Rumours and Stuff

[Poupou Escobar]

So it was luck making the finals 4 year in the row, including 2 top 4 finishes…..

Yep we were lucky those four years but for these past 18 months we were just shit.

 

[The Predictor]

A

We had a team good enough to win it in 2021 & 2022.

We got unlucky in 2021 didnt help the fact we didnt have a backup half for 5 weeks after Origin when Moses did his back and we lost our spot in the 4.

We re-grouped should have beaten Penrith if not for some refereeing decisions but we made it hard on ourselves by not making the Top 4. We were 9-1 to start the year after 10 rounds and came 6th at the end of the regular season.

2022 was a major stuff up simply because we put ourselves in a situation having to travel to Townsville for a prelim final by losing to the Tigers & Bulldogs in not horrendous inexcusable performances that premiership sides don't toss up.

We probably turn up to GF day with more petrol in the tank if we had 2 x finals including a prelim final by finishing top 2.

And yet here we are

 

[The Predictor]

N

I'm one of Matt's biggest fans here, because I genuinely think he is a special player.

But I do think he is too light/scrawny for regular NRL footy at this stage.

He has the brains, and the skill, to be a very, very good dummy-half - but he needs to add a bit of muscle to his frame, and it's not just so he doesn't get rag-dolled - it's so bis body can cope with the rigours of NRL footy better.

Moot really, once dad is gone, son will follow

 

[hineyrulz]

With our squad what would be acceptable?
We had halves of Dylan and Moses
Two origin level props at the time and Gutherson who was a top 5 fullback in that era. And e very good dummy half.
Did we over achieve? We put together a nice squad. It was poorly coached and barrelled out easily in most finals campaigns.
We then extended guys for to long and the rest is history.

 

[hindy111]

So the seventh best team is hardly a shit squad. And winning a preliminary final in Townsville isn’t something to cry about. It was an awesome game.

Sure but how good where the Cowboys? They've been complete rubbish since. They had a soft draw that year also

 

[Delboy]

It had plenty of home grown players in it too. Merkins who made their NRL debuts at our club.

Surely the issue is that somehow they did almost nothing in recruitment after making the GF in 2022, and losing at least 6 NRL players. The board have overseen the failure since then, and need to act now.

 

[Joshuatheeel]

With our squad what would be acceptable?
We had halves of Dylan and Moses
Two origin level props at the time and Gutherson who was a top 5 fullback in that era. And e very good dummy half.
Did we over achieve? We put together a nice squad. It was poorly coached and barrelled out easily in most finals campaigns.
We then extended guys for to long and the rest is history.

I wasn’t making a judgment on our performances, just questioning the argument…..

BA had/has a good roster, so can’t coach as we are going shit……..while MON has no idea as we have a shit squad…..yet BA has a good squad, and can’t coach as we are going shit, MON has no idea as we have a shit squad….

it really can’t be both, it’s more one or the other…..

 

[Gazzamatta]

I wasn’t making a judgment on our performances, just questioning the argument…..

BA had/has a good roster, so can’t coach as we are going shit……..while MON has no idea as we have a shit squad…..yet BA has a good squad, and can’t coach as we are going shit, MON has no idea as we have a shit squad….

it really can’t be both, it’s more one or the other…..

Both can be true particularly when we have a top 30 that is actually 26. Then theres injurys and suspensions. Anyhow its now past round 11 so anyone is an option the way I understand it.

 

[emjaycee]

I wasn’t making a judgment on our performances, just questioning the argument…..

BA had/has a good roster, so can’t coach as we are going shit……..while MON has no idea as we have a shit squad…..yet BA has a good squad, and can’t coach as we are going shit, MON has no idea as we have a shit squad….

it really can’t be both, it’s more one or the other…..

FFS, it can be whatever it wants to be on here mate.

 

[Avenger]

FFS, it can be whatever it wants to be on here mate.

It’s actually nobodies fault because none of us know the full details. We have just been unlucky. We must have broken every mirror in a glass factory at the end of 1986.

 

[emjaycee]

It’s actually nobodies fault because none of us know the full details. We have just been unlucky. We must have broken every mirror in a glass factory at the end of 1986.

I reckon it's actually a little bit of lots of people's fault and no single person is to blame. That also means no single person can fix it all either unfortunately.

 

[Avenger]

I reckon it's actually a little bit of lots of people's fault and no single person is to blame. That also means no single person can fix it all either unfortunately.

Bennett would because he’d demand all the misfits quit. He’d have more autonomy than what Brian Smith had.

The reason why we have so many chiefs and not enough Indians now is because we opted to keep BA and help him with failed former NRL coaches who are now his assistants and a HOF in charge of recruitment who is as effective as AstraZeneca with COVID.

 

[gaffer]

wish there was an ultimatum instead of this slow death by a thousand losses

 

[emjaycee]

Bennett would because he’d demand all the misfits quit. He’d have more autonomy than what Brian Smith had.

The reason why we have so many chiefs and not enough Indians now is because we opted to keep BA and help him with failed former NRL coaches who are now his assistants and a HOF in charge of recruitment who is as effective as AstraZeneca with COVID.

Not sure even Bennett could demand the CEO quit mate.

 

[Avenger]

Not sure even Bennett could demand the CEO quit mate.

I’ve never called the CEO a misfit. If he is a proper leader he will consider the advice of the board and make a call.

 

[hindy111]

I reckon it's actually a little bit of lots of people's fault and no single person is to blame. That also means no single person can fix it all either unfortunately.

@TheRam I think could

 

[emjaycee]

If he was a proper CEO would he need to wait for the Boards advice?
Just do it himself, it's within his paygrade.

 

[emjaycee]

@TheRam I think could

Not without you and your Dad's help mate.

 

[hindy111]

Not without you and your Dad's help mate.

Dad reckons Penrith are no hope this year.
He thinks Sharks or Chooks

 

[oldmancraigy]

Not sure even Bennett could demand the CEO quit mate.

Just because he can't demand it wouldn't stop him actually doing it.
Probably in a post match interview after a good win.
And it might scare the board enough to do something!



OK. Maybe not.