Crashing back down to reality.. we've played crap football all year.. we are not a good team at all. I don't know how some have seen that we are. To me, it's blind optimism and hope that we can become something better. We have been so shit all year and managed to scrap some wins together.
Our roster is so clogged full of shit it's not funny. We need better, yet some of these players who aren't close to good enough get talked up like they're going to amount to anything. Taking an actual look into the reality of our top squad's situation.
Backs:
CT (not good enough just because he takes some strong carries), Gutho (a bit above solid, good leader, has some class, worth having around but not elite), Corey Allan (if he's your 30th spot it's not the end of the world), Kyle Flanagan (worst half in the comp by a long, long way, indefensibly bad yet Dragons fans are the only fans in the comp who seem TO defend him.. move on, he's horrendous), Ilias (terrible, terrible half), Lykhan (young kid, who knows, not currently setting the world alight), Feagai (I like him, but time to move him on, not good enough), Suli (sometimes good, sometimes shit.. in reality probably not quite good enough), Lawson (unknown but definitely not as exciting as other converts in the comp), Finau (talented, some defensive issues but this could be solved.. will probably be gone), Sloan (cut the cord, he's shit, genuinely scared of contact), Holmes (our best back, but still hurting us every single week with an error coming out of yardage.)
Forwards:
Lawrie (worst prop in the comp, absolutely laughable player), Cook (heavily overrated, quite poor), Klemmer (meh), Egan (thank god he's around, but injured), Guler (meh), Latu (most talented young lock in the country.. leaving), Sele (good player, never on the field though.. maybe gets a chance soon?), Stewart (works hard, good tackle technique, not sure he'll be anything a little better than solid though), JDB (goes good some weeks, other weeks just okay, never really bad, but doesn't set the world on fire), Liddle (good impact hooker), Su'a (our best forward, but is in and out of origin i.e. not top shelf in the comp, can be rocks and diamonds), Loko (big talent), Luch (needs to go, can't keep himself fit/motivated), M Molo (hopeless, will be leaving), RFM (not first grade standard), R Couchman (shame about his injury, could and should be very good), T Couchman (so consistent, very good player), Fifita (professional sportsman who can run for 5-10 mins and is done for the day)
It's a long way back looking at that.. but if we're serious or trying to get serious then we need to stop putting the rose coloured glasses on with these players who do something good ocassionally, and then seemingly get a free pass for 3-5 years before everyone comes to the conclusion they're shit. If they aren't good enough, the club needs to stop glorifying them and move them on. There is around 33% of that current roster probably worth keeping, but we'll be stuck with the other 67% for a lot longer than we should be and if/when we do replace those ones.. it'll probably be more shit
