This will always be said because of the Broncos set up and fair enough. There is truth to the Broncos plethora of great players coming off the production line all those years they had one state and one team. However, Bennett was responsible for the structures at the club that led to all that talent being identified, retained, developed and used in his team.
My thoughts late last year was that we should finish sixth. No higher. Definitely would not miss the eight. I am disappointed to say the least and cannot see any improvement in anything we do. I will say Jarrod Mullen has played much better footy this year but he is at best a running 5/8 with a handy kicking game and little ball playing skills. He has 4 try assists in 11 games. The best playmakers in the comp rack that up in one or two weeks. He has however crossed the stripe a few time himself so congrats there. We have no halfback and THAT is our major problem. It is possible that Bennett is setting his structures this year to integrate his half next year. That said, this team seems unable to offload or pass or have any attacking flair or structures. That is Bennett's fault. Maybe we will be a more effective offensive team when the half comes???? I do believe we could compete with the better teams if we had a top shelf half. We have the squad to make the top six easily.
Off field, my hope was Tinkler's money and Bennett's knowledge would put together a team of league men who would transform the clubs and local league structures to develop, identify, retain and then take the best players in a sort of production line to the Knights first grade team for years to come. I hope this off field dream is being worked on and is up and running with some result before Bennett leaves.
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