Robbie Farah gone?

[The Charlatan]

so how much did they pay for Balin?

Swap for Taupau.

 

[coolsteve]

Swap for Taupau.

sooo, Manly get `gun` second rower and Tigers get $1.3 million worth of hookers ( one of which will be on bench). Great minds that retention committee

 

[benched tiger]

The whole saga is embarrassing from every angle ....!

 

[HayneKloppter]

Don't forget ballin is coming off a broken leg, huge risk in itself

 

[Ron's_Mate]

Club mgmt probably thought that signing Ballin would push Farah out. Whoops.

 

[gallagher]

Club mgmt probably thought that signing Ballin would push Farah out. Whoops.

It would have worked if only another club wanted him. Jeez, even Moltzen got another club.

 

[Ron's_Mate]

It would have worked if only another club wanted him. Jeez, even Moltzen got another club.

I think other clubs knew that Farah had no intention of leaving the Tigers, probably his manager told them, so no one made a serious play for him. Why chase a player who intends to stay where he is?

 

[gallagher]

I think other clubs knew that Farah had no intention of leaving the Tigers, probably his manager told them, so no one made a serious play for him. Why chase a player who intends to stay where he is?

Yeah. That must be it.

 

[Vic Mackey]

Is that really how the situation would work? I would have thought that the Panthers just paid out Cleary for 2016. If he gets a job with the Tigers for 2016, he can negotiate whatever deal he wants, the Panthers won't be paying him anything to be coaching the Tigers, surely?? Cleary kind of wins the lottery in that he received payment for 2016 from both Panthers and Tigers.

It's not like the Farah situation where his next club would have been getting him cheap because the Tigers were having to pay the most of his salary. That doesn't apply to coaches. Unless I missed something during the parting of company between Cleary and Penrith?

Clubs can't afford to just go 'here you go, here's $500k for your next years wages'

He is continued to be paid monthly like normal (unless there's a clause in his contract saying otherwise). Gould recently said he wouldn't stand in the way of Ivan coaching next year but it would need to be under terms that suited both him and the panthers, I.e the new club paid part of the bill.

Remember when Sheens a threatened to sue us when we stopped paying him a year after potter had taken over?

 

[Ron's_Mate]

Robbie Farah retains position in Wests Tigers leadership group

Michael Carayannis
Published: December 16, 2015 - 4:21PM
Wests Tigers have produced a stunning backflip, allowing Robbie Farah to retain his place in the club's leadership squad.
Farah, new recruit Matt Ballin, Dene Halatau, Chris Lawrence, Sauaso Sue, James Tedesco and Aaron Woods make up the club's leadership group.
Woods is the front runner to replace Farah, who stood down as skipper during his contract saga with the club.
Farah reaffirmed his commitment to the club on Wednesday.
"I am now simply just wanting to continue doing what I have always done: training as hard as I can so that I can perform to the best of my ability for the fans, members, teammates and club," Farah said.
"This club, the playing group and fans mean everything to me and I want to be around for what I think is going to be an exciting time for Wests Tigers."
Tigers chief executive Justin Pascoe apologised for the way the club handled Farah's situation.
"I am pleased to confirm that Robbie Farah and head coach Jason Taylor have committed to working together to drive greater success for Wests Tigers in 2016," Pascoe said.
"On behalf of the club, I want to apologise to our loyal Wests Tigers members and supporters for allowing this to be played out publicly. I am proud of the way that Jason, Robbie and the whole playing group have now embraced a new leadership approach."
This story was found at: http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/...-tigers-leadership-group-20151216-glp1nu.html

 

[Vic Mackey]

But off topic but glad Jesse Sue has been included. I think the guy is turning into a real leader of the club and is important on and off the field. Basically what we hoped Blair would be.

 

[coolsteve]

so what about Ballin?what idiot signed him. obviously had the boards support

 

[The Charlatan]

so what about Ballin?what idiot signed him. obviously had the boards support

Remember Farah will likely play Origin, so we will have a handy replacement on the ready.

 

[coolsteve]

for 3 games?

 

[Tigerted]

Absolute bloody imbeciles signing another hooker who is >30 yrs & who is surplus to our needs & allowing the machismo Taupau to go & strengthen the scum @ brookvale when we have a glaring lack of depth & experience in the forwards.

This club only hires scatterbrained dopes in critical decision making roles.

 

[The Charlatan]

for 3 games?

Depends, if he sustains a long term injury we may be counting our blessings.

 

[madunit]

Our logo should be of a toothless tiger facepalming

 

[benched tiger]

Our logo should be of a toothless tiger facepalming

Chasing it's own Tail.....:lol:

 

[wittyfan]

7 is too few for a serious leadership group.

 

[Exsilium]

If leaders are measured by their actions then surely Rpbbie Farah the player is a born leader, Robbie Farah the individual is the benchmark for melodrama. Bit like that 8-Mile moment, you know the one where Robbie Farah turns up to training and everyone is all "dayum this guy be frontin" and....*beats drop*

Look, if you had One shot, one opportunity to seize everything you've ever wanted would you tell the truth or let management slip?

His games weak, his palms are sweaty
he knocks on but he keeps on forgetting what JT wrote down
the coaching staff grow so loud, he's tanking now, the crowd starts booing Moses now

Snap back to reality, oh there goes potter, oh there goes Mayer
nope he wants Taylor but he won't give up that easy no

And so on....