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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And if im the tigers I'd be holding firm make the little prick see out his contract.
I agree that Ryles is doing a good job in the limited time he has been here, and the style of our play is heading in the right direction, but you are being quite misleading with the numbers. You've quoted 6mil as the roster, but that's just 17 players. Throw Moses and Brown back into that team and all of a sudden it's 8 to 9mil, and don't forget every team literally has at least 13 of their top 30 roster not playing each week, so 8 to 9mil is probably close to the cap value of any team running around on any given weekend.
JR gets a pass mark. Yes Roster is below NRL level and we are competing to a certain extent but we are still second last with a premiership way off and yes I will continue to bang on next year is 40 years .......
This blog is kinda the problem ...our blind acceptance of mediocrity.....
Careful PG - you're starting to sound like a one of them 'haters' that Poppa keeps passive-aggressively digging at
duly noted lol.....Ive already had a stouch with him and some others....
hahahaha who hasn't?
For me JRs tenure this year isn't a pass nor is it a fail.
Its an incomplete grade as the job quite obviously isn't finished.
Id be interested to see what it looks this time next season then I guess we get a clearer picture of what and if we are headed in the right direction.Stating the obvious results also play a big part in the evaluation.
Ill also say alot of success is riding on what happens behind the scenes especially in the pathways & recruitment stakes.If we dont have a strong influence from the mentioned JR WILL FAIL I'll say that again he WILL FAIL.He's not Superman and this isn't a clark kent phone booth and he'll fix it.
Collaboration is key.
I can't remember which blog it was but a while back I put forward the idea of having all of our players in the top 30 on the same salary ($11.25 million cap so $375k per player). This was just a theory to spread our cap more evenly. Of course I'm not suggesting we actually do this but flicking down that list it isn't far off the mark.
I agree Chief, I think he and his coaching staff have done a great job given the talent we have, and how often it has been available. I also think our attacking and defensive structures have improved significantly and the team now shows a lot more grit.
On paper, our forward pack appears to be one of the worst in the comp but Ryles has gotten a lot out of guys like Moretti, Tuivatti, Kautoga, Smith etc. It is a nice change to see a defensive line that actually moves up instead of standing and waiting to make a tackle.
I would also like to give a shout out to Paulo, who in the past couple of seasons I have been very critical of. I think though that this year he has really transformed himself physically and is now a cornerstone of this team and no longer do I curse him for failing to move up in defence.
I think BA did a pretty good job at times throughout his tenure but I have to say over the last couple of years I found the eels very hard to watch at times as our attack was very predictable and relied solely on individuals being able to offload. As for our defence, well I thought it was putrid at times. The number of times we were always a man or three short out wide or couldn't even number up on scrums that resulted in the easiest of tries was painful to watch.
Where'd you find these salary figures? Some of these players seem suspiciously underpriced. Did Gus sign them for us?
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