Didn't see ANY of 2005 Chris?CWBush said:Didn't see much of the 2004 season? We may not have made the eight, but we won our fair share of games without Joey. Sure, we had Kennedy to inspire things - but it seems people are quick to forget that we played near an entire season without Johns and ended up one win short of a finals berth.
Compare apples with apples mate. We don't have a replacement for Ben Kennedy (and the hack we did get was injured all season), we had no leadership, we had no direction, we got close in some games but lacked any killer instinct. We got absolutely flogged in others and we couldn't win until Johns came back.
This year we have virtually the same line up as last year, only we have a Great Britain rep with us now, and low and behold we had EXACTLY THE SAME PROBLEM. We didn't ever look like we were close to winning the Warriors match, and the Storm are a much much better team than them - plus we'll be away from home.
I'm not saying don't be positive. I'm just saying be realistic. Debate this topic all you want - all the signs point to us not winning without Johns this year.