The No-Look News (Schuster Chronicles)

[Cliffy's Jockstrap]

Exactly why I avoided the word "hooker"…

LOL that is Gold.

 

[ManlyTragic]

Writing and publishing a story like that is not going to do any good for his mental health!

 

[Frogz]

Writing and publishing a story like that is not going to do any good for his mental health!

Is it really his mental health, or he just lacks the guts and gusto to have a real go.

 

[MissKate]

Not wanting to sound harsh but he is hardly Manly’s problem any longer. Maybe he can spend some of the free dollars we are paying him to get some professional help

 

[Dion Johnson]

Hopefully the news that I assume was leaked from within the Vermin to the media was done with hope that it may help him.

Otherwise it appears that they are looking to part ways with him.

It highlights that Manly and people from the club tried many different approaches to get him into a good space but couldn’t due to his personal challenges.

 

[lsz]

I am not sure there is anything Wayne B can do when it has to come from the player themselves

 

[ManlyTragic]

Not wanting to sound harsh but he is hardly Manly’s problem any longer. Maybe he can spend some of the free dollars we are paying him to get some professional help

… if the reports are right .. he needs to see a psychiatrist not a sports psychologist!

 

[Rocky]

I wish Schuster all the best and hope his mental health improves, and he can show us what he's got on the football field.

On the other hand, I'm delighted that Manly cut bait with him and aren't still paying him 800k a year to eat KFC.

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

I wish Schuster all the best and hope his mental health improves, and he can show us what he's got on the football field.

On the other hand, I'm delighted that Manly cut bait with him and aren't still paying him 800k a year to eat KFC.

But I think we are still paying him this year , not much but still something

 

[mickqld]

An article like that pretty much says he's unfixable. Needs to move away from football and find himself and what he wants to do. What a waste of pure football talent.

 

[XV-1]

Josh Schuster’s NRL comeback could be over amid damning Wayne Bennett move

https://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/josh-schusters-nrl-comeback-could-be-over-before-it-begins-amid-damning-wayne-bennett-move/news-story/5ae4853dd49b1981dfeeab5e01d97525

 

[MissKate]

I have to say that Bennett hardly gave it much of a go with Josh, Manly put in a bigger effort. Bennett gave up after a few weeks, at least we tried for an extended period of time

 

[HoldenV8]

Is it really his mental health, or he just lacks the guts and gusto to have a real go.

While everyone is talking about his mental health, which I get, the other and more simple reason could be that he's just too lazy.

He has the talent to be one of the games' greats. But does he have the want to do it??

In all of this, has anyone asked Shoe what he actually wants??

 

[Frogz]

I have to say that Bennett hardly gave it much of a go with Josh, Manly put in a bigger effort. Bennett gave up after a few weeks, at least we tried for an extended period of time

We, unfortunately, had a hell of a lot more cash invested also. A big flop, that has cost us a player or 2.

 

[Scorpio]

I have to say that Bennett hardly gave it much of a go with Josh, Manly put in a bigger effort. Bennett gave up after a few weeks, at least we tried for an extended period of time

Many in this thread have criticised the club, Des, Seibold, and others for managing him incorrectly. But in hindsight we perhaps gave him more opportunities than he would have been given elsewhere to earn his place in the position he wanted (at the expense of other players). Unfortunately, it hasn't worked out for either Josh or the club/s.

I'm not sure about all of the reasons, but I think it should be clear that clubs see these players much more than the average punter does... and they know much more about what to look for in the qualities of consistent first grade players.

 

[Kiwi Eagle]

Personally i feel like the Tittmus incident was the complete undoing for Schuster, losing your best mate and then walking into the same spot he died each day, and then the inquest interviews can’t have put him in a good spot either

Was hopeful a change of scenery might get him back into it, but obviously the issues run fairly deep, and completely understandable

 

[frank stokes]

Hopefully the news that I assume was leaked from within the Vermin to the media was done with hope that it may help him.

Otherwise it appears that they are looking to part ways with him.

It highlights that Manly and people from the club tried many different approaches to get him into a good space but couldn’t due to his personal challenges.

Chez copped it for publicly calling out his lack of desire… as though that call-out was early in his career or happened in a vacuum…

 

[lsz]

The thing is with Murray being out now for the season there is a role for him there

 

[Tragic Eagle]

I wish the press and everybody else would just leave him alone. Souths rolled the dice and they knew the risk they were taking. Publicity is counter productive. I cannot for life of me see how public spot lighting assists anybody's mental health. This is not a circumstance where you can be cruel to be kind. I would be very surprised if Bennet had anything to do with the story getting to the press. Smart coaches deal with players personal issues privately.

 

[Eagle 1]

I have to say that Bennett hardly gave it much of a go with Josh, Manly put in a bigger effort. Bennett gave up after a few weeks, at least we tried for an extended period of time

It's not as if Souths had Schuster on a 3 yr deal like us on big coin. It's just a 1yr deal on minimal money, worth a punt. 1yr deal on pocket money, nothing to lose for Bennett.