Our problems are many and varied, we should never underestimate the affect the media have on the public. Much of the media is dead said against us, Castles did say at a fan forum that a news paper executive told her that if his paper printed any bad news about our club his paper would sell an extra 40,000 copies.
(1) The perception players have of our club affects both recruitment and retention, we all want to sign this player or that, but it appears that no one of repute wants to come here, and some of our players appear to wan't to go elsewhere as soon as a opportunity arises eg Klemmer, and many before him. The previous Admin and to some extent the current one have made panic decisions as a result. Foran Woods Lichea Sue and probably a few more.
(2) Some times we get some good calls from the referees, but more importantly we get some very bad calls at crucial times, bad calls will always drain players energy particularly when they are fatigued.
Over all we are also having the luck of the Irish, we all know that Foran is only 1 good game away from another extended spell as soon as he gets back, the loss of Napa hurts, it would great for our club if RFM and To-omaga were playing to the ability (which I believe they both have).