Ponga Appreciation Thread.

[Woody90]

The commentary was the same for the Raiders too until they actually proved they could a) judge talent and b) coach them to be better.

Players typically don't come to us to improve, they leave to improve. O'Brien has to be removed and replaced before that has any weight whatsoever to me. You can't execute that strategy with shit-for-brains running the football show. The club is STILL umming and ahhing on this super basic and easy decision. We've passed up on so many serviceable coaches since we re-signed his stupid contract. If we don't rip off the bandaid now and sit on our hands and actually let him have ANOTHER crack next year... we'll be throwing another year or two away and we'll completely deserve to fail. Not us the fans, we don't deserve any of this - but the people running the club will.

Yeah I completely disagree that players don’t improve when they come here. Leo went from a reserve grade player at the Raiders to the most in demand prop in the game here in 18 months, Lucas was a nobody in the Dragons system and now rep quality, we turned Dom young into a star, he went to the Roosters and turn to shit and is now looking like a star again. There are plenty more.

I want AOB gone too but it’s definitely not accurate to say players haven’t improved here. There’s literally no reason we cant develop some of the fringe guys into better players like we have in the past. I actually have zero issues with AOB’s player development at all. Tactics in attack are the reason he needs to leave.

 

[Apey]

The 5 recruitment managers in 6 years, if entirely accurate, is pretty embarrassing stuff. It suggests to me we havent known what direction we actually want to take the club in, which fits perfectly with what a shambles we've become.