Frankus
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Great post. Ivan certainly has the runs on the board. The only other team to make 4 consecutive GFs since 1998 is Melbourne, and they did it with a cooked roster. Until our recent threepeat - it was odds on that either the Roosters or Melbourne would make the GF - since 2006 - of the 18 GFs, at least one of those sides have participated in 11 of them. I'm not saying its only been a 2 horse race, but both of those sides have been there or there abouts for the best part of 2 decades. What Ivan and the club has been able to do is not only break that dominance, but smash it - the last 3 years neither have made the GF which is the longest streak of GFs since 1998 that hasn't featured a Roosters or Melbourne side.Is Ivan really conservative? He has been picking one of the youngest team and debuting teenagers for years, we just played with two teens this week and we had more then one option to avoid it. Oh but he wouldnt of debuted his 18 year old son and hasnt dropped tago so he must be?
You guys are just using conservative instead of saying "he doesnt make the changes i think he should".
Also if we are talking about his decisions the runs he has on the board is 100 percent a fair part of the conversation. He isnt just a good or really good coach, he is on a run that 99 percent of NRL coaches wont ever get close to these last four years.
We are a real chance of making it to 5 straight if we can get our best side on the park and firing. If we do, it will be the first time since Souths 1967-1971 run where a team has made 5 consecutive GFs.