Not having a go at you but please save the optimism! The club presented the best possible image for them to start getting rid of those players within a few weeks of the season. What kind of confidence does that instil to the playing group? Talk it up, sign them to top 30 then just start releasing players and signing others who are the exact same if not worse. Do not go signing players like pele, Nu brown etc etc if your just gona get rid of them or not play them in firsts atall… that is all on the club, gus has a habit of signing fringe first grade players hoping they’ll come good. He had ample opportunity to sign forwards and a decent half last year but kept using the cap excuse. Now he has a shit tonne of money using the excuse no more players on the market.
There’s only so much patience fans can have. Gus was bought to bring success. That doesn’t mean we needed to make finals etc but we needs some sort of improvement which we clearly didn’t get. In fact we got worse with a better roster!
Our marquee players have declined to a point where they would struggle in nsw cup, our nsw cup went from first to not making finals within 6 weeks. I can keep going and going but enough is enough. How long can you use the rebuild excuse? To me it’s all utter garbage and bs and I personally think ciro and Gus have a lot to answer for.
You are right, it isn't good enough and we shouldn't be where we are. Gus has a habit of playing Russian roulette with fringe signings, he also previously signed players to long term deals only for them to be moved on when he departs the club. However, I think he's trying his hardest to put the proper systems into place and start the process in the correct way.
I think a lot of people underestimated just how awful the club had become during the past six or so years. I think the standards were so bad after the hasler era that the staff that were brought in the following year just weren't up to standard and the training implemented probably left a lot to be desired. Pattern repeating with the next coach etc.
Now ciraldo is trying to implement his own system by lifting the intensity and demanding more and the playing group arent up to it.
That's how I see it anyway