I don't see it as Ricky's fault. Jack Gibson, Wayne Bennett and God couldn't make this team win because we don't have the cattle.
We have a mixture of fringe first graders, and overpaid hacks who come here for a payday because we are so desperate for anyone to come here and be mediocre.
When we get good players, we low-ball them in negotiations like we did to De Gois, and then sign hacks like Hughes who was only a first grade regular at Canterbury, because his uncle's name was on the door.
We run at the first sign of trouble. We let Latu and Bird go over NOTHING INCIDENTS, while Brisbane plays three guys accused of rape.
It is up to Zappia to buy Stuart the cattle, and it is ZAPPIA that is not doing his job. Where were we on Kemp, Falou, Moon, Morris last season? Nowhere. We're too busy chasing the Grant Millington's and the Kade Snowden's of this world to ever buy a superstar.
We let a Premiership winning halfback go to keep a DRUNK. We signed a never was from Saint George who has not won a thing in his entire career. To say nothing of the fact that he was infamous for being injured continually.
Our fullback cracks like china if you touch him, and our highest paid forward... the guy who makes about EIGHT TIMES what I do... Has played about 30 games for us in four years. It's not bloody good enough.
I agree that the players are pissed off. I would be too at the constant ineptitude of management. I can understand why they're not trying. Why bother? You're just going to get lowballed by Zappia at the end of your contract anyway. Why risk getting injured? Quietly play your time out... Pierce and Zappia love mediocrity... and then move on.
