Its amazing that a team playing as poorly as ours can still be in with a shot at the finals this year. Forgetting that frustration at our inept team and poor coach for a moment though, surely Mc Gregor needs to take a realistic look at what's needed to secure a spot in the 8.
Firstly, he needs to forget about hoping for 8th spot, as our for and against is so bad, that anyone on the same amount of points will take that spot from us, even allowing that Parramatta is about to get docked their 12 point penalty.
Looking at the upcoming draw, I can only see us winning 5 more games, plus the bye, which gets us to 28, which is more often than not, the cut off. But our F & A will rule that out.
So Mary needs to be targeting at least 2 things over the remainder of the season - 1. at least 6 wins (which means beating all the teams under us and 1 of the matches against Bulldogs, Brisbane, Cronulla & Parra) and 2. improving the for and against.
His safe and steady approach needs to go obviously, so that means he needs to pick a team that can score points. Some risks need to be taken - find a spot for Mann, drop Benji (who needs to reflect on Corey Parker's decision today - a player who can still be said to be close to career best form compared to Benji's bungles). Pick a bench with impact. From what I can objectively see, our season is gone, so why not attempt to go out without dying wondering? Throw caution to the wind in attack, stop playing safety first. Whats the worst that can happen?
Firstly, he needs to forget about hoping for 8th spot, as our for and against is so bad, that anyone on the same amount of points will take that spot from us, even allowing that Parramatta is about to get docked their 12 point penalty.
Looking at the upcoming draw, I can only see us winning 5 more games, plus the bye, which gets us to 28, which is more often than not, the cut off. But our F & A will rule that out.
So Mary needs to be targeting at least 2 things over the remainder of the season - 1. at least 6 wins (which means beating all the teams under us and 1 of the matches against Bulldogs, Brisbane, Cronulla & Parra) and 2. improving the for and against.
His safe and steady approach needs to go obviously, so that means he needs to pick a team that can score points. Some risks need to be taken - find a spot for Mann, drop Benji (who needs to reflect on Corey Parker's decision today - a player who can still be said to be close to career best form compared to Benji's bungles). Pick a bench with impact. From what I can objectively see, our season is gone, so why not attempt to go out without dying wondering? Throw caution to the wind in attack, stop playing safety first. Whats the worst that can happen?