Saints of George
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A question that came to my mind a lot while watching the 2019 Dragons run around was, why are we playing week after week with no heart? Do these players not know or realise what they are playing for and what jersey they are wearing? Judging from the ladder position and the boycott that almost happened, I'm guessing the answer is no. And it makes me worry. Why have we lost, who we are?
It's often a point of complaint that we're a jobs for the boys club and that Mary is a bad coach, but take a look around the league and we're not a one off scenario.
The Raiders: Have an old boy at the helm and he's made his team and town believe in what they are representing. Each one of those boys (half of which are not from Australia) know the history of the club and the legends that have worn the jersey before them. Even Ricky has his player number on his club shirt.
Bulldogs: These guys have no right to even be within reach of the 8, but they have an old boy who's made them believe the family club/dogs of war culture and they went on an end of season run that had a shot at the 8.
Manly: An absolute basket case under Trent. Salary cap and off field scandals and no one had them in the 8. They get an old boy back who buys into the culture and suddenly they're a threat for the title.
Roosters: Need I got into detail. Back to back premierships with an old boy at the helm. Listen to the Gus Gould podcast and you hear Robbo talk about how he brought the history back into the club and the pride in the jersey that comes with it. Every player has bought into it.
I'll even go as far as to say Melbourne have a better culture than us. People want to play for that jersey.
Why, where and when did we go so wrong. We have the greatest history out of any other club, we have an old boy who captained us to a Grand Final and captained the Illawarra before that. We have a CEO who played for St.George and yet the players don't have a clue what they are playing for and as a fan, it hurts to watch.
I'm not gonna jump on a merger argument or anything like that, but St.George for some reason has lost it's way.
Gould said in his review that St.George has no clear DNA, they players and board all have a different idea of who we are. In my opinion to go forward we need to look back and remember what playing for St.George means and the best way to do that is for the club to educate the players on who they are playing for, who came before them, who wore that jersey and what is means to pull it on.
It's often a point of complaint that we're a jobs for the boys club and that Mary is a bad coach, but take a look around the league and we're not a one off scenario.
The Raiders: Have an old boy at the helm and he's made his team and town believe in what they are representing. Each one of those boys (half of which are not from Australia) know the history of the club and the legends that have worn the jersey before them. Even Ricky has his player number on his club shirt.
Bulldogs: These guys have no right to even be within reach of the 8, but they have an old boy who's made them believe the family club/dogs of war culture and they went on an end of season run that had a shot at the 8.
Manly: An absolute basket case under Trent. Salary cap and off field scandals and no one had them in the 8. They get an old boy back who buys into the culture and suddenly they're a threat for the title.
Roosters: Need I got into detail. Back to back premierships with an old boy at the helm. Listen to the Gus Gould podcast and you hear Robbo talk about how he brought the history back into the club and the pride in the jersey that comes with it. Every player has bought into it.
I'll even go as far as to say Melbourne have a better culture than us. People want to play for that jersey.
Why, where and when did we go so wrong. We have the greatest history out of any other club, we have an old boy who captained us to a Grand Final and captained the Illawarra before that. We have a CEO who played for St.George and yet the players don't have a clue what they are playing for and as a fan, it hurts to watch.
I'm not gonna jump on a merger argument or anything like that, but St.George for some reason has lost it's way.
Gould said in his review that St.George has no clear DNA, they players and board all have a different idea of who we are. In my opinion to go forward we need to look back and remember what playing for St.George means and the best way to do that is for the club to educate the players on who they are playing for, who came before them, who wore that jersey and what is means to pull it on.