So far our 4 games have been against:
Premiers away - not an easy game, 39-0 ring a bell.
Dragons at home - local derby, form and squads go out the window
Manly away - our biggest hoodoo and a terribly hard ground to win at
Melbourne at home - the most dominant team for a decade
To come away with 4 points, a positive for and against, a good showing in Townsville and all the while letting a fullback find his feet, a 5/8 and half back gel and a hooker handing over the keys to the team.
Im satisfied.
Who is a realistic target to replace Flanno? That is decent?
Cleary? Has had access to 2 of the biggest junior bases on offer and done nothing with them. Got to a GF and got over hyped.
Toovey? Maybe, but he was given a brilliant Manly team and watched the age and not replace them. He also couldnt control their ego's.
Daley? We went for him as a coaching director during 2014 but he himself said he is not ready for a fulltime gig.
Walker Brothers? Play a shocking brand of footy that would get us hammered week in week out.
Better the devil you know.
People hate Flanno for his mistake he made in 2011. I'd hate to marry someone like that. What a grudge.
You couldnt hate hime for results.
When he started building the team he got us to finals.
He came back from a suspension and picked up the pieces to get us to the finals with the worst half back in the comp and a 5/8 who isn't a 5/8.
He got us 5th with no kicking game.
But he will never win us a comp!
Neither did Gibson, Beetson, Lang, Stuart ect.
There is no one available immediately who could come in and do a better job.
When the results go pear shaped then look to move him on.
You make many points and for once I agree with most. But bagging Ipswich is off the mark. Shocking brand of footballl!
By trying out innovative methods they won both the Comps they played in. Just the sort of innovative stuff, Flanno never shows. Sweeping statement stuff the forum is expected to swallow.
For all Flanno's good points , we are closer to a shocking brand of football than Ipswich. By shocking I assume you mean not good , not surprising. Ipswich were more interesting to watch than the Sharks. Their success resulted in them losing many players, so unlikely to repeat. Plus their style is now known.
Plus having a go at the halves is a laugh. It was Flanno who had the Robbo fixation. Plus he wouldn't play CT who is now the Messiah. Started with Wade at 6 when even Blind Freddy could see he was no good there. Then Flanno picked Bird there.
The whole peptide program was hardly a great bit of coaching either and I like others am bewildered it ended in him getting a contract extension.
Granted the alternatives to Flanno are no better. Let's see how he goes with 2 years with a decent roster though
Souths and Roosters won comps with largely unheralded coaches. So Flanno has a chance.
I also question Flanno's ability to keep Gallen in line.
As I said, I found myself largely in agreement with most of your post.
