hindy111
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Sorry Pou. I'm trying to get in with the deathriders. I've heard they have free beer at their club.
I'll see what I can do
Sorry Pou. I'm trying to get in with the deathriders. I've heard they have free beer at their club.
Is that the quote from BA late last year when the trio left…….not a current quote…..
Its annoying because we are close to being a great team given our last 4 seasons but we still fall short in a few areas. Thats on BA and the players.
Still beats losing most weeks but it means that games like Monday night are particularly difficult to take.
Highly unlikelyI wonder if Ciraldo is holding off cause we have talked to him
In the dogs game Moses needed to take the line on more. He was just shovelling it out.It's on Moses and Gutherson.
THEY control the side and on the huge coin. Those two need to be better. Along with our two props.
The rest play well when those guys do.
We BA certainly hasn’t.Highly unlikely
Do you think the coach has the team playing to its potential? Last season we finished 6th and consequently had to play the Panthers in week 2 of the finals when we were a better team than Manly and the Roosters. This season we’re in danger of repeating that mistake by dropping games against the likes of the Tigers and Bulldogs. We’ve also had terrible attack in the 20m zone the last few seasons as well as mediocre goal line defence. That has nothing to do with the Roosters and Storm spending more money than us. That’s entirely on the coaching staff.I don’t “know” anything. Same as the rest of the dumb merkins on here. The coach is good enough to get us consistently there abouts. The gap between us and the elite is our program. Storm and Roosters have consistently spent a f**k ton more than us over the last 15 years and it shows in results.
If the team beats the likes of the Storm and Panthers then yes he deserves credit for that.So did we get up for the Panthers and Storm because of the coach or is he just to blame for us not getting up for the weak teams? You need to put individual results aside and look at the season as a whole. The coach has more influence over 20 games than he does over one game.
I don’t know what you’re saying here. The club was on a downhill spiral from 2010-2013 but we were mostly strong between 2005-2007 so I’m not sure why you’re grouping 2005 with 2013.Because of how good we were in the nine years before the coach joined the club:
Win rate 2005-2013: 43% (7 coaches)
Win rate 2014-2022: 53% (1 coach)
I highly doubt we’re even a factor in his decision. I’d be very surprised if Brad Arthur went anywhere after this season and I’m sure he knows that.I wonder if Ciraldo is holding off cause we have talked to him
Do you think the coach has the team playing to its potential? Last season we finished 6th and consequently had to play the Panthers in week 2 of the finals when we were a better team than Manly and the Roosters. This season we’re in danger of repeating that mistake by dropping games against the likes of the Tigers and Bulldogs. We’ve also had terrible attack in the 20m zone the last few seasons as well as mediocre goal line defence. That has nothing to do with the Roosters and Storm spending more money than us. That’s entirely on the coaching staff.
I thought it was a comparison of the 9 years of BA with the 9 years previous to BA. It shows that we have improved with stability, but it isn’t a reason to keep BA.I don’t know what you’re saying here. The club was on a downhill spiral from 2010-2013 but we were mostly strong between 2005-2007 so I’m not sure why you’re grouping 2005 with 2013.
In fairness, all three of those factors have gotten plenty of air time over the years.Yep. The excuses keep coming.
first it was not enough experienced players. We now have 3 origin and 3 former origin players. Plus potential international players.
then I’ve recently heard it’s leaders. So all elite players and no leaders amongst them?
Now it’s resources.
Brad Arthur had a much better roster than the coaches from 2010-13. You would hope he’d do better.I thought it was a comparison of the 9 years of BA with the 9 years previous to BA. It shows that we have improved with stability, but it isn’t a reason to keep BA.
My fear if we do change is that we get into a cycle of chopping and changing coaches again which hasn’t worked in the past. If we change, we need to make sure it’s a good change and stay patient with the new coach if it doesn’t result in instant success.
Last year’s ruck rules favoured teams with speed, which describes the Roosters and Manly more than it does us. That’s why there were so many blowouts. Coaching can’t make merkins faster ffsDo you think the coach has the team playing to its potential? Last season we finished 6th and consequently had to play the Panthers in week 2 of the finals when we were a better team than Manly and the Roosters.
Because it’s a comparable amount of seasons/games.If the team beats the likes of the Storm and Panthers then yes he deserves credit for that.
I don’t know what you’re saying here. The club was on a downhill spiral from 2010-2013 but we were mostly strong between 2005-2007 so I’m not sure why you’re grouping 2005 with 2013.
In fairness, all three of those factors have gotten plenty of air time over the years.
Also, your first and second point are arguably the same thing.
One Origin game is closer to zero than it is to 20 or even 10. It’s not whether you’ve played in a big game, but how many. Obviously this sort of thing brings diminishing returns but the premiers usually have a lot of finals and Origin games throughout the team.No they aren’t. It was brought up that our players lacked experience. Many players have now played origin and finals. Now it’s we don’t have enough leaders. We’ve got a squad built that should be pushing any and every team week in week out. What’s holding them back?