It's already our worst ever season as far as watching us is concerned. At least when we lost 13 in a row we had a Cronulla level injury toll (maybe worse) and were without the best player ever.
Now, we have most players on deck, have far better facilities, are not a one man team and have the best coach of the modern era yet our highest paid players are not performing and our terribly basic game plan makes us painful to even watch. What makes it even worse is the fact that we should be building on an awesome finish to last year but are instead competing for the spoon with a side that has almost their entire first choice team out with injury and the ASADA crap constantly hanging over their heads.
Off field dramas don't help but come on, there comes a time when you have to grow a set of plums and man up. If the hard decisions need to be made, make 'em and if blokes need to be told the truth, put it straight on the plodders.
Fingers need to be pointed at each other, not at off field problems. How you handle hardship and tough times is a true test of your character, it defines the person you are. This to me, shows mental weakness in our players which translates to the on field performances were seeing now. These guys get paid huge $$$ $$$ to do what they love don't they? I wish I did.
Leadership and big calls are the only way forward for us now. If the players don't believe in Bennett and the game plan or they want Boyd/Gidley gone but are too afraid to speak up, we'll go nowhere. It's clear something is wrong within the playing group because there's just no way this side should be performing like this and blaming off field problems is getting old fast.
