I don’t think Ryles will be coach by the end of next year. This has been the most abysmal start to a season for a very long time (regardless of what the result ends up being today), and if you take off the rose coloured glasses, it’s starting to become apparent that none of his calls to date have worked.
Arthur had to go, and I thought Ryles was a good option for coach. I don’t think that anymore. Results are everything, and ours are absolutely diabolical. I also don’t think we can console ourselves on the basis that this is a Ciraldo-like rebuild year - our squad for next year isn’t nearly good enough at this stage to make me think that things will improve to an acceptable level.
Weirdly, I think the Arthur experience will actually push the board to be more ruthless next time around rather than letting a failing coach drift for too long.
Anyway, I really hope I’m wrong, but I can’t see where the improvement comes from at this stage other than Moses coming back, and that’s just not a viable way to run a football team. And frankly, some of Ryles’ selections are at the point of being so bizarre that I’m pretty off him already - Kautoga should f**k off never to see first grade again, and starting Hopgood at hooker isn’t far off starting Peni Terepo at hooker, which was one of BA’s most braindead ideas.
