Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[Tom Shines]

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[wstigers11]

On to the next scapegoat.

Always the players never the club

 

[weststigerman]

It’s messy but probably the right decision. We have too much halves depth and no good cover for hooker, centre, second row and front row.

 

[wstigers11]

Which is absurd.

And can no longer be tolerated.

Did Benji spend the entire week up the coast watching all the schoolboys matches? I sure hope not. But the club should have had at least 1 member of the recruitment team up there watching every match. Did we? Doubtful.

If we were top of the league Benji could do what he wants. Instead we're towards the bottom every year, and he cannot argue.

Sad part is we used to have so many schoolboys competing in those carnivals

 

[balmain boy]

Sad part is we used to have so many schoolboys competing in those carnivals

Do you know how many we have competing this week?

 

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[Merlot]

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Exactly and it was Sheens who lost his shit over it because his man McDonell lost his autonomy as recruitment manager.
The reason Benji was fast tracked to the coaching position and Sheens bailed.

Fulton was a poisoned chalice in more ways than 1

 

[Tiger_Yoshi]

havent read back so apologies if this is a double up

luai and club agreed to a press conference on monday, luais camp leaked early

if we loose this weekend a real possibility its his last game at the club

Apart from pissing Benji off what’s there for him to gain by leaking early….

 

[Tired Tiger]

Apart from pissing Benji off what’s there for him to gain by leaking early….

Everything is done on Luai's terms, always.

Some say he marchs to the beat of his own drum.

For mine he just has a massive ego and wants to frame the narrative his way .....

 

[pawsandclaws1]

havent read back so apologies if this is a double up

luai and club agreed to a press conference on monday, luais camp leaked early

if we loose this weekend a real possibility its his last game at the club

Is this an amicable split?

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Everything is done on Luai's terms, always.

Some say he marchs to the beat of his own drum.

For mine he just has a massive ego and wants to frame the narrative his way .....

Maybe this might get some more attention now that we all hate him. Calling his own press conference to announce the signing. Never happened in the history of the game that a player felt so self important to call his own press conference.

 

[batboy]

How did he play against the knights? I can't recall... I think he did sweet FA and Douhei steered the team around.. probably started there.

I been looking for someone to mention that - the knights were abysmal!!
And we had a 4*premiership winning 1.2mil half that couldn’t get through them…

I think the decision was made then, he’s been very much a passenger outside a fist full of games.
Lot of big talk - not much action.

 

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[Vicious]

How did he play against the knights? I can't recall... I think he did sweet FA and Douhei steered the team around.. probably started there.

Can we please get you down to Concord Oval to conduct an investigation?

Only joking I think you are spot on in this instance.

 

[weststigers]

Maybe this might get some more attention now that we all hate him. Calling his own press conference to announce the signing. Never happened in the history of the game that a player felt so self important to call his own press conference.

 

[batboy]

You must be joking you petulant little child.

As if the Fainus hinged on Fulton.

You have a child's brain.

Conveniently forgetting that Manly wanted Latu out of that monster contract he’d signed, and we rorted Samuela out of it as well… who they didn’t want to lose.
- from a Manly players mouth at the time.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

How did he play against the knights? I can't recall... I think he did sweet FA and Douhei steered the team around.. probably started there.

He’s done SFA for 18 months. Has legit played only 2 decent games.

 

[Vicious]

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I think Luai and yourself are very alike.

 

[Vicious]

He’s done SFA for 18 months. Has legit played only 2 decent games.

I would give him 4 or 5, but still far from good enough.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

I would give him 4 or 5, but still far from good enough.

There was the Cowboys game in round 2 and the Titans a few weeks back. Apart from that, I’m at a loss.