Many weeks ago I said we wouldn't win a game for the rest of the season and it looks like that's going to pan out. And of course it is! Same thing has happened every year for the last 3 or 4 years. We always go on a massive losing streak after giving up when things get tough and real after Origin 3.
Can we get worse? not really. But we've been this bad for a few years already. Actually scratch that. This year we didn't even go on the Origin winning streak, so I guess we are worse.
The problem is that there's no sign of any change. How is the club going to dig itself out of this perpetual downward spiral? The first step is pride is performance.
Remember when the Storm were found out for cheating the cap and had to play an entire season without the ability to earn any competition points, and they still came out and tried their asses off and won more than they lost? They had nothing at all to play for and they put in twice the effort out f**ktards put in even when everything is on the line.
Until we have players who give a shit and coaches who know how to coach that into them, we will keep playing like softies every single year.
I don't even care if they can't do the basics right and make schoolboy errors. I just want a bunch of players that want to work hard and win more than the other team do. I want to, for once, be the overachieving team that doesn't look damaging on paper but beats you with guts and heart, instead of the perennial disappointments.
Roach easily deserves a start over Luke. Foran deserves to be nowhere near the team - he's almost invisible out there - the problem is both Lino and Ata aren't looking up for first grade. CNK has shown more ability in a few games on the wing than Ken has shown in his entire career.
We need revolutionary change at this point. I don't see how a slow and gradual "process" is going to magically turn things around.
Can we start playing moneyball? Forgot the big name signings. They don't want to come to the career graveyard anyway. Let's please sign all the hard-grafters who are flying a bit under the radar and not quite getting a shot at first grade on good squads like Melbourne. Surely there must be some? Or we have no hope for many years to come.
