Well the season is almost at an end, so I thought it time to reflect? We all acknowledge its been a poor year, but there has been a few bright points. What are yours?
For mine, the best win by a mile was the Broncos victory. That was a win straight from 2003 - built on pure G&D, great defence and taking our chances. Everyone played well that day, Marty put on a show. I thought it was going to be the win that turned our season around...
Another highlight, despite the last 10 mins, was the super effort vs Penrith in Rd 2 on Friday night. Geez we pounded the crap out of them for MOST of that match, some bell-ringers and we played tough, uncompromising footy. I remember discussing with burley_griffin that after our Rd 1 win @ Kogarah and our good showing against Penrith that 'no one is gonna touch us this season'... how wrong we were...
Some player highlights for me have been the return of Matty Gafa to the fold after 7 years - he must be pinching himself. And he's playing great footy. Kudos to Mick Hodgson as well, before his bad luck with injury he was a pillar of strength and carried us well in Rubes' absence. He is a top first grader now.
Lowlights.... there are just too many. I've attended too many insipid performances for my liking - Sharks, Roosters, Panthers, Manly... and seen to many other ordinary efforts on TV. We just have not got it together.
There is no denying the 'player crisis' has killed the back-end of our season... 1 golden point win from our 6 games since Joel capped off the worst weekend in a long time with the 'triple whammy'. But it was Ruben's departure which hurt the most - you can't replace gentlemen like him. He is one of a kind.
What memories do you take from 2004?
For mine, the best win by a mile was the Broncos victory. That was a win straight from 2003 - built on pure G&D, great defence and taking our chances. Everyone played well that day, Marty put on a show. I thought it was going to be the win that turned our season around...
Another highlight, despite the last 10 mins, was the super effort vs Penrith in Rd 2 on Friday night. Geez we pounded the crap out of them for MOST of that match, some bell-ringers and we played tough, uncompromising footy. I remember discussing with burley_griffin that after our Rd 1 win @ Kogarah and our good showing against Penrith that 'no one is gonna touch us this season'... how wrong we were...
Some player highlights for me have been the return of Matty Gafa to the fold after 7 years - he must be pinching himself. And he's playing great footy. Kudos to Mick Hodgson as well, before his bad luck with injury he was a pillar of strength and carried us well in Rubes' absence. He is a top first grader now.
Lowlights.... there are just too many. I've attended too many insipid performances for my liking - Sharks, Roosters, Panthers, Manly... and seen to many other ordinary efforts on TV. We just have not got it together.
There is no denying the 'player crisis' has killed the back-end of our season... 1 golden point win from our 6 games since Joel capped off the worst weekend in a long time with the 'triple whammy'. But it was Ruben's departure which hurt the most - you can't replace gentlemen like him. He is one of a kind.
What memories do you take from 2004?