Name a player that has improved under Barrett?
And who the fck is HSC?
Also missed joshua ado Carr but who is HSC?
Look at the keyboard for clues. H is next to J, S is next to A, extrapolate from that he obviously meant JAC.
I tend to agree with the OP though that we need to relax a bit. While this year has been an abbsolute shitfest for us Dogs fans, we're not the only club that has had shit results under these messed up new rules. Most of the teams that are in the hunt for the premiership have been beaten by cricket scores at some point and that tends to be a very rare thing in the history of our game. So while I'm not impressed by a long shot, I also know that this season is far from representative of a typical year of NRL.
We're doing the worst off all the teams, but for many years fans on here have been crying foul about the quality of our roster. These new rules have highlighted the gulf in quality between the handful of teams at the top of the ladder and the rest of the pack. Allen, Flanagan and Waddell were never going to be the magic bullets to spark a resurgence of our successful eras. Cotric was probably the only recruit I was a bit excited about getting. I'd hoped they'd contribute to us pushing as high as the fringe of the 8, but that was hope not expectation.
Our incoming players list includes
- A classy young half in Burton.
- Possibly the NRL's most exciting winger in JAC.
- A pretty handy centre in Naden.
- It's sounding like we'll have TPJ to bolster our forward ranks a bit.
Changing 4 starting players out of our 13 run on squad might not seem like it'll be a big improvement. But it can potentially make a hell of a difference. They're all quality players. Ideally we'll still make a few more gun signings (hopefully at hooker, prop and another good outside back) and hopefully the NRL does away with the six again rule which really stops the game from being a level playing field.