He was THE beast!Greg Eastwood went England for abit didn't he? He came back and killed it but then again he was a beast.
Greg Eastwood went England for abit didn't he? He came back and killed it but then again he was a beast.
Amone and our spine are the biggest questions for me. If both fire we won't miss finals at least. Not that I think Amone is huge or will be great, but a decent 3 big-man rotation, with Curren's workrate and skills added in, would fill a big hole. Todd will hopefully be ready if we need someone else.
With the spine in attack, I've got most confidence in Tracey to do his job consistently (even though Burto's long kicking is big for us), but if they're all consistent, the sky is the limit.
So a couple things that fill me with confidence going into 2025.
1) finally have a settled coaching staff that the team feel confident in.
2) we go into an off-season with a settled 1, 6, 7, 9 and 13.
3) they are all fit and healthy and
4) because our defensive structures are in place, we finally get to spend time on fine tuning our attack in the off-season. Something that they have said in the past has not really happened. And not only our spine is settled, but so to are our edges. Surely that has to count for something.
Forget that. Our easier draw alone gifts us at least another 4 competition points. We were probably unlucky to lose more close games (Souths, Canberra, Cowboys and Storm) then we were to win close games (Warriors and Sharks)Excellent post. People saying we will go backwards have no idea about rugby league
I agree ..but it's not even just rugby league.Excellent post. People saying we will go backwards have no idea about rugby league
Plus we will hit the ground running this year, last season we lost 3 of our first 4 games very confident that won't happen in 25.Excellent post. People saying we will go backwards have no idea about rugby league
The biggest reason is our success is built on defense.A lot of people look at the warriors and say we might be a repeat of them, good one year and bad the next. One thing to remember about them; In 2023 Shaun Johnson was arguably the best player in the comp. How many close games did he win for them? In 2024 he couldn't retire soon enough. How many close games did they lose that SJ version 2023 would have won?
Could play more minutes than Kaz.He was THE beast!
His final against us was a poor way to go out, but it made up for the way he won against us off a blatant obstruction on the full time siren, in 2023.A lot of people look at the warriors and say we might be a repeat of them, good one year and bad the next. One thing to remember about them; In 2023 Shaun Johnson was arguably the best player in the comp. How many close games did he win for them? In 2024 he couldn't retire soon enough. How many close games did they lose that SJ version 2023 would have won?
The biggest reason is our success is built on defense.
The Warriors had a Dally M player of the year. Even the Broncos had Walsh, and when they didn't fire the Brocs and Warriors were crap.
We didn't rely on having a Dally M type player to win us games, we won games on the back of defense.
Now that those structures are in place there isn't any reason why we can't stay a top 8 side for years to come.
Squad fitness overall and consistency of selection & cohesion is the key to everything.So a couple things that fill me with confidence going into 2025.
1) finally have a settled coaching staff that the team feel confident in.
2) we go into an off-season with a settled 1, 6, 7, 9 and 13.
3) they are all fit and healthy and
4) because our defensive structures are in place, we finally get to spend time on fine tuning our attack in the off-season. Something that they have said in the past has not really happened. And not only our spine is settled, but so to are our edges. Surely that has to count for something.