Tell me why next year won't be the same?

[Moedogg]

Honest question. Will the team just train harder in the off-season and things will click into gear?

Critchton is coming but how does he make a difference?

I honestly can't see why this team won't be bottom 9 again next year unless some drastic changes are made between now and march next year.

 

[Sauce Head]

Yeah feeling the same. You can add Crichton or anyone else, but when you watch those first 2 tries get scored, after 24 rounds of playing together, followed by the rabble of attack thereafter, it’s hard to see how another off season helps.

We have been walloped this year so many times and that will carry into 2024

It’s bleak, almost more bleak than I have felt in the last 5 years. Ironically, the team in 2024 will prob be better, on paper, than at any point in the last 5 years

 

[RookieDog]

Honest question. Will the team just train harder in the off-season and things will click into gear?

Critchton is coming but how does he make a difference?

I honestly can't see why this team won't be bottom 9 again next year unless some drastic changes are made between now and march next year.

In the words of the great Timothy B Schmit of The Eagles “I Can’t Tell You Why.”

 

[CroydonDog]

Honest question. Will the team just train harder in the off-season and things will click into gear?

Critchton is coming but how does he make a difference?

I honestly can't see why this team won't be bottom 9 again next year unless some drastic changes are made between now and march next year.

It's getting to the stage where we can no longer blame the "cattle". There will be some big names on good money.

 

[The DoggFather]

A centre and a few reserve players will win us games....

 

[King Gus]

Bro you always do this every loss. We played with 11 players at one stage and 12 players for 20 minutes.
Ref keeps blowing six agains for no reason,
Preston was disallowed a try and that was a 12 point turnaround, look at the second half only 2 try’s for the nights.

 

[Alan79]

Wish I had confidence it will improve. But the defence has been ultra shit. Players falling for dummies like an under 6 team. Our backline will be class, but whether they play to their standard is yet to be seen. Still unsure if we'll have any noteable improvement in the forwards. I'm really worried at this point.

 

[GoTheDoggies]

It will probably be the same, I have zero confidence in a rookie coach.

If we had a coach with a proven track record I'd be able to point to some reasons why we will improve.

 

[trent_solotar7]

injury’s have played a big part in why we’ve been so shit, as well as losing matches because of dud ref calls (ie. warriors game) having a full pre-season with a half back should take our squad to a higher level. defence has to improve dramatically

 

[bradyk]

Next year will be the same and 2025 will also be the same if we can't sign the correct marquee players. The coach is a massive issue too. I'm sick of being negative but it's the truth.

 

[Untamed]

Well Gus recons we haven't gone backwards this year. I beg to differ lol

 

[Cheng]

People think we are covered in the backs next year, though to be honest we lack outside backs who carry the ball back with gusto and get the sets rolling

Skelton is a must next on the wing next year just for this reason

JAC has never been a player who gets the sets rolling off his carries. He has been quite poor this season

Hopefully Xerri provides that impact from his carries

Mahoney tries hard, but the bloke needs to drop weight and get fitter

We need 3 props as a minimum

I don't think Burton is a 6, but next year is do or die for him in the #6 jersey

Gus needs to bring in experienced hardass coaches around CC

These "past" players aren't doing much for this crop of players

 

[beastwood89]

Yeah seems like we are stuck in this nightmare and there isn’t any light at the end of the tunnel. Honest ffs I’m mentally and physically drained from supporting this crop of shit. I might need a break from league in all honesty. 7 years of this diabolical club and it doesn’t even look like it’s gonna end.

 

[Doge]

Dont worry we have Xerri and Taafe and SST coming next year

 

[Nate DAWG]

We need fkn middles and sone ***** who tackle and run hard

 

[bradyk]

We need fkn middles and sone ***** who tackle and run hard

We need to extend Thompson LOL

 

[UmoGus]

You could replace our team with the dominant QLD origin team and they would still be shit. We are cursed

 

[Joelmcevoy2]

We are totally ruined as a club so sad seeing a team play this shit all year

 

[SPEARTAKVIDREFS]

We had massive injuries, dud calls go against us along the way.
I have never given Ciraldo shit because I feel any coach deserves time but the fact is after 24 rounds we have shown zero improvement. Thats the fact of the matter and no-one can convince me otherwise.
Gus is set on "building for the future". Our forwards are SAF and there doesn't to seem to be troops arriving.
I have zero confidence of improving because Ive seen nothing to indicate we will.

 

[Matthew G]

Honest question. Will the team just train harder in the off-season and things will click into gear?

Critchton is coming but how does he make a difference?

I honestly can't see why this team won't be bottom 9 again next year unless some drastic changes are made between now and march next year.

no we certainly need props if we want to be a half decent side, Pangai and King arent the answer at all.