The way some peoples brains work amazes me some times, the thread isn’t about Nick Meaney, he was just an example of a bigger problem the clubs had.
It is about how both the club and fans need to have more patience with players and allow them the time to mature into a position before moving them on or us fans trashing them.
People actually comment on here that certain players would thrive at the Storm … why is that …. What do the Storm do different to what our club does, if they’d thrive at the Storm, why can’t we get them to thrive for our club?
I’ve seen comments saying Averillo will probably be moved on and that he’d kill it at the Storm, why, what would they do with him that we’re not doing, I don’t want to see a Bulldogs junior moved on and kill it for another club, that’s crap.
I don’t want to see players we’ve had in our system like Mahoney moved on and then thriving for other clubs.
As for the “Meaney won’t be there when Pap’s comes back”, of cause he won’t, he’s filling in, Meaney will move to the wing ..
As for the Brilliantly thought out “Meaney’s Shit” comment, obviously you haven’t been watching, Bellamy has developed him into a very capable fullback.
The club has previously lacked patience, I haven’t seen evidence of individual or specialised training, where’s the ability to improve a players skills, The intentions of the thread was I hope the club has recognised that now and they’re working on it, because I don’t want to see players with potential moved on, I’m hoping our club in the future is able to capitalise on that potential improve it and turn players into better players so both the player and our club benefit from it.
When was the last time you saw a player come back after pre season and said, wow, they’re twice the player they were last year, when was the last time we said wow, that player there is just getting better with every game he plays … are the coaches guilty of doing to much training as a team and not enough individual/specialised training on players short comings?
I’d like to see us go back to being a club that continually improves players.
I think you are on the right track.
I've heard CC say in interviews that "we are a development club" . Gus continually says "long term project" and "playing the long game" in regards to young players
Unfortunately for us we are at the very beginning of building the club back into a powerhouse, unlike the Storm who are and have been a powerhouse for the past 20 years, so that when a player like Nick Meaney comes into their system, those type of players usually start to flourish
Our reality at the moment is that we are building from the ground up....so unfortunately a player like Nick Meaney probably wouldn't have improved like he has if he stayed a Bulldog
Gus knows what he is doing. He has said he is building this club back up to be the powerhouse it should rightfully be, and that we will never hit the lows like we have over the past 8 years
Gus warned CC it was going to be a shitfight and plenty of "trips down the mine" over the next 2-3 years...CC thought about it, said if it's gonna be a fight, he wants in....straight away.
Signed him for 5 years knowing this is a long term project and we probably won't be seeing too much success in the first couple of years
Gus is stacking the talent throughout the lower grades
We all want instant results...we all get pissed off with certain players/selections etc and that's understandable as a supporter to accept that, especially after becoming progressively worse over the last few years
I've definitely seen the improvement in alot of things this year.
Injuries have absolutely killed us so far this year, but I guess it gives the coaching staff a chance to have a good look at the fringe players and what they are capable of
I have total faith in what Gus and CC are doing and there is definitely a bigger plan and bigger picture happening that mightn't be as clear and evident to us fans
In a couple of years time I think we will be back as that club where players do flourish and improve and we will be a powerhouse again
But for us supporters, our reality is we want/need the win against the Dragons on Sunday...hoping we somehow get across the line
