Not many coaches could win with literally a second rate pack, except for Ola, no hooker, your current halfback on the phone thinking elsewhere, your only prop gone for the season, having to start average overrated players like Josh, Ben T and Toff. Signing a 32-year-old forward who hasn't played and is unwanted, and of course, Lodge, who is currently unwanted and boxing, so no reply there. The realisation that Nathan Brown is also struggling. That's the best our cap can do. Blame the nightmare admin who decimated us with a highly overpaid small group of players who aren't really performing.
Talau has been out. Who is the guy who shows guts? Saab just returned after a long-term injury, and the 1.2 million franchise winner has been injured literally every game for a few seasons now. Does anyone think his 6-8 weeks off will help? He just had months in the off-season and looked in trouble two games in.
We have a salary cap bomb that still needs a year or two to even out before we can recruit correctly. Then, we will see big change, as we do have some top kids coming through as well.