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Re: Bennett must be sacked now! : Sun Nov 03, 2019 4:12 am  
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If GB do not sack Wayne Bennett and immediately put Watson in charge we are going to be flying home as a laughing stock.

Once again the exact same awful boring Bennett tactics of one out drives and flat attack until the players took control and decided to play more expansive in the last 10 minutes.

And yes, Josh Hodgson is now beginning to really annoy me. One of the worst GB hookers since i started watching the game. I dont care how good he is at Canberra, he just does not cut it at International level.

James Graham, what is he doing other than acting as a 3rd prop thats well past his best? 10 minutes each half of O'loughlin would of been better than long spells of Graham just making the numbers up.

Hastings and Widdop stand no chance due to the way players are stood flat around them.

The tactics are wrong, the team is unbalanced full of big slow diesel burners with no flair, its crying out for a Sam Tomkins, somebody that can step around players or beat a man on the outside and make something happen


After match comments indicate that he is not too concerned about the team's 2 losses in a row.

Said that the team is improving and on the up and not going backwards. Also played against a quality team.
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Re: Bennett must be sacked now! : Sun Nov 03, 2019 8:42 am  
Freddie Miller. wrote:
After match comments indicate that he is not too concerned about the team's 2 losses in a row.

Said that the team is improving and on the up and not going backwards. Also played against a quality team.


Even though we've now been overtaken as the third best team in the world?

If he really made those comments he's either a) too complacent for a job like this, or b) hasn't yet woken up and smelled the coffee.

I used to hugely admire Wayne Bennett as a coach and a man, but let's not pretend that the old magic is working for England/GB, because it quite plainly isn't.
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Frank Zappa wrote:
Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe.

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Most idiotic post ever goes to Grimmy..... The way to restart should be an arm wrestle between a designated player from each side.

Re: Bennett must be sacked now! : Sun Nov 03, 2019 2:59 pm  
Cruncher wrote:
Even though we've now been overtaken as the third best team in the world?

If he really made those comments he's either a) too complacent for a job like this, or b) hasn't yet woken up and smelled the coffee.

I used to hugely admire Wayne Bennett as a coach and a man, but let's not pretend that the old magic is working for England/GB, because it quite plainly isn't.

Are Tonga therefore the best team in the world then? :THINK:
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Re: Bennett must be sacked now! : Sun Nov 03, 2019 4:16 pm  
Freddie Miller. wrote:
After match comments indicate that he is not too concerned about the team's 2 losses in a row.

Said that the team is improving and on the up and not going backwards. Also played against a quality team.


Then quite simply he has not been watching the games most of us lot have been watching. We dont have an attacking move in us and there isnt a player in the team capable of doing something special because he sent the most dangerous attacking player in SL home (Tomkins).
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Re: Bennett must be sacked now! : Sun Nov 03, 2019 5:00 pm  
He’s clearly not a fan of Sam Tomkins. He had to rely on a good few injuries to get a place last year and then played very well in two wins against the Kiwis yet loses his place. His exclusion and certainly Liam Watts exclusion were two really poor calls. I don’t have that much against him not taking an extra winger or centre because I’m not convinced there’s anybody good enough who’s not travelled or who’s not injured. Even worse then leaving Watts out has been his tactics. After a few basic errors whilst playing conservatively in his first game, it looked like the players had been sent out with the first aim not being to win the game but to complete as close to 100% as possible and hope that would lead to a victory.
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Re: Bennett must be sacked now! : Sun Nov 03, 2019 6:25 pm  
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Are Tonga therefore the best team in the world then? :THINK:


They’ve beaten NZ, GB and Australia in that order in 3weeks. It’s arguable that currently they are the best team in the world. Their win v Australia yesterday could and should start something for other Pacific islands such as Samoa, PNG, Fiji, Cook Islands and even Lebanon. If Tonga can convince their national players (or heritage) to commit for them, why can’t the others?

And I tell you what if those teams turned out their absolute best 17 we could be in a whole world of trouble.
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Re: Bennett must be sacked now! : Sun Nov 03, 2019 9:25 pm  
Knowing the RFL as we do, does anyone really expect them to sack Bennett?
I don't!
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Re: Bennett must be sacked now! : Mon Nov 04, 2019 8:14 am  
Grimmy wrote:
Are Tonga therefore the best team in the world then? :THINK:


I'm not sure how this is a relevant repsonse to my point.

There surely can be no doubt that GB/Eng are no longer in the top three (it's not necessarly a permanent thing, but certainly that's the case in 2019).

And this has happened under Wayne Bennett's watch.

I'll say it again that I used to admire him greatly. But I think his time has gone.
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Frank Zappa wrote:
Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe.

The_Enforcer wrote:
Most idiotic post ever goes to Grimmy..... The way to restart should be an arm wrestle between a designated player from each side.

Re: Bennett must be sacked now! : Mon Nov 04, 2019 11:30 am  
100% Warrior wrote:
They’ve beaten NZ, GB and Australia in that order in 3weeks. It’s arguable that currently they are the best team in the world. Their win v Australia yesterday could and should start something for other Pacific islands such as Samoa, PNG, Fiji, Cook Islands and even Lebanon. If Tonga can convince their national players (or heritage) to commit for them, why can’t the others?

And I tell you what if those teams turned out their absolute best 17 we could be in a whole world of trouble.

Are you sure they beat NZ three weeks ago? I thought the last time they played was in summer, and NZ won
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Frank Zappa wrote:
Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe.

The_Enforcer wrote:
Most idiotic post ever goes to Grimmy..... The way to restart should be an arm wrestle between a designated player from each side.

Re: Bennett must be sacked now! : Mon Nov 04, 2019 11:35 am  
Cruncher wrote:
I'm not sure how this is a relevant repsonse to my point.

There surely can be no doubt that GB/Eng are no longer in the top three (it's not necessarly a permanent thing, but certainly that's the case in 2019).

And this has happened under Wayne Bennett's watch.

I'll say it again that I used to admire him greatly. But I think his time has gone.

I think there's plenty of doubt who is in the top three. NZ beat Australia and Tonga in their last games against them. We played badly but were a dropped ball over the line away from beating NZ, and having played Aus in a while. Over here we beat NZ in two games out of three last year, with them only winning the dead rubber when a few changes were made. I'd say it's more of the same - Aus always beat us and NZ games are won by the home team.

I agree Bennet should go, the tactics were poor (although he criticised the first half one-out rugby himself, which does make you wonder whether they played to the instructions).
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