'This club is a rabble' thread #5,672...

[Serc]

Truly worrying signs if there's a whole heap of long term die-hards making very similar posts in this thread.

One of the great things about this place has always been the quality debates, but we all seem to be on board with this one.

 

[Knightmare]

Would love to see a point where a large section of our home crowd pointed at the boys lining up under the posts after conceding another try, and yelled this at them:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdSH0l9NMek

 

[1qaz]

Stone failed as a coach before a ball was even kicked this season.
His plan to fit Sione in the 17 every week was always going come back to bite him on his ass.
So on Monday night the Knights had Gagai at fullback but trained right centre all preseason, Gidley at halfback who trained fullback all preseason, and Sione who trained mostly at fullback all preseason :crazy:

 

[Still Nutty]

I don't really know where we go from here. Everyone we've brought in coaching wise post Warren Ryan has failed miserably. We look back on the Smith years favourably because he's the only coach that could make the tough the decisions and got them to have a go but I think if we all look back deep down we knew he was a ticking time bomb waiting to explode like he did at all his other clubs.

What we'd do for someone like a Gus Gould. Our problems go beyond head coach. We need some proper leadership in higher places. Where the hell is this new board? I don't think I've heard a word about them since they were chosen.

Where is our new board...great question!!!

Re the rest of this thread...my developing apathy only allows me to just say 'ditto'

 

[Yosh]

I think it's pretty simple. The club is happy being a 7th to 13th placed club. They don't aspire to do any better and they just know avoiding the spoon is the only thing that's important.

It's madness to keep doing the same thing over and over again (making the same mistakes over and over again) and expect a different result. Unless something changes dramatically, we'll stay a 7th to 13th place club.

 

[aqua_duck]

13th is optimistic, I don't see 3 clubs worse than us

 

[slotmachine]

We'll string some wins together at the back-end of the season when there is nothing to play for.

 

[aqua_duck]

We'll string some wins together at the back-end of the season when there is nothing to play for.

Have you seen our run home?

 

[The Showstopper]

Newcastle Knights fans are being taken for fools cos the wider membership accept having a club is enough. Not so much in here but the way the wider membership base is treated is a disgrace. The club has lost the city. It is almost a lost franchise now. Novocastrians are embarrassed to show their support. It is sad to see the dejection in people's faces. Next time have a good look around in the crowd. The fans are just shattered folks. i can cope with the frustration cos it is expected. It is the sadness in the kids and the elderly folk who brave freezing weather despite ill health that upsets me. A lady with kidney disease on dialysis who was seated behind me stopped coming to games cos the stress of the club failing the Newcastle 'against all odds' ethos was too much. Despite being crook as you can get she was tough enough to endure it. It is a shame the players have nothing on her for toughness.

 

[slotmachine]

Have you seen our run home?

It's ugly, but we've got the Tigers and Titans again and we'll jag one or two more.

 

[Knightmare]

Newcastle Knights fans are being taken for fools cos the wider membership accept having a club is enough. Not so much in here but the way the wider membership base is treated is a disgrace. The club has lost the city. It is almost a lost franchise now. Novocastrians are embarrassed to show their support. It is sad to see the dejection in people's faces. Next time have a good look around in the crowd. The fans are just shattered folks. i can cope with the frustration cos it is expected. It is the sadness in the kids and the elderly folk who brave freezing weather despite ill health that upsets me. A lady with kidney disease on dialysis who was seated behind me stopped coming to games cos the stress of the club failing the Newcastle 'against all odds' ethos was too much. Despite being crook as you can get she was tough enough to endure it. It is a shame the players have nothing on her for toughness.

This, totally. For a town that was once viewed by the NRL as the epitome of community passion for it's team and (most importantly) the game, this is probably THE biggest indictment on the lack of decision making and accountability that has gone on at the club over the past decade. It's one thing for the board to be seemingly oblivious (or too afraid) to address the drop off in results and squad ambition, but for them to play Colonel Klink with the fact that a town (and a fan base) has gone from the model of NRL support to...what we see now...is one of the greatest travesties in NRL history.

If this change in culture and support had gone on at the Broncos or St George or the Bulldogs, it would have dominated the media and heads would have rolled by now. Not in this town, though...

 

[Chicken_Hunter]

This thread makes me more depressed about our situation.

It's sad that no one at the club will even acknowledge our situation and just bust out the same old lines each week.

It would give me a little hope if they would just talk about the issues and pretend to care instead of just pretending nothing is wrong.

 

[Knightmare]

To get an idea of just how far this club has slipped since its' formative years, I'd highly recommend anybody read Neil Jameson's excellent 1992 book 'Our Town, Our Team- the story of the Newcastle Knights'. Keep in mind that when book was published, the Knights greatest season achievement was reaching the 5th place play-off against Balmain in 1990. The only silverware to our name was the Nissan Sevens trophy the following year. But even so, reading the book gives you a distinct insight into the culture that Allan McMahon fostered in the team, in conjunction with a board who were adequate for the general standard of the time and understood the importance of winning over the local community with a resourceful football team who'd generally give the home town fans reason to be proud, even if they lost. Reading that book back in 2000 made me so proud to be a supporter of this club. Reading it now would just make me want to go and open up a bottle, put on a DVD of the '97 Grand Final and drown my sorrows for what's been lost...

Sorry for the post-whoring, but the more posts I see from other people, the more keeps coming to mind about exactly what a f**king sorry state the joint is- and the fact those with the power are asleep at the wheel. Glad I have such an active life and a busy schedule these days because when I was a teenager, watching the Knights was often the highlight of my weekend...

 

[The Showstopper]

no apologies. Your thread has kicked epic levels of arse. We should send this to the papers. For real.

 

[Chicken_Hunter]

no apologies. Your thread has kicked epic levels of arse. We should send this to the papers. For real.

Absolutely, everyone at the club, top to bottom should be reading it. But even if they did read it they would make up some lame excuse for why we are terrible, sprout some bollocks rebuilding phase propaganda and tell us all how hard they are working behind the scenes and how us as fans wouldn't understand the intricacies of running an NRL club. Mob of wankers.

 

[Haffa]

Sorry for the post-whoring, but the more posts I see from other people, the more keeps coming to mind about exactly what a f**king sorry state the joint is- and the fact those with the power are asleep at the wheel. Glad I have such an active life and a busy schedule these days because when I was a teenager, watching the Knights was often the highlight of my weekend...

This is exactly how I feel no need to apologise. It's quite reassuring to know that I'm not alone my life used to revolve around the Knights now I find myself watching replays if I miss a game at 6x to avoid the pain. I no longer avoid the result either, which was something I used to ensure I did so I could feel the excitement as if it was love.

Flat membership numbers indicate it's hurting the club more than they think. I've been a member in some capacity for 16 years (season ticket for 7, interstate member for 9), signed my 6 year old up from birth, despite only getting to a few games in the last 3 years. I don't know if I could be bothered next year. In some ways I hope my dad convinces hr to support the roosters or my wife turns her into a. Bronco to spare her the pain.

 

[Chicken_Hunter]

Yeah I'm not renewing my membership until things change.

 

[Alex28]

Article in the Telegraph today saying we knocked back Josh Jackson as a junior. Pretty much sums us up - form a team of players we have let go and we'd just about win a premiership with them. I get cranky seeing Boyd Cordner playing for the Roosters - he should still be with us...

 

[slotmachine]

If he was still here he would be an ordinary plodder.

 

[Joker's Wild]

Yeah letting jnrs slip, especially with our nursery, is the one thing I don't blame the club for. Happens across the comp