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Very good, in depth interview by 2SM. Check it out while it's still online.
http://www.2sm.com.au/ts.html
http://www.2sm.com.au/ts.html
There's no great science to it, as much as we might enjoy scouring for scapegoats, postulating theorems and formulating equations. We were 5-10% below our best and the teams we met were at their best.
Perspective is all that's needed. Consider the rate of improvement of the side within 12 months. Consider the scope for further improvement over the next 12 months - if you think there is none then, I guess we have no hope. If you think there is, say 5-10%, jump on the bandwagon nice and early
Not so simple. We beat both of those teams in 09 (and both 13+).brisbane taught us a lesson and i think melb would have as well. Why? because they have better players than us. Simple.
Is it? Because we lost your man crush Mickey Paea? lol. Justin Poore, good player, but not irreplaceable, especially with the crop of frontrowers we have on board. He was our number 2 prop anyway. Hunt, Saffy, Green did an admirable temp job filling in for him in 09, next year they'll have Greenfield, Merrin and maybe Prior, Wakeman and Hancock to tussle with for the permanent gig.Our squad is weaker than 09 as well.
This is my first post since we moved over from the old MSN forum and I enjoyed the interview but it has not left me with any major positives for next season.
It's been stated on other threads that we have no X factor and this is very true. We have learnt how to be consistent, we have learnt to play for 80 mins and grind out a win, but is that enough come finals time.
Bennett said we are done signing anyone else, I am not confident that we have any young superstars ready to make the grade. So can we win it next year. I have no doubt we will feature in the playoffs but we really lack in attack.
Hornby is a great player but he is not the halfback we need, I don't feel that Henry is ready. Without a great halfback we really need an player like Inglis or Hayne. Someone who can score from nothing. I guess all I can do is hope that someone like Tagive can become that sort of player. Alot of people have big wraps on him, but he is very injury prone and really has not proven himself in first grade.
I am also surprised that Boyd failed to really offer anything in attack, I guess he is better suited to a wing position.
It will be interesting to see what happens next year, either Bennett is hoping to play very similar next year and hopefully we learn from this year or Bennett has something up his sleeve, but is keeping it close to his chest at the moment.
I do believe we really need to work on our attack more. I think our defense was great for the majority of the season with the exception of a few periods here and there. But I still feel we really do not have the team to win the competition. I hope that I am proven wrong.
look, a lot of what you have said has been covered in other threads....but you make some very good points. I do agree there are issues and IMO they stem from poor retention policies. I think we have tended to look too favourably on certain players in recent times which has cost us dearly. We did however recruit well last year... Smith, Boyd, Costigan and Fien. All handy buys. The problem is we ignored the major problem areas for too long which has meant we have been forced to purchase stop gap players and not top quality players in key positions. You say henry is not ready... well Mortimer got a chance, Pearce got a chance.... i think henry will not play first grade next year, but i think he deserves his chance. Boyd is a quality player and could be better utilised. I think he will be next year. Dummy half remains an issue, centre remains a big issue as does our bench.... very little impact IMO.
But we will learn from this year. I just wish we had some punch. Soward and morris can't do it all alone.
Godz, it's our inability to go to the next level. We have 30 years to prove it. All those things you mentioned are fantastic. Thoroughly deserved. But there have to be questions asked, and questions answered if we are to win a bloody comp. We won the premiership. We have the best coach in the land. But yet we bombed out of the finals in "straight sets". Why? What are your reasons...thoughts... were we simply not good enough? Outplayed? Our coached? I think most people are optimistic on here. You are confusing negativity for passion and the will to want to do better. Thats all.
I would love to hear your thoughts on our demise though... please share.
I agree perspective is important... its also important to be a realist. I think there is improvement in us. I think we probably over achieved this year which could have fooled a few people. I think we should have beaten Parra, but brisbane taught us a lesson and i think melb would have as well. Why? because they have better players than us. Simple. This is why i think we could have thought a bit more before re-signing certain players that have been with is for a while. I will be interested to see what we can do better to further. Our squad is weaker than 09 as well.
Have I missed something? When has it stopped? If anything we've gone further away from relying on local talent - we've released 2 local juniors and brought in outsiders to replace them.I have always believed you need a good mix of local talent and talent brought in from other clubs. We did this, this season and look at our improvement why stop there?
There's no great science to it, as much as we might enjoy scouring for scapegoats, postulating theorems and formulating equations. We were 5-10% below our best and the teams we met were at their best.
Perspective is all that's needed. Consider the rate of improvement of the side within 12 months. Consider the scope for further improvement over the next 12 months - if you think there is none then, I guess we have no hope. If you think there is, say 5-10%, jump on the bandwagon nice and early