I'd like to see the team not playing September football in March and April and peaking by end of May.
The last half of the season showed to me a team practically burnt out. There was no zip or pizzazz left in them.
I'd like better injury management and better decisions made on when to play injured players and at what level of injury is it is wise to do so.
Gallen, Graham and Carney, while they are all lynchpins and important, played too many games where they would of been at 75% fit or less. Needling an achilles for a semi? Absolute f**king stupidity. That's practically a breach of duty of care. There's is no way known, in 2012 with modern diagnostics, that the club would not of known exactly how bad TCs achilles was before sending him out with a far better than 50/50 chance of completing a less serious rupture. Just lunacy. Playing Graham just 2 weeks after a fractured sternum? Stupid. I know of half a dozen others who played needled up for long periods when at other clubs they would of been rested.
Leads into this. At years beginning a lot of us here, and others in real space, looked at the squad and thought, "Wow, there's some good depth there." Well there wasn't or there was and it was in the wrong areas. Work on this Sharks
Leads into this. For many years I have gone with the opinion that the gulf between NYC and NRL is too big. I've stuck to a perception that you don't rush these kids in because they are not usually ready. Well can that now. I always thought that other clubs were spoilt for options when it came to the better NYC players. That they could bring them up because they were bigger, faster & stronger. I'd like the Sharks to see a way around the reluctance at giving kids a go. Find a system to do it in a supported way, less stressful way. Too often the club waits till it is in dore straits as far as personnel that all it can do is shuffle deck chairs rather than risk the young ones. The young ones have to get exposed earlier and while the top team is confident and winning. No point waiting till you can't use them when you need to use them.
fizman said:
Apologies for offending the masses, but I would be playing Gallen at 10 next season and I would appoint a new Captain.
This is inoffensive to me. I've heard far too many little stories about Gallen's obsession with numbers. Of course this isn't allowed outside hallowed walls. He needs to get out of the way of the flow of the game and this won't happen while being captain allows him to overcall plays, run where he wants no matter what is unfolding or whether he's needed there or not and generally just trying to be all things to all men football wise. He should also be banned from kicking, (just minor but he does it a lot in tight spots)
He is a prop. Out and out simple.
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