Ryan
Journey Man
Ok - here it is guys. Last year I predicted 10th, and 2 more wins than 2004. I was wrong by 2 on both accounts. We came 8th, and we won 4 more than the previous year.
Now we look to 2006. What are your predictions & expectations. As the way things stand RIGHT now, we are loking at a squad something like this:-
01. Brett Stewart
02. Paul Stephenson
03. Steven Bell
04. Steve Matai / Ashley Alberts
05. Chris Hicks
06. Michael Monaghan / Michael Witt / Steve Menzies (Pfft)
07. Matt Orford
08. Brent Kite
09. Luke Williamson / Michael Monaghan / Matt Ballin
10. Jason King / Mark Bryant
11. Anthony Watmough
12. Steve Menzies
13. Ben Kennedy
14. Shayne Dunley / Travis Burns
15. Daniel Heckenberg / Kane Cleal / Mailangi Styles
16. Kylie Leuleuai / Phil Moorwood /
17. Glenn Stewart / Adam Cuthbertson / Nathan Tutt
I think we have some abvious deficiencies there. In my opinion they are:-
1. Age SHALL weary some of them, as seen with the latter part of 05;
2. No specialised 5/8;
3. No depth in club;
4. A weak bench compared to others;
5. Worst coaching staff in the NRL.
There are also IMPROVEMENTS. In my opinion they are:-
1. Matt Orford will structure our attack more;
2. Monaghan has no contract negotiation, and he might focus on football;
3. Our expectation have been reduced throough the end of 05;
4. We have a centre that can actually break the line / score tries;
5. We have off loaded some obvious unfulfilled potential kind of players;
All in all, I cannot see us improving on this year "on the ladder", but I expect we won't lose as many concurrent games, which will please me to no end.
In fact, I think we'll come 9th.
You cannot think The Bulldogs, The Roosters, The Knights, The Raiders, The Panthers won't be better.
You also can't think The Eels, The Dragons, The Broncos, The Tigers & The Storm will fold.
We will come 9th, but be a lot closer to the spoon than 9th suggests.
Sorry guys..
Now we look to 2006. What are your predictions & expectations. As the way things stand RIGHT now, we are loking at a squad something like this:-
01. Brett Stewart
02. Paul Stephenson
03. Steven Bell
04. Steve Matai / Ashley Alberts
05. Chris Hicks
06. Michael Monaghan / Michael Witt / Steve Menzies (Pfft)
07. Matt Orford
08. Brent Kite
09. Luke Williamson / Michael Monaghan / Matt Ballin
10. Jason King / Mark Bryant
11. Anthony Watmough
12. Steve Menzies
13. Ben Kennedy
14. Shayne Dunley / Travis Burns
15. Daniel Heckenberg / Kane Cleal / Mailangi Styles
16. Kylie Leuleuai / Phil Moorwood /
17. Glenn Stewart / Adam Cuthbertson / Nathan Tutt
I think we have some abvious deficiencies there. In my opinion they are:-
1. Age SHALL weary some of them, as seen with the latter part of 05;
2. No specialised 5/8;
3. No depth in club;
4. A weak bench compared to others;
5. Worst coaching staff in the NRL.
There are also IMPROVEMENTS. In my opinion they are:-
1. Matt Orford will structure our attack more;
2. Monaghan has no contract negotiation, and he might focus on football;
3. Our expectation have been reduced throough the end of 05;
4. We have a centre that can actually break the line / score tries;
5. We have off loaded some obvious unfulfilled potential kind of players;
All in all, I cannot see us improving on this year "on the ladder", but I expect we won't lose as many concurrent games, which will please me to no end.
In fact, I think we'll come 9th.
You cannot think The Bulldogs, The Roosters, The Knights, The Raiders, The Panthers won't be better.
You also can't think The Eels, The Dragons, The Broncos, The Tigers & The Storm will fold.
We will come 9th, but be a lot closer to the spoon than 9th suggests.
Sorry guys..