Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

This is 100% not a Wests vs Balmain thing. Balmain only have a token board membership, so it isn't to do with that at all. It is purely a Lee and Pascoe thinking they know better against Sheens and Benji. Basically Lee and Pascoe put Sheens and Benji into the position, they then went the way that they wanted to go, Lee and Pascoe don't like it, hired Fulton to be their guy picking their players, and it created a bigger divide.

The board should be stepping in, but with Lee as chair (plus major sponsor) and holding the power (it seems) they are just sitting back and doing nothing, while the club is falling apart.

Oh and Wests Ashfield seemingly ignoring it even more, even though they as the owners should be paying attention, but they don't seem to care.
 
The bottom line is the player managers control player movement and if you get offside with them you’re stuffed. It’s like trading with China, you might not like the deals they bring to the table, but you need their deals.

So either Sheens Benji and Fulton find a way to get on or the three of them can hit the road…with Pascoe
 
We signed a backrower who wasn't playing well in ESL and everyone said he was past it and a rubbish signing. He seems to be going OK.
No idea who you are talking about, yet I can think of several signings where that killed us:
St George had a reserve grade player (ex Tiger) we signed, did one good game and tanked.
John Cayless (Nathans Brother) we signed, he did nothing after coming back from ESL.
Matalino/Reynolds/Packer/etc that we signed at the end of their careers.

I can only think Gareth Ellis and Pat Richards who performed here.
 
Faniu bros not going to Dolphins. Drank hard with the top brass here in Brisbane. It’s mail
Look, when your at the bar and the Brass is talking back it's time to stop mate.

Heck if the wood or any metal is talking back... ask the Barkeep to call and Uber. Time to go home.

Hoping Faniu bro's do sign here. We can just build for 2025, I know clean slate and another rebuild but maybe once we can rebuild right (which I think was part of Tim Sheen's plan).
 
What is the vision? Working hard to get in the 8?
I think they feel that was an “old boys” leg up.

No one respects nepotism

Benji has not earned his spot and sheens hasn’t been in the NRL for ages

Obviously losing has just caused this because if we were winning it wouldn’t matter

But bc we are losing everyone is saying “it was a nice pipe dream the old benji sheens combo … but you can’t have a coach with no experience and expect results”

And now agents don’t want to send their players somewhere where it’s not even working with sheens as mentor … imagine when he leaves… benji is still jumping in the seasons and getting tackled and you have Robbie thinking he owns the joint

We lack professionalism

And it’s just gotten worse
 
I think they feel that was an “old boys” leg up.

No one respects nepotism

Benji has not earned his spot and sheens hasn’t been in the NRL for ages

Obviously losing has just caused this because if we were winning it wouldn’t matter

But bc we are losing everyone is saying “it was a nice pipe dream the old benji sheens combo … but you can’t have a coach with no experience and expect results”

And now agents don’t want to send their players somewhere where it’s not even working with sheens as mentor … imagine when he leaves… benji is still jumping in the seasons and getting tackled and you have Robbie thinking he owns the joint

We lack professionalism

And it’s just gotten worse

are you just making this up or have you heard something?
 
We’re running last, just as we were predicted to with this roster.

Can’t turn water into wine.

The thing that will improve the clubs image is moving off the flogs in head office.
I agree with the head office comment

I don’t agree with the roster

Yes you’re right - it’s a bottom 8 roster

But with our forward pack - we weren’t expected to win the spoon this year

Winning another spoon is a disgrace with Api, Bateman, Ice, Klem in the team.

They tried to play expansive footy at the start of the year instead of playing simple footy and having Api be the focus of attack.

That rubbish 200 passes stuff… put us 0-7… as well as trying to be too tricky with Api coming off the bench etc.

Playing Brooks at 7… as well.

The coaches have themselves to blame.

And now it’s too hard to turn the ship around because benji is a nobody coach

If we were winning of at the start of the year we had hope and good will… but bc of our current position and now the Fulton thing… it’s a debacle dude.

A complete Fcking debacle.

I was told Steff wanted out two weeks ago

I was told TDS would likely be pulled out of the club

And then see today - all the agents don’t feel comfortable with Benji.

He’s too big a risk

If you had good kids you represented why would you send them or leave them at the tigers with benji taking over in 2025 - with a wooden spoon this year and HES NEVER COACHED!!!!

Can you blame any of them?

It’s their reputation sending players here who hate it…. The players would likely fire their agent for sending them to this sh’t hole

Imagine other agents calling API and other players and saying “I can’t believe your agent sent you there… fire your agent and I’ll get you out of the tigers”
 
Who would've thought that having a Fulton at Wests would be a bad idea.
It's just unforeseeable.

Every decision they make.. Sheen, Hastings., Joffa.. Fulton… I just slap my forehead and go “D’oh!”..

When was the last good decision that was made at the club … Api I guess
 
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are you just making this up or have you heard something?
I heard this two weeks ago when I said people in the game said they didn’t like our vision

I texted Lee and emailed Justin and said “vision vision vision”

And look at the media today … it’s all about our vision

Also I was at a family function today and my cousin used to coach bulldogs reserve grade recently and said he’d heard benji might not last and NO ONE on the game respects OLD BOYS getting a leg up to coach.

No one!
 
I heard this two weeks ago when I said people in the game said they didn’t like our vision

I texted Lee and emailed Justin and said “vision vision vision”

And look at the media today … it’s all about our vision

Also I was at a family function today and my cousin used to coach bulldogs reserve grade recently and said he’d heard benji might not last and NO ONE on the game respects OLD BOYS getting a leg up to coach.

No one!

Did Lee reply to your text ?

I’m assuming Benji’s vision ( for the future) was discussed at the Fainu brothers dinner a few weeks back … I would be interested in specifically what was discussed … they certainly haven’t been in a hurry to sign
 
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