OFFICIAL James Roberts granted immediate release
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Has anyone got the best out of Jimmy?
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this season we have beaten 2 of those 4 teams
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Dan Murphy's?
Sirlee oldman
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I am really disappointed with those quotes from Wayne. I have pretty much sat on the fence through the whole coaching saga. Happy to welcome Seibs and some new methods but also disappointed with the way a club legend left and grateful for the positives he left us with.
This episode is next level bitterness though and evidence that he has lost his moral compass. He straight out lies now when it suits him and then gloats about it because it got him what he wanted.
Two things are obvious now.
First he enabled Roberts poor attitude for the last month and Seibs was never a chance of getting him to step up and be the player he was capable of becoming.
Secondly Wayne thinks he’s above the rules and was orchestrating the poaching of a player under contract. This has nothing to do with Robert’s family and everything to do with Wayne telling him he didn’t have to work hard. Just score the odd runaway try and that’ll do.
I am a Bronco fan and Wayne is now dead to me. Long live Seibs and a new beginning.
This episode is next level bitterness though and evidence that he has lost his moral compass. He straight out lies now when it suits him and then gloats about it because it got him what he wanted.
Two things are obvious now.
First he enabled Roberts poor attitude for the last month and Seibs was never a chance of getting him to step up and be the player he was capable of becoming.
Secondly Wayne thinks he’s above the rules and was orchestrating the poaching of a player under contract. This has nothing to do with Robert’s family and everything to do with Wayne telling him he didn’t have to work hard. Just score the odd runaway try and that’ll do.
I am a Bronco fan and Wayne is now dead to me. Long live Seibs and a new beginning.
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He lost his moral compass long before this. Leaving his family to **** a 50 year old was part of it.
Sirlee oldman
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Should have been a clue I guess.
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This is what I want someone to ask Wayne. How will he fix Jimmy since he coached him for years and didn’t get the best out of him then? Seibs had him for what, 6 months? Wayne had him for years and he hardly lit the world on fire.
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Should email Rothfield see if the Tele are hiring guys.
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I don't think the Sharks are really that great a team. They are definitely a tough team though.
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At the start of the year, who would have thought that the centre that we released to Sydney would be James Roberts. Meanwhile, we all wish Birdy was back in the starting side. Funny how things change like that.
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Did I say something untrue?
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This for mine shits me. Wayne fucked us over, knowing we would not tolerate a selfish attitude, all the while telling Roberts that he is right to feel lost at the Broncos, because "they don't trust you".
Someone said it earlier, Seibold may have known of what was going on behind the scenes. But instead of making the mistake of publicly calling Bennett out (didn't work that well the first time), he made the best of a bad situation. Instead of entertaining a release where we contribute part of Roberts' wage, he made Roberts stew in Q-Cup, knowing Roberts would crack first. It seems all it took was one half of a Q-Cup footy game.
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Seen the divorce rate? Man, that's a big call.
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No risk in James Roberts signing, says Bennett
Wed 29 May 2019, 08:28 PM
Wayne Bennett insists South Sydney aren't taking a risk signing James Roberts, adamant that he can get the best out of the former NSW centre in the right environment.
The Rabbitohs have signed Roberts on a two-and-a-half year deal after he was granted a release from the Brisbane Broncos on Wednesday, reuniting the maligned centre with Bennett after six months apart.
Roberts, who had previously been sacked by the Rabbitohs as a teenager, returns to his junior club to add some much needed strike power to an injury-ravaged backline.
But given concerns over his behaviour and attitude north of the border in recent months, much of the focus will be how he adjusts to life off the field.
Not that Bennett shares those feelings.
"I have no concerns," Bennett said.
"James is not the young man he was here a long time ago. Everyone here realises James is not the boy he was when he left this place. He's changed.
"James four years ago might have struggled. Not this James Roberts. Not the James Roberts with two kids and an understanding of where he is in his life. I was just pleased to get him out of that environment."
James Roberts in action for Souths in 2011. ©NRL Photos
Roberts took a pay cut to join the Rabbitohs, with the Broncos not chipping in a cent for him to play for another club.
NRL.com understands Roberts was on the outer at the Broncos given an inability to adjust to new coach Anthony Seibold's methods and hard-nosed approach.
Bennett has always maintained that some players needed to be handled differently to the rest of the team, throwing Roberts into that category.
"Coaching is a bit different for some people. If you want a team of choir boys, then you can have that," Bennett said.
"But if you want something a bit different, that's a choice you make. Is James different? Yes, James is different. But it's not different bad and it's not different that it impacts on the team. I've never tried to treat everyone the same.
"I cannot coach what James brings. You have to harness that into the team environment and understand he is different, but it's not detrimental to the team. He never was in the three years he was there with me.
"What I do know is the predicament he found himself in wouldn't have been easy, OK. But he seemed to have handled it well. I made some enquiries after his game last week for Wynnum and they all said he turned up and tried really hard and was really part of the team and they really appreciate how he went about it. That suggests how he handled things."
The Rabbitohs have refuted the notion Roberts was South Sydney-bound, despite several reports linking the 26-year-old with a return to Redfern.
Roberts joins the Rabbitohs
Bennett admits the club needed to distance itself from speculation before it can act on its interest in Roberts.
"It wasn't the right time for us with a lot of speculation around it," he said.
"It put us under pressure, so we just needed time to think who was our best choice and our best options. It's a whole heap of rubbish the talk about me and Richo disagreeing on it. Total rubbish. It didn't happen.
"There was too much noise and we needed some time. There were four or five players out there who wanted to leave their clubs. In the end it came down to James and absolutely we wanted him."
As for talk his body is banged up?
"Banged up?" Bennett laughed.
"He's not banged up
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I like the bit about us not paying a cent .
Wed 29 May 2019, 08:28 PM
Wayne Bennett insists South Sydney aren't taking a risk signing James Roberts, adamant that he can get the best out of the former NSW centre in the right environment.
The Rabbitohs have signed Roberts on a two-and-a-half year deal after he was granted a release from the Brisbane Broncos on Wednesday, reuniting the maligned centre with Bennett after six months apart.
Roberts, who had previously been sacked by the Rabbitohs as a teenager, returns to his junior club to add some much needed strike power to an injury-ravaged backline.
But given concerns over his behaviour and attitude north of the border in recent months, much of the focus will be how he adjusts to life off the field.
Not that Bennett shares those feelings.
"I have no concerns," Bennett said.
"James is not the young man he was here a long time ago. Everyone here realises James is not the boy he was when he left this place. He's changed.
"James four years ago might have struggled. Not this James Roberts. Not the James Roberts with two kids and an understanding of where he is in his life. I was just pleased to get him out of that environment."
Roberts took a pay cut to join the Rabbitohs, with the Broncos not chipping in a cent for him to play for another club.
NRL.com understands Roberts was on the outer at the Broncos given an inability to adjust to new coach Anthony Seibold's methods and hard-nosed approach.
Bennett has always maintained that some players needed to be handled differently to the rest of the team, throwing Roberts into that category.
"Coaching is a bit different for some people. If you want a team of choir boys, then you can have that," Bennett said.
"But if you want something a bit different, that's a choice you make. Is James different? Yes, James is different. But it's not different bad and it's not different that it impacts on the team. I've never tried to treat everyone the same.
"I cannot coach what James brings. You have to harness that into the team environment and understand he is different, but it's not detrimental to the team. He never was in the three years he was there with me.
"What I do know is the predicament he found himself in wouldn't have been easy, OK. But he seemed to have handled it well. I made some enquiries after his game last week for Wynnum and they all said he turned up and tried really hard and was really part of the team and they really appreciate how he went about it. That suggests how he handled things."
The Rabbitohs have refuted the notion Roberts was South Sydney-bound, despite several reports linking the 26-year-old with a return to Redfern.
Roberts joins the Rabbitohs
Bennett admits the club needed to distance itself from speculation before it can act on its interest in Roberts.
"It wasn't the right time for us with a lot of speculation around it," he said.
"It put us under pressure, so we just needed time to think who was our best choice and our best options. It's a whole heap of rubbish the talk about me and Richo disagreeing on it. Total rubbish. It didn't happen.
"There was too much noise and we needed some time. There were four or five players out there who wanted to leave their clubs. In the end it came down to James and absolutely we wanted him."
As for talk his body is banged up?
"Banged up?" Bennett laughed.
"He's not banged up
No risk in James Roberts signing, says Bennett
Wayne Bennett insists South Sydney aren't taking a risk signing James Roberts, adamant that he can get the best out of the former NSW centre in the right environment.
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I like the bit about us not paying a cent .
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