When Alex was coach we went through a similar situation to now, the first team players were under-performing, lazy, uninterested etc etc.

Alex's respense was to drop the whole team and play the reserves. He said "I would rather see a team of young enthusiastic lads playing 110%
than a lot of prima donna's under-performing".

Despite criticism from all quaters and screams of fury from the fans, it worked like magic ! The following week all the first-teamers played like men-possessed !

Mind you, they were being paid for wins then, not on lucrative contracts as now.

Shame we don't have a coach with the same iron discipline now, although to be fair, he did drop Penny ?

Murphy was an instinctive player with inate skills and a fantastic win ethic.

He couldn't pass on his skills because they were natural but he could coach and he could motivate. I well remember an international winger saying after a session with Murphy (when he was GB coach), that he had never before been as motivated to win as he was by Murphy.

He was but Warrington fans are fickle monsters that have weird motives. For instance with Morley they don't want him to be captain anymore so people try their hardest to believe he had a bad game to suit the bile they spout.

Last year Ben played 26 SL games and conceded 23 penalties - less than 1 per game. When you consider he probably plays more than the average number of minutes per game for a forward and his aggressive style, then in no way should he be described as a penalty machine and he certainly does not cost us more than he contributes. Probably been our most reliable player for 2 or 3 years now - until that shocking high tackle of course.

He's not found his 'Syndey Form'. Would you believe it? When he was signed, people were talking about him as a 'thug' who would spend more time suspended or injured than on the pitch.

Lets be serious, wire tinted spectacles off for a moment. Morley has had a poor start to the season (like almost every player). It may be world cup fatigue or carrying a knock etc. but his form (admittedly after only 3 games) is nowhere near last seasons or ‘NRL’ Morley. His defence and discipline looks particularly suspect IMO.

So it's bile I'm spouting? Can you honestly say that Morley's had the form he showed in the NRL or even last season yet this season? I've never once said I didn't want him to be captain, I merely said he's been lacklustre this season, which is true and I'm not the only one that thinks so.

I'm quite happy for Morley to be captain, he's an experience player and on his day can be an awesome player. He's just not shown it yet this season and I haven't seen him 'geeing' up the team much, which surely is a captain's job?