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Cleary has continuously lost players and still found a way to get back every year and win. This loss of players makes it harder than previous eras...good on em.
I wish we could win 1...
Probably learned how to scull four beers at a time and join the back of the beer queue again, while they enjoy their remaining three and a half weeks of leave before the Ryles era...
That would depend on who they replaced them with. But yes, they've gone from better than +300 points differential between 2021 and 2023 to 'only' +186 this year. Probably why I was able to get a reasonable price for them to win the comp two weeks ago.
I agree it was much more even this year. Not a single team hit +300 differential. Penrith were actually underdogs today, so good on them. But our 2022 side (just based on results) would've finished 5th this year. You're right that it was a soft competition, but there were still four teams better than the 2022 Eels.
It's a small sample, which is why head-to-head stats are generally worthless bullshit.
Alamoti was always a beast. But Penrith can cover his defence whereas the Dogs don't have the cattle.
He was pretty poor in his first stint at Penrith. Made the finals once in four years.
But pretty f**king good in his second stint at Penrith. Won four premierships in four years.
Are u advocating a 2nd stint for BA?
*six years
Imagine how he’ll go when he’s got a halfback better than Jeff Robson Mk II
Well he achieved f**k all without him.
He’s also shown you up to be a clueless imbecile when it comes to football. That’s not much of an achievement, granted, but it’s fun nonetheless.
Sounds like Bellamy without Cameron Smith
