what do we put the ISP success down to? Ricky Henry?
I put it down to a few things
1 - our forwards dominate the ruck most games making it easier for Lino to control the team.
2 - Henry has a massive part to do with it. As i mentioned in my report he gets the players cut from 1st grade then moulds them with his usuals to play an exciting brand of footy that i mentioned in point 1. Remember that Henry gets told what number of minutes the guys on the crisp of first grade need to play eg Vete Gubb etc. So he has to take that into account as well
3 - They have more motivation tahn every other team to make first grade as they have the worst preperation/travel. For example on Sunday they got there the day before with no captains run, played at 1pm, straight after the game into the sheds for a quick chat from the coach, some fruit and poweraid to get the body fluids going, a weigh in, quick release of their GPS data, I was lucky enough to go into the sheds after the game and seen it all (massive eye opener) straight on the bus (no shower or recovery) given a pre packed meal of chicken fish and veggies for the ride. Get to the hotel for swim and recovery, check out of hotel and straight to the airport for the flight home and arrive Auckland 1am monday morning. So if thats not motivation to make the glitz and glammer of first grade i dont know what is.
4 - There is a real family feel/vibe in the team, they rely and trust each other and they play in front of crowds of 50-100 people. Once there were only 23 that i counted, so its like the us against the world mentality
