actually i'll completely disagree with you.
Look at a squad with the worst back 5 in the nrl (burt, morgan, horo, smith, hicks) - and then look at the guys missing injured, they aren't much better (atkins, loko)
you're going to tell me that you reckon some other system would be better for the club? Would see us twice lose to manly on the final siren; have the same thing happen against the storm and broncos, beat the cowboys and draw with the dragons????
Those are the top 5 teams in the comp mate - and if you want more, how about a win over the warriors (number 6) or the tigers (number 7) or even a 2 point loss to the knights (number 8).
With our backline we've got no business even being in those games, let alone damn near winning most of them.
The game plan we're using allows us to compete with the best teams in the comp. We've had 2 "bad games" against top teams - the dragons (round 8) and the storm (round 5). Those came early in the season while we were still adapting to the new style. Since round 11 we've executed the game plan, and even with our rubbish cattle, we've been in every game.
The souths game is the exception - but natural for a team to have a 'we give up' game late in a season when they've tried hard for weeks and lost on the bell 3 times in a row.
The system is working fine - the problem lies in the cattle.
You replace
burt, morgan, horo, smith, hicks
with
hayne, tonga, tonga, loko, burt
and we go from having one of the worst backlines ever, to having a very strong set of outside backs - and then having the luxury of a real halfback and 5/8.
But there's not some better system that could've been used to compete with the best teams in the comp. I don't see any other team in the bottom half of the draw having had better results than we have against the top teams.
