Should the coach cop the blame? Just because he's the one doing press conferences doesn't mean he's the one responsible for football operations or the funding that requires. He can only work with the team he's got and I think we overachieved this year. If we lose to Souths we'll still be top six, which is where I expected us to finish.
Who gives a toss about his press conferences? It's the results of what they are doing on the field that matters mate and since the second half of the season we have basically been absolute shite compared to most teams in the comp even though we finished 3rd.
You are obviously a very negative merkin, cos I expected us to win it once I saw what our potential was early in the season. Which from now on is what I expect to be the case every year from our club. We are one of the most powerful overall clubs in the NRL. We should almost always be a realistic contender. But the way we have been playing right this minute who thinks that today?
If someone did an analysis of all the clubs in the comp, pros and cons, I'm sure we would end up being one of the top 3 or 4 clubs.
Only the Broncos, Melbourne and Roosters are in our class over all right across the board and one could argue that the Storm in reality are slightly behind us if it weren't for their coach and his stellar recruitment over the past 15 years or so and the fact that they have been lucky enough to have cheated the cap which allowed them to accumulate some of the best players of the generation including a GOAT. I suspect that once both coach and the GOAT retire, we may just leap frog them to 3rd position in the overall pecking order.
In no particular order. We have equally best leagues club. We have equally best stadium. We have top 3-4 best player nurseries. We have top 3 most supporters. We have one of the most stable and best run admins. We have a city that is on the rise and expanding its financial base and reach as we speak. Within 5 years our business footprint will be bigger then North Sydney's and 3rd or 4th largest in the country.
So I expect to be winning GF just like the Roosters, Storm and Broncos do. When we have a bad year, I expect the media to be losing their collective heads like they have been with the Broncos because it is to out of character, not to simply think oh well that is Parra, Dr Jeckyll and Mr Hyde. We are now a destination club. But the question remains. Is the coach a destination coach? If we have a similar season or heaven forbid a worse one next year, I fear that all this growth will have largely been wasted.
No I expect to win it. No excuses. And if we don't the coach, players and recruitment need to be assessed big time and action should be brutal.
34+ years should never have happened to this club. They better get it right for next year or my criticism will be merciless.
No excuses.
