but not a lot.

It was Bateman who always got quoted as attacking Benji.

My concern is that it appears Benji had a dig at the senior players that Bateman was a part of and instead taking a bit of ownership and acknowledging that he along with the other senior players needed to do more to help lift a team struggling for wins, he chucked a tantrum and made it known he was sick of the senior players being blamed.
In that situation every coach is going to be turning to and expecting more from their senior players.
When trying to get off the bottom and become more successful, we don’t need tantrum chuckers and players who don’t want to accept any extra responsibility within their own performances.

 

[Tucker]

Cmon Tucker...

Bateman was hammering Benji publicly.
Klemmer, from what I can tell hasn't said much and Stef/Paps have slipped a little but not a lot.

It was Bateman who always got quoted as attacking Benji.

Where?
Send a link please.

 

[loklok]

My concern is that it appears Benji had a dig at the senior players that Bateman was a part of and instead taking a bit of ownership and acknowledging that he along with the other senior players needed to do more to help lift a team struggling for wins, he chucked a tantrum and made it known he was sick of the senior players being blamed.
In that situation every coach is going to be turning to and expecting more from their senior players.
When trying to get off the bottom and become more successful, we don’t need tantrum chuckers and players who don’t want to accept any extra responsibility within their own performances.

Good post .this day and age alot of people including sportsmen/women can not handle criticism of any kind .if your paid a wage and your performance is not up to scratch .u deserved to b moved on

 

[innsaneink]

No chance.

Richo has been adamant that were not ready.

When did he say that?
Havent heard a thing from him for weeks and since the Vegas rumour first came about

 

[Vicious]

Coaching 101, if the younger, less experienced players and those who’s talent ceiling is not as high as some of their team mates see the senior and higher profile players get berated by their coach, they are getting the message and there is no need for the coach to also berate them.
The response the coach should be getting is for the senior and higher profile players to voice their acknowledgment that they will do better to help lift and inspire the younger and less experienced players.
This is what we are hoping we will get from Jerome Luai.

 

[kade7]

couple of things a few weeks back the forum had whispers of spencer leniu coming to the club

have heard some louder whispers today

if taylan may gets his case dropped he will be a tiger on march 11th

 

[Tucker]

Coaching 101, if the younger, less experienced players and those who’s talent ceiling is not as high as some of their team mates see the senior and higher profile players get berated by their coach, they are getting the message and there is no need for the coach to also berate them.

Sometimes.
It really depends on the situation.
If you find yourself in a team with young blokes who haven’t earned their spot and are making big errors, it would irritate you that you are being singled out.
If you are in that situation with a coach who is out of his depth, that would likely trigger some confrontation.
We can’t comment without any context and none is being supplied.

 

[Fish88]

couple of things a few weeks back the forum had whispers of spencer leniu coming to the club

have heard some louder whispers today

if taylan may gets his case dropped he will be a tiger on march 11th

Louder whispers referring to Spencer or talking about May?

 

[kade7]

spencer
panthers dont have cap, he wants out at the roosters

may has a court hearing march 10

 

[innsaneink]

spencer
panthers dont have cap, he wants out at the roosters

may has a court hearing march 10

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Looks like six charges

 

[BAGNF05]

spencer
panthers dont have cap, he wants out at the roosters

may has a court hearing march 10

Big test for Benji culture wise but you couldn’t ask for a better pair to join our squad based on their skill sets.

 

[KCtiger]

If Galvin doesn’t wanna extend why don’t we ship him to the Chooks for Spencer and roll with Latu 🤷‍♂️

 

[Spartan117]

I dont know why we are fuelling rumours at this stage of Galvin's career.

We should relax