I was talking to a mate who's a die hard Tigers fan he was saying it's funny how the eels are in position tigers fans would be happy with.
Yet we agreed it's harder to be in the position the eels are in Tigers fans know it can only get better and expectations are low a top 8 finish would be amazing result.
For the eels we have come through that period of being bottom feeders and had hopes we were tracking upwards closer to that premiership now we get to watch that all slip away to possibly miss the 8 to see players leaving and see all that hope going away is hard.
It's easier to support a team at the bottom. Hoping for change seeing change getting a win that brings a glimmer of hope for the future much easier than supporting a mid table team that if they play finals footy will be making up the numbers.
I hate to say rebuild but we are about to enter a rebuilding phase and hopefully with a new coach to lead that rebuild
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Was only thinking about this the other day. Put us in the Tigers position and all we want is to play in semi final, one will do lol, but then once we've played in a few you want more, let's say 2/3 semi final games but once you hit consistently every year in the top 8 for 6/7 years you dread for a appearance/ win in a GF. That's actually not a bad thing.
Sadly and fustratingly we are now officially tracking in the wrong direction.
That's the whole club included.
#rebuild
100 percent. Although I think this team is still a chance with a few changes. Russell to the wing. Parham fullback. Gutho to Centre. Cartwright to the bench getting 20mimutes each side of the half. BA might need a triple bypass with those changes so Russell to centre and Waqa to the wing. Simonsson not allowed with a 100km radius of the team. Cartwright still to the bench.
Spot on offside . The side has zero confidence to address adversity in games . If penrith race to 12 nil after 5 minutes expect us to get towelled up by a record score. Heads drop , our leaders don't lead and defence goes out the window. Defence is all about attitude and willingness to put your body on the line.
The time has come to make legitimate changes but BA won't change the team. Blind loyalty will ultimately cost him his job.
loyalty works both ways .
Paul, agree. We lack resilience. We're a splintered team now.
Not sure blind loyalty is BA's biggest weakness (N Brown, Fuiy, Mannah).
It's more his inability to be a mentor that can help the team become more than the sum of its parts.
And right now we're regressing. The team is worse than the sum of its parts. It's almost borderline schizophrenic, performing as if some were on white powder.
We might turn it around, but it's unlikely to be long lived anyway.
Why all that is, is a longer discussion, controversial and arguable, so I'll pass.
We need this bus sculpture now for them to debrief in if anyone saw this on news
I think the hope is now gone and we've realised the gf dream is over, hence the outpouring of frustration and anger. The next step is depression.
Then it's acceptance
Unfortunately I don't see much changing our squad for next year looks worse
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