Smiffy27:sally cinnamon:
All this talk of a clear out sounds familiar.
Remember at the end of the Steve Price era, we were fed up of underachieving and there was general consensus that we needed a clear out. The team with guys like Hill, Clark, Cooper, Charnley, Austin, Lineham has all been dismantled now.
Now which of those players have we managed to replace with an upgrade?
If you do a clear out and you bring in players of less quality than the guys who leave, you're going to have a weaker team. Whatever changes you have in the coaching staff or club CEO/directors, you can't get around that basic problem.
We're unlikely to be able to do another complete overhaul of the squad, the only solution is consistently good recruitment over 4-5 years to build the team, in the way that we did from around 2007-2012.
Agree with this. Complete clear out is fraught with problems and never really a goer. Keep the good 'uns & improve recruitment is best plan ... if only it was so simple.
I agree, Smiffy. I don't like this "clear out" mentality,.you can't just shove 13-17 blokes together and expect them to win. There's a few dead woods in this squad that need moving but a mass overhaul will just make us an unattractive prospect to players. Russell's signing is an example of a baffling recruitment strategy that is hurting us. A 29 year old who played 4 NRL games (or something like that).
We also need creativity at 3&4, I love the guy but if you're defending Rod you know he's not going to pass it, just so easy to read.
Walker missing is hurting us more than we know, thank Christ he didn't go to Aus.
