Bellamy doesnt play the highlighted players willy nilly, only through injury or Rep weeks - so whats the point?
Bellamy knows what he is doing.
I slighty disagree about only playing highlighted rep players due to rep weeks or injury. Blair featured quite a lot and Champion constantly overlooked. That was a big call. There were many on the forum saying Storm got the better of the Champion/Inglis exchange. Bellamy didnt and Champion was packed off to NSW Cup.
Under massive pressure to meet the cap, Bellamy culled many players and recruited a bunch of nuffies. Reefy has highlighted our deficiences in recruitment. Well Bellamy/Storm recruited well (O'Neil,Duffie,Widdop,Hinchcliffe,Bromwich etc). Also the juniors are decent quality (Kelly for one). The Storm outfit made good decisions. Yes we all know they bent the rules. I doubt we would win the comp twice if we rorted the cap.
Must be a massive downer for those not selected for Storm first grade to join Sharks reserves. Anyone who can get decent performances weekly from Bryan Norrie knows how to coach.
We recruited Vave (who had great stats at the time). Know he cant even make our bench!! I dont know how you change the culture at the club but it is not good.
Poor coaching,lack of focus on recruitment and dire finances is not a good combination. I gave Flanno the benefit of the doubt until he extended Pom and signed Robson.Even being critical of that is hard on him as we dont know what they are being paid. I am in denial we actually pay Cordoba.
I know Jeremy Smith is a good asset but everyone except those running the Sharks thought we needed speedy backs. They havent changed their minds.Only back recruited is Jeff Robson. Oh I forgot Cooper is on his way the year after.
