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The game has changed its dynamism over those 4 years from a power dominated , forward heavy style to a more dynamic speed generated style. The issue is that recruitment and development hasn’t assisted in changing the roster , and the structure of playing style is embedded and preferred by the coach.
I like who they are considering if my mail is correct. Was also under considerstion in 2022 before our run to the GF.
But no doubt you're convinced MON and BA and whoever else you can name are the ones to blame.
It's possible but irrelevant imo. Penrith aren't great because they have Matt Cameron, they are great because of their football budget, which is largely based on the income generated by Panthers Group. Cameron is just an employee.
Can you prove it would have made any difference? Both clubs improved with their respective appointments. But we were coming off a much lower base than them. Cameron was appointed to GM when they had made the finals three years in a row, and five times in the previous nine years. When we signed O'Neill we had made the finals once in that time.
I know it for a fact too, it was announced in the media.
When judging the past this is all that matters.
I can say you're wrong. You don't know how we would've gone with Cameron instead of O'Neill. We have fewer resources to work with here. You admitted it at the start of your post. Now you're pretending the disparity in spending doesn't matter? WTF is wrong with you people?
I reckon we could've gone heaps worse without O'Neill. The fact is we did go heaps worse before he came to the club. It doesn't mean O'Neill deserves all the credit but he sure as shit doesn't deserve all the blame for us missing the finals once in the five years he's been here.
Very few clubs have done better than us since Covid. Only two clubs have won the comp and only three other clubs have made grand finals, including us. You disaster narrative is a bunch of hysterical bullshit.
The way I see it, these are the changes needed:
He’d have to be the succession plan for Gutho, unless Lomax to fullback? He’d get the ball plenty.
Couldn’t be more than 7 minutes away from Kellyville.
And it's only 7 mins away ffs!!
I think it does. I reckon it’s the only way to entice someone like a Bennett. It needs to happen yesterday though if we’re to pull it off (not a euphemism, although…)
Yep the KPI should be top 4 EVERY YEAR…period. If we don’t achieve that then the entire football department and board have failed and we need to look at changes somewhere to ensure it doesn’t happen the following year.
TBH, i would like to see Barrett kept for a while but not under BA. Just to see what he can add in terms of attack.
Head buried firmly in the sand - lets just keep going steady as she goes then.
You have to start thinking Gutho's knee is only a 50/50 chance of coming good. He had surgery in the off season and needs surgery again already. We have to plan for that.
We may have made the finals four years straight, but we were never, and I mean NEVER a major contender to win a premiership.....unless we did a Bradbury which is a .0001 chance...we were just making up the numbers.
I hope so.
