Parramatta is not popular because they have been badly promoted. After the 2014 renaissance, we were quiet popular because they saw us having a go after the severity of our shakeup!
Subsequent failures changed this and the tribalism that was Newcastle in comparison with its isolation makes a difference, Parramatta is so big in a City sense, but the tribalism tends to be suburban rather than the single city of Newcastle or maybe I could rephrase that to a perception rather than a fact. I worry that kids are not going to be inspired the same way a generation was in the 80's.
It will be interesting to see where Newcastle end up next year, we saw the demise of Canberra 12 months after their Minor premiership, Parra after the 2022 demise, even Penrith struggled after the 2024 title (running last at one point), don't forget this year will be interesting to see how the Dolphins will be cut up and also the premiers will lose Marky Mark and Cherry, those two probably were the difference of Roosters making the grand final, take away that kick catch game and they haven't got a great deal of attack....this was showed up by the Newcastle defencisive pattern.
Let's not forget the Bronco's this year gone!
We can also can go back to our "wooden spoon" in 2018, we made the semi's the previous year and again in 2019.
Newcastle were wooden spooners in 2025, there team was better coached but not remarkably better but arguably (player) wiser, do some on here want to go back to last years wooden spooners and see what they said about them, not the least of Dyllan Brown going there, through no fault of what was called at the time the stupidity of the guy we now want to hire as our recruitment boss.....a decision I have no problem with btw......but just pointing out the cynicism of this site and its occupants.
The cures are actually as controllable as we can get in an evolutionary sense.
What is our evolution, its quiet pronounced since the renaissance but just the same one we have to bear and falter with.
BA's appoinment
The club changing administratively
The oppointment of Gurr and then Saratinos and the subsequent Centre of Excellance
Subsequent change of Chairmen
BA's sacking and the appointments both in effort and in fact of the current incumbents.
The Lomax affair and the Moses injuries
The Ryles era and the injuries resulting in the demise of 2026.
Yes this / these are all factors in our evolution
Hope you all come for the ride!......I have been on it for a loooong time!
Feel free to express your comfort in getting off the horse or staying seated as you ride with the "bumps".
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I aknowledge circumstances changed....and will keep on changing!
On another note, all those crying about Luais 1 year deal, thoughts on DCE and his 1 year deal ?
DCEs deal worked because he went to a side built ready to win now.
Luai isn't coming to the same situation we are well I don't know where we are but we aren't built to win just yet.
How'd Pezets one yr deal work for us I mean it makes us look like suckers for punishment 😂
Cost us 275k and nothing changed other than finding Volk.
What it did do is teaching Ryles a lesson and that's not a criticism.
Yes, if Luai is/was capable of doing a Cherry or a Cronk for that matter.
I think we are in a really good place. We have vacancies in our roster. We have a significant amount of cap space to spend. We have a new incoming CEO with new ideas and new contacts (super league). We are extending our head coach early. I think we are moving in the right direction. I don't need to see huge leaps forward (ala the knights this season). Just continuous improvement will suffice, better in the long term.
The biggest advantage I see having Luai is he can go back being the player he is Robin not Batman he's got a guy one of the best in the game to run the team round the field the key for JR is getting Luai integrated as quickly as possible so he hits the ground running combination wise with his edges and whoever is on the left wing because it's not JaC.
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