EVERY club demands success. EVERY club wants to win. EVERY club is out there TRYING to win. What, do you think the GC, Souths, Wests, NQ etc turn up to play like it's a social competition? You muppet. You absolute muppet. You keep crying out 'We want success!!' without ANY concept of how to GET the success, nor the effort that goes into it. You're oblivious to the training, the mix of age and youth, the mix of juniors and recruited. You have no more idea of what it is to craft success at a football club than your next door neighbour.
Of f**king course Wayne Bennett isn't at Newcastle to come 8th. Do you think he came to Saints to come 8th? Do you think Price is keen to snag 8th position this year?
"Well guys, we did it! You can be proud of yourselves, we achieved 8th! Woo hoo!"
That's not what he's looking for you dish rag. He wants the trophy, like we all do.
St George have ALWAYS been a strong club. We've ALWAYS had comparitive success. The problem is the success has never been rewarded with the prize for 30 years until Bennett arrived. We've missed the finals 3 years since 1999, with at least 5 of those years (2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011) having Saints being a really strong candidate for the GF. We took one, and fell short on the others. Are you blind to this? Do you just ignore these facts? The ONLY other teams that have had this success is Melbourne (Who breached the Salary Cap) and Brisbane, who have a major advantage that Ronnie has identified. The Roosters did well to hit 4 GF's in 5 years (2000, 2002, 2003, 2004) but they missed the semi's in 05-07, a wooden spoon in 09 and were 11th in 2011. Are we like that? Have we won a wooden spoon lately? Hell no.
The success we want, which is the continued success of the club as it has been going, is a continuous process. We need to keep crafting, keep building. My one BIG complaint, which as Father Ted has noted, is the board and I was a part of a group trying to fix that. We failed, to the detriment of the club in our opinion.
I want the board to change. I want the Dousts and Robinsons and the rest of those idiots out. I want a strong business running in the Leagues club, I want the footy side reaching the finals and winning premierships every 5 or so years. I want that. But I also know there will be years where things go wrong; injuries, suspensions, player morale dropping. I want the success of this club to be about how we recover from these periods, not who we blame when they happen.
THAT'S success, in my mind. Because it shows character and pride and loyalty and spirit which other clubs crave. Wayne Bennett kenw that. He played on it. That's why we on in 2010 and went so close in 2009. He used what was already there and brought it to the forefront. The Dousts of the board shield it. Have you ever thought about that?
So Wayne Bennett doesn't mention us in an interview, so we must be unsuccessful. Do you hear what you're saying?
We have NOT gone through 3 years of missing the finals. In fact, we haven't yet ARRIVED at the finals yet. We're 14 rounds in you muppet. We're 14 ROUNDS in. Even IF Price misses the finals, we will be achieving what Melbourne did in 2009 and Brisbane did in 2010 - Some f**king success they are if they've missed the finals in the last 3 years and we've been contesting!
Grow up, BBC. You're getting tiresome and I'm sick to death of the cancer you're spreading amongst supporters.
We're not doing well. I get it. Everyone does. But FFS, change your tune mate. You're worse to listen to than Justin Bieber on loop in an elevator.
