TV Ted Ellery
Bench
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This season has been our darkest on record and I'm sceptical about our chances of improvement in 2014. Like everybody, I'm looking forward to Brooks coming on but I don't think he will be the panacea to all our problems. We still have so many weaknesses across the park and without any big recruitments to fill the breach we will be relying on our juniors to carry us along. Maybe some of them will be better for the experience. I'm also keen to see the insidious influence of Marshall removed. His histrionics haven't helped us at all this season.
I thin 2015 will be our year. We need to recruit aggressively. It's what the Bulldogs and the Roosters do every time they have a lean year. The departure of Marshall et al will free up some cash to go after some quality players. No team ever turns around their fortunes on the back of junior talent alone. You need to sign top line players to bring a winning culture to the club and to create the type of environment where the young guys can realise their potential. Losing by cricket scores every week, as the team is doing, does nothing for the development of the young guys and only ruins their morale.
I thin 2015 will be our year. We need to recruit aggressively. It's what the Bulldogs and the Roosters do every time they have a lean year. The departure of Marshall et al will free up some cash to go after some quality players. No team ever turns around their fortunes on the back of junior talent alone. You need to sign top line players to bring a winning culture to the club and to create the type of environment where the young guys can realise their potential. Losing by cricket scores every week, as the team is doing, does nothing for the development of the young guys and only ruins their morale.