I call bullshit Staggs. Natural attrition cleans out playing staff year on year anyway. Nothing's ever so bad it needs a complete cleanout - a few short months ago we were told we were building to a competitive season this year, supposedly... no talk of needing any cleanouts while that hype was circulating.
A good coach's job is to work with what the squad he gets and then build it forwards over time, not backwards. After this Kearney debacle ends, we'll need a really really strong coach to bring any players still left here next year through in a positive way for the future. Kearney is showing he just can't do it, so lets get in someone (anyone) else who can try, asap.
Bart, the playing staff is as mentally weak as its ever been and it's been evident for quite some time we have players that have outlived their stay and others who have not responded to their coach, they are dumb, inept and out of their depth..
We should of hired a strong coach in 2007 and I think the error was made when our then CEO appointed hagan ahead of JT, the same CEO made another error of judgement by retrenching the wrong bloke in our recruitment department, since then that bad decisions kept coming from Osborne right through to the board and now we made another blunder in appointing Bentley ( a non football man) as the CEO of football operations, it's been one dropped ball after another with the exception of one small shining light, the appointment of Peter Nolan,
We need a clean out in our player ranks and we need to appoint the best man available and that, at the moment is either Stuart or folkes to instill some hardness and passion back into this club.
I'd be interested to know if anyone is going on Tuesday night because it will be one heck of a night in the auditorium oh the leagues club, unfortunately I'll be away for work but would love to get any sort of feed back if possible.