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The Daily Telegraph
September 27, 2012 5:31PM
WESTS Tigers captain Robbie Farah today conceded his club sacked head coach Tim Sheens because players needed a "fresh start".
Farah was speaking for the first time since Wests Tigers management this week axed Sheens as head coach after a decade in charge.
The decision was made amid suggestions Sheens had fallen-out with the club's two superstars - Farah and Benji Marshall.
Asked had Sheens "lost the dressing room", Farah told Fox Sports: "No, I don't think so. Tim has the utmost respect of the playing group.
"I think the decision was made because the club thought we needed a fresh start with some new personnel coming in and trying to bounce back from what was a disappointing season.
"It (the decision) was disappointing.
"Tim has done a great deal for me. He brought me into first grade and has been my coach throughout my whole senior career.
"I think, not just myself, but everyone at the club has a huge amount of respect for him and what he has achieved at our club."
Farah, one of the game's finest hookers, comes off contract after next season with talk he could shift west to join Ricky Stuart at Parramatta.
Tigers CEO Steve Humphreys revealed this week that his club had opened talks with Farah.
"The club has let me know they are keen to keep me," Farah said.
"You have to weight up a lot of things - a new coach and playing roster moving forward and what the new salary cap will be.
"There are a lot of unknowns at the moment.
"You want that sorted out heading into next year. You don't want that hanging over your head."
Asked about Parramatta, Farah said: "I read the reports saying that I will be there.
"Mate, I have a year left at the Tigers. My main focus as the captain of this club is to turn things and help lead them out of what was a disappointing end to the season."
Farah will be glad when 2012 ends, a year when he lost his mum Sonia to cancer and his football side crashed out before the finals.
"It's been tough and definitely the most challenging year I have had to face," Farah said. "Mentally it's been hard and there's been a few things thrown at me.
"You learn from those and deal with them at the time. It's tough but you come out the other end a mentally stronger and tougher person.
"You'd like to think it makes you a better player, better captain and better person. I have definitely learnt a lot."
The Daily Telegraph
September 27, 2012 5:31PM
WESTS Tigers captain Robbie Farah today conceded his club sacked head coach Tim Sheens because players needed a "fresh start".
Farah was speaking for the first time since Wests Tigers management this week axed Sheens as head coach after a decade in charge.
The decision was made amid suggestions Sheens had fallen-out with the club's two superstars - Farah and Benji Marshall.
Asked had Sheens "lost the dressing room", Farah told Fox Sports: "No, I don't think so. Tim has the utmost respect of the playing group.
"I think the decision was made because the club thought we needed a fresh start with some new personnel coming in and trying to bounce back from what was a disappointing season.
"It (the decision) was disappointing.
"Tim has done a great deal for me. He brought me into first grade and has been my coach throughout my whole senior career.
"I think, not just myself, but everyone at the club has a huge amount of respect for him and what he has achieved at our club."
Farah, one of the game's finest hookers, comes off contract after next season with talk he could shift west to join Ricky Stuart at Parramatta.
Tigers CEO Steve Humphreys revealed this week that his club had opened talks with Farah.
"The club has let me know they are keen to keep me," Farah said.
"You have to weight up a lot of things - a new coach and playing roster moving forward and what the new salary cap will be.
"There are a lot of unknowns at the moment.
"You want that sorted out heading into next year. You don't want that hanging over your head."
Asked about Parramatta, Farah said: "I read the reports saying that I will be there.
"Mate, I have a year left at the Tigers. My main focus as the captain of this club is to turn things and help lead them out of what was a disappointing end to the season."
Farah will be glad when 2012 ends, a year when he lost his mum Sonia to cancer and his football side crashed out before the finals.
"It's been tough and definitely the most challenging year I have had to face," Farah said. "Mentally it's been hard and there's been a few things thrown at me.
"You learn from those and deal with them at the time. It's tough but you come out the other end a mentally stronger and tougher person.
"You'd like to think it makes you a better player, better captain and better person. I have definitely learnt a lot."
