Wests Tigers star Robbie Farah dropped from NRL to reserve grade

[123CYAJT]

I think it a ridiculous decision but a simple one, Farah goes and kills it in lower grades, Taylor should say it my decision and if we don't make the 8 this year that he'll man up up and quit. I remember him faking injury at the end of his Wests days because he was going to Norths. He has never had any credibility as a player or a coach. At least he hasn't got drunk and hit Farah.

Please JT get drunk and try your karate moves again. I'm sure Robbie would love nothing more than to clean up this fool. Actually, I think half the playing roster would love nothing more than to see this too.

Interesting point that half the playing roster would like a shot at the coach. Makes you wonder why quite a number of current players are renewing in recent times. Either the coach is OK by them or he is getting sacked and they all know it, but has not been leaked to anyone else. Mmmm…me thinks its the former......

…or no one else wants them

 

[hobbo]

Taylor's a Tool .. How the hell can we go into a must win game without a hooker ??

:brick:

 

[Swordy]

I too wonder the relevance of Daleys recent comments that everything would become clear soon. Seems that something has been bubbling away.

 

[tigerman80]

Robbie needs to move on at some stage soon, yes, we know he's past his best, but his form over the past few weeks off the bench have been pleasing and besides that… he's the best hooker we have. Gutsy call, maybe. If this has come from purely JT you question where he's heads at with us still in the race for the 8\. If this has been ok'd by the higher ups, as has been somewhat established here on the forum, then this begs the question; have the club finally said enough is enough with Farah? If so, why not earlier?

To say that this is the best 17 we have and Farah not be in it, is a joke. The statement put out is nothing but pure crap really. He makes our 17 all day. To me, it seems like a power play by JT but I, along with many others thinking the same could be wrong. Taylor could prove a genius come the weekend and future with this move, however, I cannot agree that this will benefit us in the run to the finals. Cherro better be in that 17 come the weekend otherwise we can kiss our season goodbye. And to think, the past week or so we have had a good run with the media and no real internal issue and this comes up.

We win our first 2 games of the year with Cherrington and he dissapears of the face of the earth. Now we are going back to him. Honesty JT has absolutey no idea. To say he has balls for doing it against the dragons(second worst team in the comp), tells me his balls are the siZe or marbles.

 

[851]

I don't think making the top eight is the issue …. Most of us on here never really considered that a possibility at the start of the year. We all know Farah won't be at the club in 2017 .... I think it would be better for the club longer term if Taylor moves on as well. Not sure our young stars will stay if Taylor stays.

Maybe that is the plan, use Taylor to oust Farah, then sack Taylor, I could live with that, not the spin from JT and the club tonight.

 

[Knuckles]

It is amazing how many first grade coaches we have on this forum.

Last I saw we haven't made the finals for 4 consecutive years whilst Farah was in the squad. What makes anyone think that by Farah not playing goes our chances of making finals. Look at our pathetic history! Who was the captain leading by example in all these failed attempts. Taylor isn't out there running from dummy half!

We have a coach, who is trying to secure his future income and career by fielding a team he thinks can best execute the style of play he wants week in and week out. Unlike any of us keyboard heroes, he sees these players every-day training and performing (or otherwise) the plans he sets in place. None of us on here know what players are following procedure and what aren't.

Despite some stinker games (which is a part of every single year of our history) we are competitive this year which is a marked improvement on previous seasons. I am backing the coach 100%.

Farah isn't owed anything other than his salary which he gets regardless of the performances he now plays.

What a load of garbage. The same garbage being fed to us by Taylor and Pascoe. Farah is being dropped based on what exactly?? Last 2 games for the tigers , came of the bench , played 60 minutes and scored a try in both games. So did he play Taylors style in his last 2 NRL games for the tigers. Im not a robbie supporter or a JT supporter, im a Wests Tigers supporter. And is this the best thing for the tigers for this year?? Anyone who honestly believes that Halatua or Edwards coming of the bench is going to do a better job than Farah has no idea about football. If you dont think this has impact on the players then we are kidding ourselves aswell. Look at the positivity in the forum the last week, how excited we all were about playint the dragons and then going on a run to hopefully play finals football. Its not Farahs fault the club backended his deal, once again if any of us where owed money by an employee we would fight tooth and nail for every dollar. Everytime i think this club has turned around, bam they punch you in the face. What kind of message are we giving the rest of the playing group about the loyalty the club has to long serving players. This is crazy.

Crazy is not the word …. To play your highest paid player in reserve grade because he doesn't allow the young stars the freedom to play their natural games is simply a distortion of the truth.

 

[Love_the_WestsTigers]

Taylor's a Tool .. How the hell can we go into a must win game without a hooker ??

:brick:

And he reckons he is taking the best 17 that will gives the team the best shot at winning the game

You have given him too much credit calling him a Tool
He is stool if you ask me with poop decisions like this

 

[coopy]

So as paying members and fans, you would expect that the team selected is the best 17\. It was good enough yesterday but now it is not? I think it is a bit rude to ask people to pay their hard earned and support them when it now appears that ego and politics are playing a role in the selection of the team.

 

[tigerman80]

It is amazing how many first grade coaches we have on this forum.

Last I saw we haven't made the finals for 4 consecutive years whilst Farah was in the squad. What makes anyone think that by Farah not playing goes our chances of making finals. Look at our pathetic history! Who was the captain leading by example in all these failed attempts. Taylor isn't out there running from dummy half!

We have a coach, who is trying to secure his future income and career by fielding a team he thinks can best execute the style of play he wants week in and week out. Unlike any of us keyboard heroes, he sees these players every-day training and performing (or otherwise) the plans he sets in place. None of us on here know what players are following procedure and what aren't.

Despite some stinker games (which is a part of every single year of our history) we are competitive this year which is a marked improvement on previous seasons. I am backing the coach 100%.

Farah isn't owed anything other than his salary which he gets regardless of the performances he now plays.

What a load of garbage. The same garbage being fed to us by Taylor and Pascoe. Farah is being dropped based on what exactly?? Last 2 games for the tigers , came of the bench , played 60 minutes and scored a try in both games. So did he play Taylors style in his last 2 NRL games for the tigers. Im not a robbie supporter or a JT supporter, im a Wests Tigers supporter. And is this the best thing for the tigers for this year?? Anyone who honestly believes that Halatua or Edwards coming of the bench is going to do a better job than Farah has no idea about football. If you dont think this has impact on the players then we are kidding ourselves aswell. Look at the positivity in the forum the last week, how excited we all were about playint the dragons and then going on a run to hopefully play finals football. Its not Farahs fault the club backended his deal, once again if any of us where owed money by an employee we would fight tooth and nail for every dollar. Everytime i think this club has turned around, bam they punch you in the face. What kind of message are we giving the rest of the playing group about the loyalty the club has to long serving players. This is crazy.

Crazy is not the word …. To play your highest paid player in reserve grade because he doesn't allow the young stars the freedom to play their natural games is simply a distortion of the truth.

You can never be a good leader if things become personal and its all about your ego and wanting to win the battle in your own mind. This is whats best for jason taylor in his personal battle with Farah not whats best for the tigers. Lets get this imposter out of here, get Cleary before the dragons do, and im sure Cleary will ensure ET stays.

 

[hobbo]

Taylor's a Tool .. How the hell can we go into a must win game without a hooker ??

:brick:

And he reckons he is taking the best 17 that will gives the team the best shot at winning the game

You have given him too much credit calling him a Tool
He is stool if you ask me with poop decisions like this

I hate Taylor with a passion ..always have !
He's a weasel ..crap coach .. Crap player .. Just a glorified goal kicker !

Hey mods…can I buy $$$ a few swear words ??

 

[Love_the_WestsTigers]

It is amazing how many first grade coaches we have on this forum.

Last I saw we haven't made the finals for 4 consecutive years whilst Farah was in the squad. What makes anyone think that by Farah not playing goes our chances of making finals. Look at our pathetic history! Who was the captain leading by example in all these failed attempts. Taylor isn't out there running from dummy half!

We have a coach, who is trying to secure his future income and career by fielding a team he thinks can best execute the style of play he wants week in and week out. Unlike any of us keyboard heroes, he sees these players every-day training and performing (or otherwise) the plans he sets in place. None of us on here know what players are following procedure and what aren't.

Despite some stinker games (which is a part of every single year of our history) we are competitive this year which is a marked improvement on previous seasons. I am backing the coach 100%.

Farah isn't owed anything other than his salary which he gets regardless of the performances he now plays.

What a load of garbage. The same garbage being fed to us by Taylor and Pascoe. Farah is being dropped based on what exactly?? Last 2 games for the tigers , came of the bench , played 60 minutes and scored a try in both games. So did he play Taylors style in his last 2 NRL games for the tigers. Im not a robbie supporter or a JT supporter, im a Wests Tigers supporter. And is this the best thing for the tigers for this year?? Anyone who honestly believes that Halatua or Edwards coming of the bench is going to do a better job than Farah has no idea about football. If you dont think this has impact on the players then we are kidding ourselves aswell. Look at the positivity in the forum the last week, how excited we all were about playint the dragons and then going on a run to hopefully play finals football. Its not Farahs fault the club backended his deal, once again if any of us where owed money by an employee we would fight tooth and nail for every dollar. Everytime i think this club has turned around, bam they punch you in the face. What kind of message are we giving the rest of the playing group about the loyalty the club has to long serving players. This is crazy.

Crazy is not the word …. To play your highest paid player in reserve grade because he doesn't allow the young stars the freedom to play their natural games is simply a distortion of the truth.

You can never be a good leader if things become personal and its all about your ego and wanting to win the battle in your own mind. This is whats best for jason taylor in his personal battle with Farah not whats best for the tigers. Lets get this imposter out of here, get Cleary before the dragons do, and im sure Cleary will ensure ET stays.

Tiger Torch said leaving their personal differences aside both men were ultimate professionals .
This is a kidney blow from Taylor, a professional foul i'd say.

Not sure sacking coaches every couple of years is the answer but clearly tactics like these are NOT

 

[foreveratiger]

Taylor's a Tool .. How the hell can we go into a must win game without a hooker ??

:brick:

This has been in the Clubs plan for a while , they just thought they would ease the supporters into it .

They don't play Farah against the Roosters a Month back and then name him on the bench vs the Rabbits and Panthers , the only problem for the Club is Farah had 2 solid games scoring in each of them and now JT is trying to tell fans that Farah isn't in the Top 17 .

The Club treat fans like idiots by saying that Farah isn't in our Top 17 . Blow it out your backside JT your a step closer in being Unemployed at Coaching level , the other 15 Clubs would be pissing themselves laughing how we have identified this tool as an NRL Coach.

 

[Snake]

Bravo Coach Taylor finally a coach that will live or die by his decisions must say you do have a set.I see Mr Ayoub has been on speed dial again today to all his media sweet hearts .This should of been done a long time ago and for the bedwetters maybe just maybe the rest of the team are OK with this moving forward.
If Talyor is sacked at years end he will at least have the consolation of knowing he had a real dig at trying to get this team playing strongly and moving in the right direction and had the intestinal fortitude to do what many coaches before him have dreamed of doing that is putting Mr Wonderful in his place.

 

[angry_ant]

It is amazing how many first grade coaches we have on this forum.

Last I saw we haven't made the finals for 4 consecutive years whilst Farah was in the squad. What makes anyone think that by Farah not playing goes our chances of making finals. Look at our pathetic history! Who was the captain leading by example in all these failed attempts. Taylor isn't out there running from dummy half!

We have a coach, who is trying to secure his future income and career by fielding a team he thinks can best execute the style of play he wants week in and week out. Unlike any of us keyboard heroes, he sees these players every-day training and performing (or otherwise) the plans he sets in place. None of us on here know what players are following procedure and what aren't.

Despite some stinker games (which is a part of every single year of our history) we are competitive this year which is a marked improvement on previous seasons. I am backing the coach 100%.

Farah isn't owed anything other than his salary which he gets regardless of the performances he now plays.

What a load of garbage. The same garbage being fed to us by Taylor and Pascoe. Farah is being dropped based on what exactly?? Last 2 games for the tigers , came of the bench , played 60 minutes and scored a try in both games. So did he play Taylors style in his last 2 NRL games for the tigers. Im not a robbie supporter or a JT supporter, im a Wests Tigers supporter. And is this the best thing for the tigers for this year?? Anyone who honestly believes that Halatua or Edwards coming of the bench is going to do a better job than Farah has no idea about football. If you dont think this has impact on the players then we are kidding ourselves aswell. Look at the positivity in the forum the last week, how excited we all were about playint the dragons and then going on a run to hopefully play finals football. Its not Farahs fault the club backended his deal, once again if any of us where owed money by an employee we would fight tooth and nail for every dollar. Everytime i think this club has turned around, bam they punch you in the face. What kind of message are we giving the rest of the playing group about the loyalty the club has to long serving players. This is crazy.

Yes its garbage we have missed the finals for 4 consecutive years with Farah as captain.

Nobody is denying the guy shouldnt be paid, but why so many people cry about the injustice when soldiers on $60k a year lose their life and this guy gets a million a year to play the game he loves and would no doubt play for free….

I think its more garbage that a supporter thinks they have more of an idea on who should be playing than the coach and his staff, CEO etc who work with said player...

Positivity on the wests tigers forum last I saw didnt equate to premiership points!

If Taylor thinks that by not picking Farah it will benefit the team and produce the results that he expects than by golly last I saw he won the right to select the team by being employed as the Wests Tigers coach.

You're more than entitled to apply when the position comes up again in 12 months and make those decisions which may not be popular but what you know keeps you employed and brings results.

 

[Love_the_WestsTigers]

Hahahaha sack everyone

That will be the first words Sheens will utter when he finds out about this circus..

I think we are trying to out-stage Parra with their dramas they have had so far

 

[clokan]

I'm not a fan of Taylor, doesn't seem to have the "man management" skills that good coaches have, but I can't see him making such a poor decision without having something to justify it. Farah's form has been good enough to keep him in the team, he is our best option at hooker. There has to be more to this, I'm sure more will come out over the next few days.

 

[Knuckles]

The club treats its fans like fools ….. It's appalling .... We really deserve much better.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

You can never be a good leader if things become personal and its all about your ego and wanting to win the battle in your own mind. This is whats best for jason taylor in his personal battle with Farah not whats best for the tigers. Lets get this imposter out of here, get Cleary before the dragons do, and im sure Cleary will ensure ET stays.

So you're saying we need Cleary to ensure ET stays. Even though Taylor is the one who signed him from reserve grade, giving him a second chance, and by all reports has a good relationship with Pascoe?

 

[diedpretty]

Sorry i changed that post on Robbie. It must have been game 2.

Not necessarily - I assume they would have flown back from Coffs Harbour on the Saturday before game 3.

 

[galea_11]

Coach made the decision that he feels best
Wayne Bennett tapped Wally and Gordie on the shoulder
Robbie a legend But he is not the player he was 5 years ago

I'll back a coach before players any day it's not always right but how's the track record of clubs where players ru the show ??