Outside the top ten of all teams there are players that people disagree with. My point is that we didn't have the worst squad in the NRL at the start of the season. You might be able to make a case that this team is now the worst squad but why such a drop from last year to this year. The coach has to take some if not all of the blame for players regressing under him.
The problem with not questioning Pay now is that he will think he is doing a good job and nothing will change. Sure, he will bring in some new players but shuffling deck chairs on the Titanic was pointless too.
Let's be honest here, no bullshit.
The team has been going downhill since the end of 2014.
Lichaa was definately a downgrade on Ennis, even releasing Finucane hurt us, thats why we got players like Elliot, seriously who would you rather Finucane or Elliot? What about Thompson not getting offered a new contract?
End of 2015, we lost Hodkinson, not the most gifted player, BUT did provide us with structure and direction, plus our tries were worth 6 points most times becasue of his goal kicking, remembering we did win alot of close games because of his boot and winnng even by a small margin brings confidence. Let's not mention swapping Lafai for Hoppa and releasing Cook, we won't go there.
A year later, Rona gone to rugby, replaced by who Holland/Montoya, massive downgrade that one.
As much as I hate to say it, but in hindsight, love him or hate him, Reynolds sparked alot of our tries. I wanted someone better than him, someone that is not so much rocks and diamonds, Foran looked like the answer but in all seriousness Foran in hindsight was a downgrade on Reynolds. And I'm being honest here. That's one reason for our regression.
Second reason Graham and Kas for Woods. Sure he was getting older and we needed a change, but he talked so much on the field, Grahams presence alone was enough to stay in the fight. Sorry but Jackson isn't a captain.
Third reason, what's the difference between Hoppa and Brenko Lee. They both have shit defence but Brenko provideds shitloads more than Hoppa in attack. I think Brenko led our stats for try assists/creating tries.
Look how the ship was sinking way before Pay arrived.
Yeh sure I'm with ya, Pay is probably not the best coach out there and needs to learn a few things and must shoulder some of the blame, he is a rookie after all, but some people just come out and say stupid things like sack Pay, and Pay is the reason blah blah blah without actually taking all other things into consideration. Let's not forget how long it took Folkes and Anderson to make us competitive after we had similiar re-builds. Sacking the coach NOW will only hold things up more and more, how stable would the club look, we are already an unattractive club for players to come to, but let's sack the coach, let's have three different coaches in 6 months.
We need stability, we got other more important issues, we need to build a strong team....then if he still can't deliver then just don't re-sign him. I don't want our club to start getting a reputation for sacking coaches and players. That's not Canterbury, people used to que up to play and coach at such a professional club.
