At the moment I am no longer on the Sack McGregor bandwagon due to the improved onfield performance by the team, but we have been in a similar situation in 2005 and we all know how that unfolded.
Winning is great, but the style of play that we are seeing atm is the most enjoyable part of ride.
The excellent draw for the opening rounds has been very favourable, and the fact some teams have had pregame disruptions that has worked in our favour, but ultimately it is the team's players in key positions, Widdop, McCrone and McInnes, and a powerful forward pack that are performing beyond expectation that is propelling our side to the top of the ladder.
My memory is not that short that when we persevered with the Marshall/Widdop combination for so long when it was blatantly obvious to all and sundry that it was not working, and Dugan's inability to ball play, and Rein's poor passing and decision making were not addressed, by either improvement by coaching, or preserving with positional changes to address the issues means that I would not be happy if the club rushed into a contract extension any earlier than the third quarter of this season.
McGregor has improved, as has the club, but let's see how we go after we have played the teams in the top eight. Other than our exceptional performance against Cronulla, we still haven't played any of the competition heavyweights just yet.
Being on top of the table is good, but a few victories against the stronger clubs in the competition will be the real test of where we are at as a club.
We have built a perfect platform to take us into the next five rounds. Let's see how we are travelling by the time we get to the Round 12 bye - then we will know if we are really contenders, not just early season pretenders.
Hopefully we can get three out of the next five games, and then we will be in a great position to be a serious challenger.