Completely agree with this, that Newcastle team in particular was stacked. But the irony of the digs at Nathan is that if people held Thurston and Johns to the same standard, they should have won premierships even if the were playing with mugs.
I agree that you will need to wait till after your career to be viewed with perspective. I think people are going to scratch their head and ask how this team was so dominant. Look, I love all the guys but this isn’t a team that should be historically dominant; really only Nathan and To’o (and potentially Yeo) are really going to be viewed as generational players, and even To’o is going to be remembered for his stats than his play.