In the NRL it's a very fine line between success and failure. As Hitman pointed out, inexperience has been a huge issue. We had a young squad which got younger as our experienced players got taken out.
The Vulcans have been a victim of a few things. First off the loss of players has hurt them a fair bit. Some were signed to other clubs while others chose to represent local teams as it pays better than the Vulcans. The flow on effect from first grade has also hurt them. Last year when the first grade team went on a run it also coincided with us getting injured players back and being almost full strength. At least 2/3 of the Vulcans GF team are either injured or moved on. Bring Mannering, Luck, Rapira Sr, Hurrell, Ropati back into first grade and the Vulcans get better by default due to players filtering back.
NYC had a shit game yesterday, but they still sit up top. They looked lethargic and did everything they could to hand the game to an enthusiastic and disiciplines Sharks side. Hard to see them playing that badly again.
Been a bad year, a mixture of bad luck and an over reliance on youngsters. Up until the Cronulla game we had competed in the majority of games we played. Going into yesterday we had led at halftime of 5 out of our last 6 losses. Through a mixture of inexperience, luck, and perhaps a lack of fitness we found a way to lose those games that last year we probably would'nt have. That's the way it goes sometimes.