Yep. I'm feeling quite optimistic. Definitely top 8.
Me tooYep. I'm feeling quite optimistic. Definitely top 8.
Yeah I think he's undoubtedly a huge loss. If we don't do well this year without him, a lot of peeps that said we would be better off without him, will be eating their words...Can't say at all until we see how they go without Princess.
Love him or hate him, our record has been generally diabolical without him.
Reserving all judgement until I see how the new #7 clicks; results could swing in any direction.
Nice post.The expectation on the new half will be huge, the media will be wankers about it and make them feel either untouchable if we win the first few, or will bash the shit out of them if they start slow. Lose/lose really, they will need to stay grounded and keep focused on performance and following the gameplan.
Is Green going to wear the 7? He was basically being the halfback last year, but I think it would be a good move just to take a little bit of spotlight off the rookie. SJ basically only ran the plays on the right, using his and Harris running games to create holes in the defence, and if they were numbered out he'd pass to the centre (or stop dead, do some dancing and hope for the best).
I think if the new guy can defend well, offer some decent kicking and passing game, we can do what we did last season. Although, if we lose a RTS, Harris, Luke or Green for a decent length of time, we'll be in trouble. Those guys bar maybe Luke (if Roache steps up) are irreplaceable. I'm expecting a 6-10th finish.
Looks like a few people have had a big Christmas bender.
Surely we cannot make the 8. If we do, minus SJ and Gavet with no replacements, Kearney will cement himself as a bona-fide NRL coach.
Looks like a few people have had a big Christmas bender.
Surely we cannot make the 8. If we do, minus SJ and Gavet with no replacements, Kearney will cement himself as a bona-fide NRL coach.
We certainly can be successful without him I just reckon we will take a couple of years given there's no obvious successorUNLIKE most of you guys, I'm truly gutted we lost SJ but I like the optimism that you SJ haters bring - in that we can be successful without him.