We strung some good wins together but our brand of footy looked nowhere near as attractive or exciting. You also have to credit the coaching staff for the dramatic improvement we’ve seen in some of our young players throughout the year. Smith has come on in leaps and bounds, Martin and Elliot have gotten better and better as the year has gone on... to the point where I don’t see RFM starting next year. Lewis’ kicking game has improved tenfold since he came into the team. His bombs are much more accurate, his short kicking and decision making more astute. Lewis has said himself that pay and the coaching staff have really helped his game. Our players seem to love playing for him and have improved every week.
That’s all what we(Pay supporters) were saying the whole time. We weren’t saying he’s the next Craig Bellamy or anything like that, we just wanted people to give him a chance.
What’s your band mate?
It's not about just those players, there's plenty of others. He could have easily made the changes, but he wasn't proactive enough. Our right edge was getting decimated in defence all season yet the only change came when he was forced into it. Holland was literally on the bench playing hooker yet didn't get a look in until injury hit. Montoya, Hoppa and Foran were a complete disaster together yet he stuck with them and the system despite it simply never going to work.
I think you need to just look at the way the boys are playing for one another and enjoying their footy with confidence - that is because of Pay's coaching. Give the bloke some credit - he has just come out of probably one of the worst years in recent memory at the dogs and he has coached our team to wins over Broncos, Warriors and Dragons at the back end of it - all finals teams.
You reckon the Klemmer benching was an attempt by pay to get Woods to find some confidence in the front row? I dunno but seemed like Woods and Klem couldn't co-exist anyway. Would have been absolutely shattered if we ended up losing Klem cause of that tho.. he's our heart and soul.
nah, i figured at the time klemmer was being considered for a bench spot in origin.
New Trends bud.
I seen your album cover it gave me a stiffy .....seeing that poison idea 7 inch the blonde wasn't to shabby either
Cool man I’ll come check a gig out
Funny that... he should have been the first starting forward picked for the origin team. Anyway - i think the stint on the bench for us and origin made him dig deeper and player better footy.
Look here boy, you were wrong for years on maybe & i think your wrong again here
Yeah that Parra loss still pisses me off the way we struggled to score