Wests Tigers sign Robbie Farah for 2018 Official

[Snake]

The bottom line is, our D/H work this year has been terrible and a ageing Farah is way better than what we have. Now I don't give a stuff what has happened in the past, to me its all about winning enough games to make the eight and Farah gives us more chance of that happening.

Its a win win if it happens Farah gets a chance to get a mile stone and a proper send off and we get a D/H

It is all about winning , if that is the case why does Farah get a pass for throwing a season and the first opportunity in making a final series for a decade ! If you forget the past you make the same mistakes ..Farah disrespected all Tigers supporters and the club he supposed to love when he trashed that season if your good with that well and fine ,there are those of us that will hold Farah with the contempt he deserves and for the record I teach and preach it is not all about winning as the grubs like Lodge… skirt lifters and female abusers will always be handed a contract as you said it is about winning .

 

[Bengaliwolf]

Benji did his level best to blow it with a stupid flick pass that wasn't a high percentage play and fans should give Pattycakes more raps for taking the most unexpected pass

You have a short memory if thus is a serious comment. There were great players right across the team in 2005, but Marshall was one of the key players. The flick pass in the GF pretty much summed up our season and that style of play was the reason we even made it to the Final.

It seems you've let the way things transpired more recently cloud your memories of that season.

 

[Newtown]

Happy to have Farah for the rest of the season as long as he realises he is no longer the king pin of Wests tigers team culture.

 

[happy_tiger]

What makes them special is that they gave us our greatest success, they stuck with the club when they were getting big offers from other clubs and they are undisputedly the two most iconic players in the clubs history.

That’s what makes them special.

The same blokes who turned the ball over in good field position in 2011 semi v the Warriors , is that the two you speak

The one bloke who paraded himself the night after a loss in an Auckland Blues jersey

The other who claimed he saw Brooks and Moses negotiating with other clubs

The one who claimed we had treated players badly and it was the clubs fault a player committed suicide

The one whose player manager had all these secrets he planned on releasing …...

Iconic that's just ironic or maybe moronic

By the way Prince got the Clive Churchill medal that night , Benny Galea was a bee's wee wee from getting it and Hodgo and Laffranchi were our next best

Benji was good as was Farah , but didn't win it off their own back

Benji did his level best to blow it with a stupid flick pass that wasn't a high percentage play and fans should give Pattycakes more raps for taking the most unexpected pass

If your talking heart and soul players , lets talk about Liam Fulton ,Brett Hodgson ,Heighington , Keefy didn't see them b**** and moan when things didn't go exactly as they wanted or do everything in their powers to bring the club down

So basically you want players who are passionate about the club and want success for the club….so long as they arent actually proactive about it.
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You sound less like a concerned fan and more like someone who didn’t get an autograph with them.

That take on Marshall’s flick pass may very well be the saltiest most bitter and asinine opinion on a rugby league moment in history.

Yep - lost the plot over this one Happy

Possibly …...but this flies in the face of everything that IC and the club has been telling us for the last 16 months

And I've argued before bout the Benji flick , it may have been an iconic play , but it was not the smartest move , stepped inside and he would of put Pattycakes under the black dot

 

[happy_tiger]

So basically you want players who are passionate about the club and want success for the club….so long as they arent actually proactive about it.
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You sound less like a concerned fan and more like someone who didn’t get an autograph with them.

That take on Marshall’s flick pass may very well be the saltiest most bitter and asinine opinion on a rugby league moment in history.

Yep - lost the plot over this one Happy

No he hasn't - he's spot on.

The only thing that is spot on in any of that is his intense hate for Farah, and to a degree Benji as well.
It may not even happen, and if it does there a people in a better position to make that call than disgruntled fans with axes to bare.

Hate for Farah …..one of the clubs greats on the field ,should have stuck to footy , said it a 1000 times

 

[cqtiger]

Happy to have Farah for the rest of the season as long as he realises he is no longer the king pin of Wests tigers team culture.

The worrying thing for me is his quote from a recent RF to Tigers article it went something like this “… I always want the ball when the games on the line”. Farah is well known for his selfish attitude.

Think what you like of JT but he was 100% correct wanting his hooker to give quick service to the halves.

Anyway it’s Cleary’s recommendation but the boards/CEO’s decision. If they want him back I’m ok with it.

 

[The_Patriot]

Think what you like of JT but he was 100% correct wanting his hooker to give quick service to the halves.

I cant agree with that at all.

The idea was to get the ball out to Brooks and Moses so they can run the block plays and link with Tedesco. Fantastic in theory and when it works it looks great but as we saw good NRL defences soon work it out.

The game has gone away from it, Jason Taylor was too slow to realise and didnt make any adjustments.

Most of the form teams in the comp and the better teams last season all engage the markers and bring the defence in before going wide now.

Shuffling the ball out to the halves with no threat in the middle is the fastest way to the spoon.

 

[Tweed_Tiger]

As expected Ivan didn't want to discuss the potential signing today in his interview.

 

[Snake]

Happy to have Farah for the rest of the season as long as he realises he is no longer the king pin of Wests tigers team culture.

The worrying thing for me is his quote from a recent RF to Tigers article it went something like this “… I always want the ball when the games on the line”. Farah is well known for his selfish attitude.

Think what you like of JT but he was 100% correct wanting his hooker to give quick service to the halves.

Anyway it’s Cleary’s recommendation but the boards/CEO’s decision. If they want him back I’m ok with it.

Well if the board and coach ratify this we have to accept it ….for many it will be not the right decision but we support the club so will move on and Farah gets his last chapter for his book.

 

[Byron_Bay_Fan]

Both Cook and Liddle read the opposition and make the occasional run themselves to great effect especially in the SOO. Additional to the way our then halves would lose the ball a few years back I had little confidence in them.

 

[Russell]

Yep - lost the plot over this one Happy

No he hasn't - he's spot on.

Short memories,Potter can not coach the team can make the 8 then the DUMMY SPITTER decided to trash the season …Happy !some have very short memories, this was the second coach the TURD had booted a very humble man and had the team performing. It will be a sad day when this grub puts a Tigers jersey on again .

Nice guy Potter but being a nice guy doesn't mean you are a good NRL coach. Neither Potter or Tayler have NRL roles which is strongly suggestive of what the other clubs think of their NRL coaching skills.

What are you talking about - they are both assistant coaches in the NRL.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

No he hasn't - he's spot on.

Short memories,Potter can not coach the team can make the 8 then the DUMMY SPITTER decided to trash the season …Happy !some have very short memories, this was the second coach the TURD had booted a very humble man and had the team performing. It will be a sad day when this grub puts a Tigers jersey on again .

Nice guy Potter but being a nice guy doesn't mean you are a good NRL coach. Neither Potter or Tayler have NRL roles which is strongly suggestive of what the other clubs think of their NRL coaching skills.

What are you talking about - they are both assistant coaches in the NRL.

The funniest comment was someone a few months ago interpreted a comment of Robinson’s on Tedesco as a dig at Taylor, not realising Taylor is his assistant ?

 

[Pawsandclaws]

No he hasn't - he's spot on.

Short memories,Potter can not coach the team can make the 8 then the DUMMY SPITTER decided to trash the season …Happy !some have very short memories, this was the second coach the TURD had booted a very humble man and had the team performing. It will be a sad day when this grub puts a Tigers jersey on again .

Nice guy Potter but being a nice guy doesn't mean you are a good NRL coach. Neither Potter or Tayler have NRL roles which is strongly suggestive of what the other clubs think of their NRL coaching skills.

What are you talking about - they are both assistant coaches in the NRL.

Assistants is right, name a club which will employ them as head coach?

 

[Russell]

Short memories,Potter can not coach the team can make the 8 then the DUMMY SPITTER decided to trash the season …Happy !some have very short memories, this was the second coach the TURD had booted a very humble man and had the team performing. It will be a sad day when this grub puts a Tigers jersey on again .

Nice guy Potter but being a nice guy doesn't mean you are a good NRL coach. Neither Potter or Tayler have NRL roles which is strongly suggestive of what the other clubs think of their NRL coaching skills.

What are you talking about - they are both assistant coaches in the NRL.

Assistants is right, name a club which will employ them as head coach?

That is not what you said. You have now adjusted your question because you were incorrect.

 

[Russell]

Let's hope Ivan's theory is still the focus of the Tigers.

"The star of the team is the team"

That will not be the case should Farah return.

His theory is "Me, Me, Me"

 

[Balmainian]

Nice guy Potter but being a nice guy doesn't mean you are a good NRL coach. Neither Potter or Tayler have NRL roles which is strongly suggestive of what the other clubs think of their NRL coaching skills.

What are you talking about - they are both assistant coaches in the NRL.

Assistants is right, name a club which will employ them as head coach?

That is not what you said. You have now adjusted your question because you were incorrect.

Have to agree with rusty here sorry.

 

[Pawsandclaws]

Nice guy Potter but being a nice guy doesn't mean you are a good NRL coach. Neither Potter or Tayler have NRL roles which is strongly suggestive of what the other clubs think of their NRL coaching skills.

What are you talking about - they are both assistant coaches in the NRL.

Assistants is right, name a club which will employ them as head coach?

That is not what you said. You have now adjusted your question because you were incorrect.

I referred to NRL coach in the first sentence. If you want to be a pedant fine, but the discerning majority on this forum understand what I wrote

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Some would say the reason why Potter hasn’t gotten another gig was because he was sabotaged by Farah. Plus, like Taylor he had no cap to spend on anybody. Between those two hurdles, what chance did he have?

 

[JD Tiger]

Happy to have Farah for the rest of the season as long as he realises he is no longer the king pin of Wests tigers team culture.

The worrying thing for me is his quote from a recent RF to Tigers article it went something like this “… I always want the ball when the games on the line”. Farah is well known for his selfish attitude.

Think what you like of JT but he was 100% correct wanting his hooker to give quick service to the halves.

Anyway it’s Cleary’s recommendation but the boards/CEO’s decision. If they want him back I’m ok with it.

And as CQ says, that is the exact problem with whether we should take him back. Will he be able to compliment our style of play? Benji came back and received accolades for his supporting role, but now has received a lot of criticism for "reverting to old ways" and trying to do it all himself and falling short. That is the exact same concern on the field with Robbie.

Perhaps the one saving grace for Robbie, is that it was still mentioned in that article about how Robbie has contractual agreements to make some appearances for (or have some involvement with) the club after he retires. I haven't found the details of exactly what that is, but the fact that Robbie still wants to do something with the club after he retires indicates to me that he wants to repair his questionable reputation with the club. And he may just be willing to limit himself to the role we need to do that,

 

[Nelson]

Some would say the reason why Potter hasn’t gotten another gig was because he was sabotaged by Farah. Plus, like Taylor he had no cap to spend on anybody. Between those two hurdles, what chance did he have?

Yeah once you've been spiked as a coach, particularly early in your career, it can be very hard to get another look in regardless of your ability. Not many roles come up and when they do there are often a lot of options available. Right now for any given position that came up he'd have to compete with the likes of Hasler, McGuire, possibly Bennett and then beyond them the assistant coaches at any club recruiting. His circumstances don't say much about his coaching ability, which may or may not be good. I'm certainly not going to think he's a rubbish coach just because Robbie Farah didn't like him.