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Cranky ... Robbie Farah was fuming to be benched against Manly. Source: Mark Evans / News Limited
Robbie Farah has admitted to being "a little bit cranky" with Wests Tigers coach Mick Potter when he brought the skipper off at a crucial time during their clash with Manly last Thursday night.
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A renowned 80 minute workhorse, Farah was controversially hooked just before half-time, at a time in the game where the Sea Eagles had taken a 4-0 lead and were starting to gain ascendency.
History will show that Manly went on to record a comfortable 26-0 win over the Tigers at a sodden Bluetongue Stadium and a fair bit of the damage was done during the 17 minutes Farah was off the field.
Reflecting on the match on Sterlo on Thursday night, Farah admitted he felt Potter had got his timing wrong.
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"I've spoken to him and I think we both agree that there's time when he can afford to bring me off but at that stage of the game, at 4-0 just before half-time, I would have prefered to stay on the field," Farah said.
"But definitely there's going to be times during the year when he can afford to bring me off."
Farah said Potter had always planned to give his skipper some bench time at different stages through the season as a strategy to keep him fresh for big moments.
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But Fox Sports rugby league expert Matthew Johns disagreed with the philosophy saying the Tigers weren't good enough to leave the best players on the sidelines.
"At the moment at the Tigers I don't think there's the depth there," Johns said.
"All respect to (Farah's replacement against the Sea Eagles, Masada Iosefa) but when you went off the field things went wrong.
"I think we all agree (Farah) needs to play the 80 minutes, or close enough to."
That won't always be the case.
"It's never nice sitting on the bench and to come off for that period of time made me a bit cranky but I could understand why the coach did it, and he's got my welfare in mind," Farah said.
"It's going to be a long year and there'll be times when I'm a bit flat and he's going to look to give me a rest and I can understand that."
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