If things don't change soon with the board , coaching , and who ever is making the calls , then I can see us phasing completely out , as the St George name , Illawarra name , is no enough to keep this once proud Club from falling .....
I think the club is making a nice profit. Enough to keep the board fat, dumb and happy. As long as that's the case, who cares about the NRL team? That seems to be the philosophy.
Don't look too much into it. He probably didn't want to be a placeholder and wasn't confident of doing well to be anymore than a placeholder.
Can someone please please ring the board and tell them we need 2 big prop forwards not lightweight edge forwards if we are ever going to be competitive again
I agree. I rate Nanai but is that really the kind of player we need now? Though one thing I'd say he suits the Dragons in; It'd be a good race between him and Zac to see who the second fastest player in the team is after Sloan.
That's sad
My mate tells me that in the real footballing world nobody wants to play for us under the current coach and clubs culture. I have no reason to doubt him
Even though I'm trying to be optimistic, I have to be realistic and say nothing is going to improve until a new head coach takes over.
I have kept a few friendship's going and I wouldn't just bullshit and make things up. My understanding is that the majority of player manager's firstly have no connection with Griffin or rate him highly as a coach to develop their clients, they have at the moment no real link with any member of the SGI board, secondly they don't want their clients to be involved with the club until the coaching and cultural issues are addressed, and lastly until the club once again becomes competitive because although money is now an important part of being a professional player the opportunity to participate or even win a GF is still high on their agendas. This particular friend is still involved with a club.
As you have said many times, one way or another, I have fears for Sullivan trying to do palymaking behind a forward pack being dominated by the opposition.
You will note during the season even the best playmakers will struggle if their forwards are not consistently making the advantage line. Unfortunately for us we will be reliant on Musgrave stepping up big time to help Lawrie. I just have this gut feeling that the opposition will adjust their defensive structures to combat Lawrie's new running style which saw him consistently make 100m per game in the second half of last season. If that's the case then some others will have to step up including Woods who will always be in the top 17 under Griffin.
Musgrove and 2 other props. Molo and ....... Woods, Jaiyden Hunt or Murdoch-Masila. Even Lawrie is the best prop at the club but isn't going to bother anyone come Origin selection time.
In the first year, you could have blamed McGregor for the lack of talent in the forwards ready to step up to first grade. In the second year, half-half. Hook should have seen the juniors in the club weren't going to make it anytime soon or ever and recruited young players. In the 3rd year, now, it's all on Hook.
Might extend JDB for a year.