Who's your wooden spoon pick for 2025

[justadragon]

After the start we have had we are certainly in there with a chance.

 

[thebigredv]

Lost a few games by the slimmest of margins, beat a premiership heavyweight.
I can’t see the point in entertaining the idea of the spoon at this point, if that becomes a reality down the track then deal with that then, atm it’s not a thought.

By losing those games the damage is already done. You won't get those four competition points back.

It really doesn't matter how much we lost by - we should have won. We are full strength and they are not. There's nothing commendable about letting games slip through out hands.

 

[Nutz]

The wooden spoon should be awarded like back in the regatta days.
It should be awarded to teams as an incentive to do better and their salary cap increases by $1m so they can be more competitive.
So my Tigers should be awarded 3mil in retrospect and we have first dibs at the best players.
So you guys lose Jaydn Su'a and Valentine Holmes next year.
Sounds fair to me.

One of the greatest humans I've ever met.
Go Saints.

 

[Crush]

By losing those games the damage is already done. You won't get those four competition points back.

It really doesn't matter how much we lost by - we should have won. We are full strength and they are not. There's nothing commendable about letting games slip through out hands.

Mate it’s round 4, the reason I have referenced the close nature of the losses is to show that we aren’t playing that badly and should win plenty of games this year. If we’d have lost each game by 20+ then I might be asking where will the wins come from.
I feel you are getting pretty worked up.
Bumping the wooden spoon thread after 4 weeks, premature discussion IMO but hey it’s a forum and here we are discussing it so play on I guess.

 

[thebigredv]

Mate it’s round 4, the reason I have referenced the close nature of the losses is to show that we aren’t playing that badly and should win plenty of games this year. If we’d have lost each game by 20+ then I might be asking where will the wins come from.
I feel you are getting pretty worked up.
Bumping the wooden spoon thread after 4 weeks, premature discussion IMO but hey it’s a forum and here we are discussing it so play on I guess.

We don't necessarily need to play better at least as much as we have to play longer. Either that's fitness, mentality or both.
For all their hard work they shouldn't be that low on the ladder.
Teams with better squads will start hitting their strides soon. It was the same when we were April premiers under Mary on numerous occasions, same last year, same under Hook (remember covid). We don't generally finish strong. Vital points down the drain. No one wants the spoon. It's a possibility. The players need to be more hungry for wins.

 

[possm]

Parra

 

[Nutz]

We don't necessarily need to play better at least as much as we have to play longer. Either that's fitness, mentality or both.
For all their hard work they shouldn't be that low on the ladder.
Teams with better squads will start hitting their strides soon. It was the same when we were April premiers under Mary on numerous occasions, same last year, same under Hook (remember covid). We don't generally finish strong. Vital points down the drain. No one wants the spoon. It's a possibility. The players need to be more hungry for wins.

And smarter. The injection of Cook and Holmes makes your team look so much more professional but mistakes and those 1%'s are cruelling you and my tigers.
I still think an experiment of having Holmes at ⅝ is worth a try and may make a difference in keeping the team focussed as it comes from experience in playing SOO and heaps of NRL and rep games etc.

 

[Kolum Kid]

There's still what, 21 rounds to play yet, so the talk of wooden spoon is more than premature.
If it were the case then the teams currently below us, and yes I'm talking about Penrith and the Roosters, should be in that conversation also.

We have lost 3 games by 8, 1 & 1, hardly results that indicate a sinking ship, and in 2 of those games, we led by 12 (we all know this) and even the game against the Dogs, we have injuries that would have in the past allowed a cricket score against us.

Now, our issues are clear, imo.
1. We don't have an experienced closer of a game. Ilias and Kf, aren't the dominant roll types that will take the game by the scruff of the neck.
2. We are still stop and prop in defense. Ie we still wait for the ball runner to come to us. Evident yesterday in that golden point episode, which allowed Parra easy metres down field. Are we spooked by the headshot crackdown to go in aggressively?
3. The form of a couple of players is concerning me no end. Firstly, Sloan. He's still so timid in his runs back and carrying the ball. Time to give Finau a chance imo. The second is Leilua. A big man playing so soft, especially in attack. Tackled easily. Bought to ground easily. His stats yesterday were atrocious against less experienced players.

So, in saying this, my spoon favourites are still Parra, Titans and Tigers.

Mate it’s round 4, the reason I have referenced the close nature of the losses is to show that we aren’t playing that badly and should win plenty of games this year. If we’d have lost each game by 20+ then I might be asking where will the wins come from.
I feel you are getting pretty worked up.
Bumping the wooden spoon thread after 4 weeks, premature discussion IMO but hey it’s a forum and here we are discussing it so play on I guess.

It's good to read some sensible quotes amid all the gloom and doom.

 

[Saints 32-8]

We won’t be winning plenty of games…..up 12 against Souths reserve grade team at the Gong……up 12 against a winless rabble in Parra….. choke in both! And Flanagan coached teams are known for their “Grit”!!??……not this lot!

 

[dragon thomo]

We might give it a shake.
Our halves and Cook are an issue. I feel a lot better when Liddle is on the paddock.