Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[wstigers11]

Unless your name is Bennett, Bellamy or Cleary, pretty much any coach would. Any refusal would be an admission you don’t think you are up to the challenge. And you don’t make a name for yourself as a first grade coach without gaining self belief.

Let’s pray they are smart enough to look further than Shane Flanagan

 

[Betterdays22]

Let’s pray they are smart enough to look further than Shane Flanagan

Or Brad Arthur...

 

[Blooey]

interesting narrative on a few media outlets still supporting benji with "there is no one else"

instant improvements
- brad arthur
- ben teo
- michael dobson
- Joe O’Callaghan
- sam burgess
- matt ballin

two hills ill die on (i know i have had a few bum leads)

- samuela is done
- benji will be gone by round 8 at the latest

Any external signing rumours?

 

[hsvjones]

interesting narrative on a few media outlets still supporting benji with "there is no one else"

instant improvements
- brad arthur
- ben teo
- michael dobson
- Joe O’Callaghan
- sam burgess
- matt ballin

two hills ill die on (i know i have had a few bum leads)

- samuela is done
- benji will be gone by round 8 at the latest

Cheers mate.
Do you think they are holding Benji until Sam F is extended and then will put the pressure on.

 

[Roar_Power]

interesting narrative on a few media outlets still supporting benji with "there is no one else"

instant improvements
- brad arthur
- ben teo
- michael dobson
- Joe O’Callaghan
- sam burgess
- matt ballin

two hills ill die on (i know i have had a few bum leads)

- samuela is done
- benji will be gone by round 8 at the latest
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Any external signing rumours?

I don't think there are going to be any major signings this offseason but if I can give the club any credit, its finally identifying that depth is a significant weakness for WT's. So far the upgrades are good:

Averillo > Toa
Brayley > Hope

We need astutue low cost acquisitions in positions 18-25 of the top 30.

Still making some mistakes like Pheonix Godinet taking up a top 30 spot. Our Will Craig for 2027 perhaps.

 

[kade7]

phoenix and max both into the top 30, absolute min contracts

aware we are sniffing around kurt mann, but i had also heard that a while back, thing that doesnt happen due to the brailey signing

schuester impressing club officials, believe he will be on a t&t nextyear

 

[Oldman]

Cheers mate.
Do you think they are holding Benji until Sam F is extended and then will put the pressure on.

What if Sam Fainu has a clause in his new contract that states if Benji isn’t the coach he can look elsewhere ?
Players contract clauses are big now a days.
Would make it interesting 🤔

 

[Chunk]

Been supporting Benji for years now.
Not sure Benji's selections (bench in particular), player management or coaching needs our continued support.
Coaching is results based.
No results is a reflection of something is not working.
Something needs to be changed.

Yeah sure, what have you got in mind?

 

[Chunk]

Thats my point mate, we can fix the pathways and have the best pathways in the world. If first grade is a constant mess theyre not going to hang around. We need something monumental to happen to change to fix it. The worry is if you do make the change, whats to say someone doesnt get involved ftom board level to grenade it. It cant just be new assistants, that wont do it. We need something major, imo what id do is either throw the chequebook at Ivan Cleary or Daniel Anderson to get them in as football manager. Give them total control of the first grade N.R.L programme. Reign Benji in tell him sorry your way hasnt worked we are giving control to the new guy. If hes not happy he can walk away from his 4 year deal. Otherwise he can continue under the new guy. Whoever we bring in has to have experience. Id take that snake Gould atm.

Yeah but what part of what you say is gonna happen? How could it happen?

Lets be real and not talk through emotion, so IMO pathways and more support for Benji is the most likely because it's affordable and could actually happen.

 

[king_sirro]

What if Sam Fainu has a clause in his new contract that states if Benji isn’t the coach he can look elsewhere ?
Players contract clauses are big now a days.
Would make it interesting 🤔

I honestly dont care who leaves on the basis benji gets sacked. I would say to all of them, if you want out you can leave. Good luck getting the same money elsewhere. Terrel May would be lucky to get offered half of what he is on here. The only threat is PNG, and you cant allow yourself to compete with them money wise. If players have low enough pride in themselves and want to go to that farce of a club then let them. No covering next year's contract, no payouts, just mutual termination if the contract.
I think you will find players will stay. Especially if a half decent coach and bloke gets appointed.

 

[innsaneink]

- samuela is done
- benji will be gone by round 8 at the latest

No point in getting new assistants then....may as well wait for old mate new bloke to bring his own

 

[Chunk]

Benji should be moved to the head of football role, and we should be looking for a new coach.

Could you elaborate please on how Benji could be the 'head of football' in relation to the Tigers, and how it would work?

 

[king_sirro]

interesting narrative on a few media outlets still supporting benji with "there is no one else"

instant improvements
- brad arthur
- ben teo
- michael dobson
- Joe O’Callaghan
- sam burgess
- matt ballin

two hills ill die on (i know i have had a few bum leads)

- samuela is done
- benji will be gone by round 8 at the latest

You could list 20 instant improvements IMO

Adrian Lam
John Strange
Blake Green
Shane Flanagan
Adam Mogg
............geez even give me Craig Sandercock.

 

[Bellend]

💯 Bellend, this should be drilled into the players at training. Our games are so hard to watch.
A good mate of mine is an Olympic coach, freelance. His way of coaching is if the person he is coaching makes a mistake in training, then he stops them immediately and repeats the drill until they get it right, that’s how you get improvement and consistency in technique he reckons, and he’s had a lot of success.. It’s not rocket science here.
I’m sick and tired of watching players in our team making the same schoolboy errors each week.Why can’t Terrell May be coached to run hard at the line; none of this propping, stopping and turning. The list goes on and on , and it’s not just Terrell.
We need a total clean out of all coaching staff and start from scratch, it’s no use dishing the same rubbish each week, the elementary skills that are lacking at present are obvious to most of us on this forum.The club won’t have many fans left next year if nothing changes, fast!!

BT i watched my 14-year-old grandson get taught and shown the types of tackles in Rugby league over a sand pit Front on, mid riff/leg drive, lower legs tackle this was shown to him by a 63 year old man, he went step by step with these kids and explained it so that everybody knew including the parents watching.

 

[Bellend]

phoenix and max both into the top 30, absolute min contracts

aware we are sniffing around kurt mann, but i had also heard that a while back, thing that doesnt happen due to the brailey signing

schuester impressing club officials, believe he will be on a t&t nextyear

But there is no need to rush Phoenix or Max they need time and more experience before been rushed.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

What if Sam Fainu has a clause in his new contract that states if Benji isn’t the coach he can look elsewhere ?
Players contract clauses are big now a days.
Would make it interesting 🤔

If he had that clause then he is more than welcome to leave. It would show his footy IQ is a bag of rocks. What is this obsession with the idea that there would be a mass exodus if Benji goes. I refuse to believe it. It hasn’t happened in 120 years, and I don’t think it would happen now with the most inept coach in the modern game. Let them all go if that’s how they feel, because they clearly don’t care about winning or improving as footballers. Would prove their main focus is living out their childhood dreams of having their hero run around with them during training drills. Stop obsessing over this BS.

 

[Oldman]

BT i watched my 14-year-old grandson get taught and shown the types of tackles in Rugby league over a sand pit Front on, mid riff/leg drive, lower legs tackle this was shown to him by a 63 year old man, he went step by step with these kids and explained it so that everybody knew including the parents watching.

Bellend
The only thing with that is if they make development squads at 13 years old they are told to forget that and they then get taught to hold the opponent upright and wait for 1 or 2 of your teammates to join the tackle and only put him on the ground after the ref calls held.
How the game has changed and not for the better unfortunately.

 

[Flippedy]

interesting narrative on a few media outlets still supporting benji with "there is no one else"

instant improvements
- brad arthur
- ben teo
- michael dobson
- Joe O’Callaghan
- sam burgess
- matt ballin

two hills ill die on (i know i have had a few bum leads)

- samuela is done
- benji will be gone by round 8 at the latest

Wish it was earlier, but how is this possible? Going to cost the club a lot of money. The twits signed him for 4 more years.

 

[Flippedy]

Or Brad Arthur...

I don’t know, he’s the only one on that list with any real credentials. The others would probably be just as bad as Benji.

 

[Bellend]

Bellend
The only thing with that is if they make development squads at 13 years old they are told to forget that and they then get taught to hold the opponent upright and wait for 1 or 2 of your teammates to join the tackle and only put him on the ground after the ref calls held.
How the game has changed and not for the better unfortunately.

What the really scariest thing is how they are shown pass and draw techniques the same way grown men stuff up t West Tigers.