Quote Originally Posted by jeemak View Post
We lack depth, have no wings, lack specialist small to mid-sized forwards and can't get our best defence on the park yet we apparently should be a top four lock.

Each year I hear the same thing, and then at the same time see the list of deficiencies across the list trotted out. And at the end of it all we blame the coach.

Our issues may include the coach but the constant overlooking of our clear deficiencies in personnel drives me nuts.
The club must rate the list as a strong one if you consider:
We chased 2 x 30yo players during the trade period and added 3 youngsters via the draft
We added Baker on the cheap, O'Donnell with some shrewd maneuvering and Poulter at the MSD draft

That sort of list management indicates that from the clubs perspective we just needed to add some key position depth.
A lot of clubs over rate their list and perhaps we did as well which is okay but I can certainly understand why some in the media believe we under-performing and why they're now asking the questions.

I don't know why we haven't quite measure up and it could be the fact that we trained at Skinner and struggled with that or we haven't got the the right set-up in our football department or even that we are missing Dunkley and Hunter more than we care to say but we had bigger expectations and have fallen a bit short so far. It could also be our team selections.

Finding out what reasons might be behind it is an important part to plan for next year.