How do we get out of this mess long term

Well 2018 looked like it was going to be a strong year . We finished 2017 in 4th spot were unlucky in both matches against the grand finalists . We recruited a former two time dally m player and a fringe first grader or two . We changed our training to be more endurance with our afl inspired training team .Fast forward to round 10 . We are bottom of the table with two wins . We are struggling to attack , we have poor discipline and even poor completion rates . Our game management is non existent and as we do at parramatta we start to eat ourselves from the inside .Where do we go from here ? Do we wipe the floor with the 18 off contract players and buy big and do a roosters . Buy a great 10 players and build around it . Or do we do penrith , throw the net out to Fiji , png and go youth with a sprinkling of top class ?I think we need to buy the best out there . We need to construct the best possible spine there is available and create from there . Peel back the layers and create a team that is going to be able to compete and win. Big mobile forwards who can play 50 minutes like rcg or Marty t from manly . Find a large winger or two who can start our sets on a positive rather than negative .Create our own style of player based on what works best for us not Melbourne , sharks or roosters . Finally make the new stadium a 10 point advantage and create a fortress from game 1 .2018 is shot . Give kids a crack and let’s see who has it or doesn’t . Then open the cheque book .

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  • How were we unlucky against the Cowboys in the finals ?

    • Got me there fongy. They didn’t turn up that one . But certainly had storm in the first one
  • Agree mate, clean out and spend big.

  • New coach with new ideas.

  • Start by getting a coach willing to invest in youth and also will for his team to play some football.

    We have been short up front and from dummy half for years but the coach has done little to rectify it.

    He'd rather play Moneyball and add to the retirement fund of some experienced players.

  • We started off believing our own hype and thinking we were going to thrash sides. We weren’t even getting into games, the Manly game was a joke. By the time the dust settled after the first few rounds we have probably been a little unlucky with injuries, Hayne has hardly played and no matter what a lot of people thought he was an important signing to try and replace the impact of Semi. Brown is a big out in the forward pack. Even T. rex would have made a difference last week. It’s now going to be very hard but it’s far from the rabble some people are making out. By the end of last year we were the only side that had a chance of beating the storm in a big game. We need to add a big boy or 2 and shed some older players but we will do that by years end and next year I can see us getting back to being a very good side.
  • Beg Semi Radrada to come back.
    Go hard after Api Koroisau, Damien Cook or Victor Radley and promote Reed Mahoney through the grades this year for the utility bench role.
    Leeson Ah Mau, Sauaso Sue, Tim Glasby and Shannon Boyd are some props worthy of some look at.
  • We need to have Paulo and at least one other Dominant prop locked in for 19 for a start.
    I wouldn't worry too much about outside backs for now. Hopefully we can promote from within with Akafalou and Lelesiuao being the most likely.

    I doubt the cap will allow for other signings besides what I've stated, as i feel we need at least four gun forward signings to become a dominant force. They also need to be of the age where they can lock up a position for years - the club must abandon this nonsense retirement fund system.

    If we can continue to recruit the correct players along with having a home ground advantage, we'll probably go close to the top 8 in 19, and knowing there's a glut of talent in our current flegg side, i can see us improving.

    Gurr must appoint a head of football asap, and take all retention and recruitment responsibilities away from Arthur.

    Gurr must also pay out Kane Evans from his own savings, as it's one of the largest monumental 3 year fuck ups in the club's history.

    • Whatever penrith is doing is fantastic . They are rolling great kids off conveyor belt each week . The key is the Maloney purchase and great drive through the set from the front rowers . Injuries and they don’t fall away because these kids keep coming and griffin clearly rates youth
  • We're just fans and though we can apply pressure through forums while confronting players, coaching staff, executives and the board, then eventually, it will always come down to jobs being on the line if the board, CEO, CFO, coach, staff and players don't deliver the success we all live for.

    Until sackings come about, and sure we can greatly contribute to that through the fans/paying-publics group efforts to force the issues, it will always default back to the players, coaching staff, executives and the board to make the right, tough decisions, otherwise they'll get booted out.

    So are we already at the booting out faze because if we are, it requires immediate confrontational actions that come with intense pressure and without respite to force a quick, favourable result in the fans (our) favour or do we let this play out until round 8 to round 12 next season and do the dirty work then if successful results are not in our favour? 

    I prefer the latter because there are still too many extenuating circumstances that have compromised Brad Arthur's ability to build a successful NRL legacy. I'm giving Brad and the CEO the benefit of the doubt and if they can't finally turn things around by round 12 next season, they must be forced to immediately resign or be sacked on the spot. 

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