Benji Marshall: Gambles with Tigers over career
December 20, 2007
By John Chelsea
Wests Tigers pivot Benji Marshall looks to be playing russian roulette with his young career after rejecting approaches from the Tigers to resign for a fixed period.
After Wests coach Tim Sheens inked a deal with the Rugby League club until 2010; Sheens immediately set about locking Benji Marshall up with the Tigers for as long as possible. Following advice of Sheens; Tigers club officials attempted to negotiate a deal with Marshall’s manager Martin Tauber.
Tauber has rejected the Tigers advances stating that he has advised Benji Marshall at only 22 years of age and suffering recent injury and form lapses - that he again needs to prove himself on the Rugby League field for his own confidence and of course boosting his market worth.
With Marshall sidelined for long periods with shoulder problems and more recently being found out in defence on many occasions as the Tigers faltered in their late season charge for the finals - the stakes are extremely high.
If Benji Marshall reaches the end of 2008 and hasn’t performed on the NRL field or continues to experience injury woes and remains sidelined; he could seriously find himself signing a minute deal or worse still - forced into early retirement.
The gamble is a big one. But so often is the case, when Rugby League players have contracts on the line - they tend to avoid or play through injury and usually come up on top. It’s a simple, yet daunting equation for Marshall; perform or perish.
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- Happy Dragon : So true about toovey hate, he was a little pest?
- Hate Qld : fans didnt like the way he dished penalties
- Jess. : or not by the cops lol
- Jess. : and why was he removed by the cops
- Hate Qld : I think harrigon hated us,but favours the broncos big time
- Jess. : how long ago was the clarke incidents
- Happy Dragon : I never got close enough 2 him 2 tell him what I really thought LOL
- Hate Qld : toovey was a god playe considering his size,but whinged a lot too.he was very hated by many opposition fans
- Jess. : some teams really get served by refs, others have a cruise through the game
- Jess. : really ? thats a bit hectic about stephen clarke. but it is unfair to the team on the recieving end of the drama
- Hate Qld : i remember clake being escorted from kogarah what id u say to him lol
- Jess. : my mum thinks Geoff Toovey is the man too
- Hate Qld : they do that to stop a quick tap from other teams
- Happy Dragon : Yes I think refs do favour some teams, stephen clarke hated dragons big time, twice he was escorted by police from kogarah oval!
- Hate Qld : happy captains do have the right,but some go overboard
- Hate Qld : hey Jess geoff toovey was the king
- Hate Qld : archer did ok that night Jess ,the video ref made bad calls
- Jess. : i think many players should just take it. Buderus is a whinger and so are many others. they can never take it!
- Jess. : i will bring it back to the manly v melbourne game again, but the amount of penalties in melbournes favour was truly ridiculous. I commend the manly defence and i was not really happy with Tony Archer, and now im worried as the tigers v manly game he is the ref!
- Hate Qld : players who base thier game on defence get no reward ,if a player is held up over the line ,i think the defending team should get a 20 metre tap line restart
- Happy Dragon : I know captains have the right 2 dispute a refs decision, but the other night I wanted 2 sin bin hodgson from the tigers myself, he whinged about everything!
- Hate Qld : refs call is weak so is benefit of the doubt,reward the defence as well
- Hate Qld : Two bulldog players shuold have been sin binned and one west tigers player as well the big fellow
- Jess. : all the stoppages really add up, and it makes the game slow and frustrating
- Jess. : There should be no answering back either, that just creates more awkwardness and a chance for the players to dispute and get their way
- Hate Qld : lats wek the buldogs game was over 15mins longer then the other game on the same night with all the stoppages
- Happy Dragon : I hate refs call, that is the biggest cop out ever, they should get rid of it?
- Jess. : i just hope there are no riots at the GF. if the ref is clearly ridiculous alot of people will be very angry, and some people may take it too far.
- Hate Qld : I disagree with the grading of different offences and carry on points long susoensions will stop a lot of stupidy and dirty play
- Jess. : the tension is so much when they stuff around. The game loses momentum and you may aswell go off for a toilet or eating break while they stuff around
- Happy Dragon : I think players get away with 2 much, some need 2 go 2 the sin bin 2 cool off!
- Jess. : yeah. and just make the decision
- Hate Qld : they refs and touch judges rely to much on the video refs who make a lot of mistakes themselves the refs have to harden up
- Jess. : especially to big name players
- Jess. : correct*
- Jess. : they annoy fans, but have no guts to do what is correcy
- Jess. : they are mixed to me
- Happy Dragon : Yes I do hate, they don't have enough balls 2 send players off when they should!
- Hate Qld : Not at all Happy lol
- Hate Qld : The players abuse the refs a lot and nothing gets done,they are to scared to put them in the bin,or send them off for spear tackles
- Jess. : they upset ALOT of people, and they dont really care
- Happy Dragon : LOL, u won't b hard 2 miss then hate?
- Jess. : they really go against the grain on alot of things
- Jess. : no, they are too tough
- Hate Qld : do you girls think that the refs are to soft these days
- Hate Qld : no photo get sent to sunrise for a look a like
- Jess. : im in my computer room waiting for dinner
- Jess. : hehe thats funny! tell me when you will go to a game and i will look out
- Hate Qld : a nice comfy spot happy
- Jess. : as long as you remember what i look like
- Hate Qld : I be easy to spot,just look for someone who looks like Kochie from sunrise
- Happy Dragon : I'm sitting in bed with my laptop
- Hate Qld : U Jess if you go to a game i might spot u on tv
- Hate Qld : Thats ok happy where are u now
- Jess. : who are we looking out for?
- Hate Qld : welcome back happy ok now i know who to look for when you got to the games
- Jess. : my best friend went to london and got me that shirt
- Jess. : it was london, but yeah
- Jess. : yep, thats me
- Hate Qld : But there was a photo of someone sit in acar with an i love ny tee shirt
- Happy Dragon : Hey guys I'm back, sorry I got distracted
- Jess. : thats okay
- Hate Qld : Im sorry Jess im real real good with computors
- Jess. : at least they dont suck up to their channel or their sponsors
- Jess. : i know, they truly do
- Jess. : i left my myspace adress so people could add me if i wasnt on here and they wanted to talk to me
- Hate Qld : Good those guys are good they leave CH9 for dead
- Jess. : where sorry?
- Hate Qld : How are you today ? Is that you at myspace .com
- Jess. : how was the NRL show on FOX?
- Jess. : heyyy!
- Jess. : YEAH!
- Hate Qld : Hello Jess
- Jess. : hateqld come online! PLEASE
- Jess. : i'll be here
- Jess. : okay
- Jess. : the blood sweat and tears amount to this moment, and for one it is utter joy and the other it is complete heartbreak
- Happy Dragon : I'll b back soon, I'm busting 4 a u know what? LOL
- Jess. : i just feel sorry for the losing team. They are crushed and i hate seeing anyone like that
- Happy Dragon : I don't think they're finished yet, they've been playing 2 good all yr 2 let it slip now!
- Jess. : i just hope the Sea Eagles can pull it out of the bag, i know they deserve it
- Happy Dragon : I know, they always talk about how good training went but it's how they perform on the field that counts!
- Jess. : i thought they brought a foreign ref in for the game or something?
- Jess. : I KNOW! i cried when Brett Stewart's try was disallowed against melbourne 2 weeks ago, they could have won or at least drawn with melbourne, there were many unfair calls and i truly hope they pull their socks up!
- Happy Dragon : The refereeing has been bad hasn't it? I'd hate 2 think a team could lose a finals game or the GF because of a bad decision?
- Jess. : i know, but the Sea Eagles let themselves down, it just shows that a whole team effort is what it takes, individuals let it slip for manly, and i feel sorry for Menzies and the Stewart boys when they put the hard yards in they got let down.
- Jess. : the thing i am most scared about at this stage is that Tony Archer is refereeing the tigers v eagles game on saturday. the way he was biased toward melbourne 2 weeks ago, i hope he treats the sea eagles fairly this time around
- Happy Dragon : Yeh it makes u wonder why they couldn't play like that all yr? I guess it's like souths, where did that form come from all of a sudden?
- Happy Dragon : Don't know, they've hit form at the right time! Half of my family go 4 the sharks, they have the wood on us at the moment!
- Jess. : heaps of people keep saying how good they are, and i dont understand why they make their dash now, when its a little too late
- Jess. : i think the raiders are over rated
- Happy Dragon : Though the way the storm play, they do look unstoppable at times, even though I hate 2 admit it! I don't know what other team can match them, maybe the raiders?
- Jess. : my mum goes for cronulla so she wants them uptop
- Jess. : well as long as they flog melbourne i dont really care
- Happy Dragon : I don't think the sharks have got what it takes, but they could surprise me though?
- Jess. : i hate that everyone seems to think they are unstoppable. they always cross the line in everything they do, and are quite cocky and cheeky. im very sick of it
- Happy Dragon : Yeh me 2, they r 2 cocky & get away with so much
- Jess. : i want manly to win obviously, but id rather sharks or broncos than melbourne
- Jess. : yeah i am. all i want is melbourne not to win!
- Happy Dragon : So r u looking forward 2 the finals, I sure am
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BENJI MARSHALL IS COOL WE IS ONE OF THE BEST PLAYERS OF NRL GAMES AS A FAN OF THE TIGERS ITS BEEN A GREAT CHOSE THAT I MADE WHEN I PICKED THE WEST TIGERS I FELT GOOD BECAUSE I KNEW THEY COULD WIN SO THATS WHY BENJI SHOULD NEVER LEAVE NRL.
I LOVE BENJI MARSHALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!