We just can never string two good seasons together. It's disheartening. We haven't made the finals 2 years in a row since 03-04. I guess that's not as pathetic as Parra though, but it's still depressing. I admit I genuinely thought they could at least be as good as last year, as I felt there was still a lot of improvement in the team in terms of cohesion. But the cohesion is getting worse, it seems Austin and Leilua just don't like each other.
Seizer has become a failure, who Ricky needs to shoulder charge on Mad Monday. His kicking game has turned to trash.
Austin is still doing a few positive things for us which the normal viewer wouldn't notice (biggest touch finders, biggest drop-outs in the game etc.). He also kicks some good bombs. But his running game seemed to desert him at the start of the year. He's been getting it back the past month, and still looks dangerous most times he runs the ball. But now he's deciding not to pass, and just go for the gusto himself. I suspect he's trying to get his full confidence back by scoring a long range solo try. He just needs to take the right damn option.
Hodgson is a shell of his former self. Hopefully we ban him for playing for England if he's carrying an injury.
Leilua looks fat and is fast becoming a sh*t teammate. His attitude visibly turns to sh*t when we're losing and getting frustrated out of games.
Clay Priest & Luke Bateman are not first grade standard.
I don't agree with our constant lock rotation. Bateman, Soliola, Tapine, Priest....let's make up our mind. It's not horses for courses at lock.
Wighton needs to improve his timing badly. He drops far too many passes when he chimes into the backline.
Our starting props are decent, but the bench leaves a lot to be desired.
Our wingers, and for the most part our 2nd-rowers are still good though. Yay.
