Also, if we can get jag a win against the Dragons this Saturday then another 2 points with the bye up next, we'll have a host of players coming back from injury and suspension including
Moses, Sam Tuivaiti, Moretti, Bailey Simonsson, Ritchie penasini, Ryley Smith most of them due back after the bye.
A run for the 8 is not out of the question
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Let's not get carried away after beating The Titans lol. Doing ok , yeah , remarkable ? Yeah Nar . Hasn't landed a decent signing , haven't beaten anyone of note. Moses gone backwards ( granted many factors out of Ryles control, however he's still gone backwards ) releasing players like RCG for no reason without a replacement , why release him early if it's for nothing ?) we are unearthing a tiny bit of talent which is great , but let's measure where we are at logically and not emotionally.
If we were in the exact same scenario right here right now with the last coach you'd be making so much noise about how poor the coach is performing Yoid crash the sites servers . Tell me I'm wrong old mate.
RCG is not doing much at the Titans, granted we could have kept him but he is no great loss going by his performances for the Titans. The improvement on our style of play and the way we are defending is a huge plus. Considering the amount of young, inexperienced players we have, I think JR and the coaches have turned this team around. Hopefully with some experienced players added in the off season we will continue to improve. The green shoots are there.
The Titans aren't pusho overs. Look at their pack for starters with the current state of origin prop pairing, RCG and a backline who can score points quickly. We had a fullback who's played 10 games, a hooker whose played a handful, and both of our halves were called up from reserve grade. The Titans spine were way more experienced.
Mate, give credit where credit's due
The point of the blog was Rylsey keeping us competitive with a huge chunk of our cap missing.
I agree we are doing better than we all expected, and yeah I do think Ryles is doing ok. But if you're judging without bias , we aren't remarkable. We have been quite poor against Cronulla which we shoud've won and quite good against Canterbury which we were expected to get flogged. It's pretty hard to say we are in better shape than we were with Arthur. Let's not get caught up giving too much credit just to spite the last dude.
This next few weeks will give us a better guage .
Hypothetically speaking Wiz, If we had Haas, Katoa(instead of brown) and Bradman Best, how do you think we'd be going?
Mate we'd be a different kettle of fish. But signing players like this seems to be totally out of our reach. I have no idea why we didn't even have a crack Dom Young at least.
Dont get me wrong , I like what I'm seeing in many parts , I'm just saying that calling us remarkable is a stretch. We've been shocking in some areas and we just played The Titans . If we lose this week it'll be back to " sack Ryles " and " Kearney 2.0 "
The premiership ladder doesn't lie BUT we well ahead of schedule imo - like I said in another the systems and style of play is the priority, in saying that Ryles and Eels HQ must land a few big signings if not then our reality will be the bottom half of the 8.
Agree
BA had about another $5 million worth of players and we were playing for the spoon. 3/4 of the current team are Neville Nobodies, yet are more consistent.
BA was an average coach, one dimensional and was more interested in keeping players loyal to him instead of the club - that's why clowns like Gutho, RCG, Cartwright, Brown couldn't to wait to accept other offers BA is so average he'd struggle to coach the harlem Globetrotters...11 seasons was a total waste of time, money and he created no legacy...glad the dope left our club.
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