Which was my point earlier. We cop a loss after being savaged by injuries and the Do you want BA as coach ? thread get plucked from page 3 and gets pumped for the next week. Weird huh ?
I haven't read every thread but i disagreed with shifting Dyl to centre and JA to 5/8th.
Just as johns and wishart, they are backups and they were in the spine coz of injuries and they werent that good.
We replaced one of our spine with a backup and although ja was just average as expected, we weakened our spine. However, we shifted an inform 5.8th to the centres. If Dyl was playing like last year, then fair enough coz his attack was crap last year. But this year, his attack has been very good. So weakening our spine not because of an injury in the spine was a poor decision. I still think Matto to centre in attack and Dyl to defend at centre if we are worried with Matto's lateral defense.
If JA came in and played like Tim Smith when he came in, then I wouldn't have an issue either.
In regards to keeping BA, I too think it's time to replace him. If he had won a gf or got the team to the gf a coupla times in his stay, then I would keep him.
But his tenure has been long and it's time for a change. Especially in 2024 where our squad is not settled yet. Good chance for a new coach to build what he wants. Our 2 halves aren't even signed for 2024 at this point in time.