I'm hoping ( yes I know somewhat with trepidation) that this doesn't become just another " sack the coach" thread and that everyone might contribute some highlights , some couldabeens, some only if's, some lowlights (lots of those I guess) and what you have taken from the year.
Not too many highlights I know but for me the standout is young Tom, if he was fit he would be unstoppable , a future Blue / Kangaroo for sure.
Also great to see Brad Parker emerge at the end, I'm sure he's a keeper.
And Jake, no need to say any more, all heart and one the players we can build on.
As far as signings go, the standout for me was Marty, after a bit of a slow start finished with a bang, with him and Jake and maybe one other experienced forward , plus the rest we have I see positives ahead.
But for me the real highlight, and so happy to see was the return of Ferris, after the years he's had he deserves it.
The if only for me is simple , if only we could have had a year with a normal pattern of injuries rather than the Armageddon we experienced, I think we would be a fair bit higher than we finished.
The couldabeens for me are Leary ( never played for long enough IMO and he was never a 5/8, he played one full game and won our MVP in that game), and also Vave, he could of been a real standout but the club chose not to keep him.
The lowlights, finishing 13th, and that first 40 minutes yesterday, just a gut wrenching way to finish a year!
And from this year I have taken that we need a 5/8 ( badly) to take the pressure off DCE and a coaching staff who read Silvertails and engage us , because after all we know heaps more than them, and whilst it's been a terrible year I don't think too much has to change for us to get back into the 8 in 2017.
So overr to you boys and girls !!
Not too many highlights I know but for me the standout is young Tom, if he was fit he would be unstoppable , a future Blue / Kangaroo for sure.
Also great to see Brad Parker emerge at the end, I'm sure he's a keeper.
And Jake, no need to say any more, all heart and one the players we can build on.
As far as signings go, the standout for me was Marty, after a bit of a slow start finished with a bang, with him and Jake and maybe one other experienced forward , plus the rest we have I see positives ahead.
But for me the real highlight, and so happy to see was the return of Ferris, after the years he's had he deserves it.
The if only for me is simple , if only we could have had a year with a normal pattern of injuries rather than the Armageddon we experienced, I think we would be a fair bit higher than we finished.
The couldabeens for me are Leary ( never played for long enough IMO and he was never a 5/8, he played one full game and won our MVP in that game), and also Vave, he could of been a real standout but the club chose not to keep him.
The lowlights, finishing 13th, and that first 40 minutes yesterday, just a gut wrenching way to finish a year!
And from this year I have taken that we need a 5/8 ( badly) to take the pressure off DCE and a coaching staff who read Silvertails and engage us , because after all we know heaps more than them, and whilst it's been a terrible year I don't think too much has to change for us to get back into the 8 in 2017.
So overr to you boys and girls !!
