Re: Wayne Bennett to return to the Broncos : Fri Jul 25, 2014 10:34 am  

I will rephrase what I said then I think Bennett who has been a great coach is coming to the end of his natural life as a coach I don't think the Brisbane job will work out IMO but time will tell

Re: Wayne Bennett to return to the Broncos : Fri Jul 25, 2014 1:25 pm  

fun time frankie wrote:

I will rephrase what I said then I think Bennett who has been a great coach is coming to the end of his natural life as a coach I don't think the Brisbane job will work out IMO but time will tell

I hope he is released early and comes to finish his coaching career at Bradford

Re: Wayne Bennett to return to the Broncos : Fri Jul 25, 2014 6:48 pm  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

:thumb:
I hope he is released early and comes to finish his coaching career at Bradford

There is a few similarities Bradford and Bennett both were at there peak ten years ago and both have been living on past reputations for the last couple of years

Re: Wayne Bennett to return to the Broncos : Fri Jul 25, 2014 11:43 pm  

fun time frankie wrote:

There is a few similarities Bradford and Bennett both were at there peak ten years ago and both have been living on past reputations for the last couple of years

Nah mate, Bradford have been gash for years, and I'd struggle to think of any club with a worse reputation.

But we do have an iconic stadium!

Re: Wayne Bennett to return to the Broncos : Sun Jul 27, 2014 4:11 am  

Rugby League week are reporting that Willie Mason will be the first player Bennett signs for Brisbane.
Willie is playing as little as 30 minutes a game and struggles to break 50 metres run some games.
He is a shadow of his former self and a disruptive influence off the field, but Wayne seems to love him.

Re: Wayne Bennett to return to the Broncos : Sun Jul 27, 2014 5:40 am  

roopy wrote:

Rugby League week are reporting that Willie Mason will be the first player Bennett signs for Brisbane.
Willie is playing as little as 30 minutes a game and struggles to break 50 metres run some games.
He is a shadow of his former self and a disruptive influence off the field, but Wayne seems to love him.

I was at a fund raiser last Friday and Alfie Langer was one of the guest speakers and he thought Bennett coming home would be a good thing and bring back some magic to the Broncos.

In saying that he is close with Bennett and it may further his career with that Club.

I am not so sure, Coaches can be like players where they have their golden run at their peak and then fade.
I think Benny may be past his best and as you say the game has changed and what worked back in the day does not stay that way forever.

Re: Wayne Bennett to return to the Broncos : Sun Jul 27, 2014 7:44 am  

Bennett can only sign players that are willing to play for Newcastle - he will have much more success in persuading players to move to Brisbane. Where would you rather live/bring up your family?

Re: Wayne Bennett to return to the Broncos : Sun Jul 27, 2014 8:42 am  

Sal Paradise wrote:

Bennett can only sign players that are willing to play for Newcastle - he will have much more success in persuading players to move to Brisbane. Where would you rather live/bring up your family?

There are many nice parts of Newcastle.
The Beaches are pretty nice.

Re: Wayne Bennett to return to the Broncos : Sun Jul 27, 2014 9:02 am  

Sal Paradise wrote:

Bennett can only sign players that are willing to play for Newcastle - he will have much more success in persuading players to move to Brisbane. Where would you rather live/bring up your family?

I can't believe people still have 1980s clichéd views of Newcastle.
The steelworks closed nearly 30 years ago.
It has low unemployment.
High average wages.
Is rated by Lonely Planet in it's top 10 places to visit.
The players all live in a suburb near the city centre that's right on one of the world's great surfing beaches, where a world rated surfing contest happens every year.
Something like 60% of players available to play for NSW come from country areas, mostly either Newcastle or Wollongong, and most of them go back there when they retire, because they love the place.
A hell of a lot of players go to Sydney as young guys and bomb out due to having to live in that armpit of the universe.

It only takes 10 minutes to show players they are wrong if they think Newcastle is still a smokey old steelworks town, because they actually took the steelworks down and sent the scrap off to China some 20 years ago.
Frankly, the area where the players live is pretty similar to the Northern Beaches area in Sydney, and if they are absolutely hanging out to see some dragqueens or the gay mardi gra, Sydney is only 2 1/2 hours away.

Re: Wayne Bennett to return to the Broncos : Sun Jul 27, 2014 4:34 pm  

Does it matter if you go to brisbane or Newcastle because let's face there is always a chance you are going to get bit by a snake or a spider and if you go into the sea there are killer snails ,sharks snakes etc