Lingard, I feel this is not about my post, its about you having an issue with me. It seems you really have it out for me. Doesn't matter what I write you will find something wrong because I wrote it. If I really felt this squad could not make the GF I would say so. Last years squad had all the right ingredients and circumstances to win last years GF, but that was not to be and I have raised my concerns about the many why why why why why's.
The Dragons on paper did not look like a GF squad but they won it this year off the back of one of the greatest coaches of all time who worked out the strengths of each player and used a game plan designed to make sure all players best strengths were used in the best possible way. With great fitness and built in confidence and using an average 7, 6 & 9 (not world class), they easily won the 2010 GF. Look at the culture from top to bottom and we can see why the Dragons won. Look at the Eels culture from top to bottom and we can see why the Eels terribly fell apart, particularly when the pressure was applied in the last 8 weeks or so of the season. Did DA create this crap culture?????? Was he fully supported to get rid of it??????? Just my opinion, remember its just my opinion here..... Why were plans in place to get rid of him early this season??? I was also told about the whispers coming from within the club saying those with the power had it out for him as early as the 5th round or so of the 2009 season. Again, this is just my opinion Lingard!!!!
Go and get f**ked! No, just kidding. I`ve got no issue with you - except when you start going on and on about conspiracy theories when you have NO evidence. If you had some evidence that`s okay, but you assassinate people`s characters without a shred of evidence. Calling Osborne evil and the 'board' (who are just people you have never met) a bunch of money-grubbing, masonic demons who run some sort of terrible cartel. I don`t care about your silly conspiracy ideas at every turn, but I think it`s a bit rich to denigrate someone`s character when you`ve never even met them AND you have no evidence. That`s what I object to. But when you don`t do this sort of thing, your posts are insightful, intelligent and I respect your knowledge of football, which, if you`d read some of my posts, you would already know. And I`ve also stuck up for you on this forum at times. So, I don`t have an issue with you.
In regard`s to my earlier post; I get sick of people EVERY SINGLE YEAR saying we have a great squad and we should be pushing for a top four spot or we should win the premiership. For f**k sake! If you compare our 2011 squad to Souths or Gold Coast or Manly or Easts or Saints or the Tigers ..... or ....... Maybe, just maybe we have a better squad than Cronulla or the Cowboys. Canberra are better than us on paper. So are Brisbane. Melbourne probably still are. And we have a rookie coach.
Potentially the best rookie coach going around, but still a rookie. Mate, on paper, we`ll be going real well to come tenth or eleventh. Our squad is mediocre. Why can`t we for once just settle for that, without talking up our finals chances and then being disappointed. I for one will be happy if Parra are fairly competitive in most of their matches and develop into a team with at least some tactics and some structure or strategy. Anything more than that will just be a bonus.
And by the way, why did you put four exclamation marks after ny name? You got an issue with me or something? :lol:
