Dingo
Reserve Grader
So who within the club will have the balls to make the harsh decisions necessary to fix this club? Doesn’t take a genius to realise we need some serious changes, perhaps the club is just too childish or ego driven to admit it?
I’ve tried to back Seibold for as long as I can but tonight and this year is pushing it. I thought 2023 was some solid progression getting us out of the dumps that were late 2022. 2024 was another step forward playing finals. 2025 was meant to be yet another step forward. And it started that way, but we’ve once again gone backwards the year after playing finals. We NEVER play finals one year and then improve on that the next year anymore. It’s not all Seibolds fault, but can’t help but feel like the team are not buying into what he’s doing anymore. DCE said get me out of here ASAP, the rest of the team look like they’re losing interest. The attitude once again was not present in key moments tonight.
These things will not get fixed until someone high up has the guts to make harsh but important changes. But it’s not just getting rid of the guys who aren’t leading us in the right direction, but it’s bringing in guys who will.
I seriously believe this team is, or at least was, so close to doing something big but year after year is wasted potential. We’ve wasted a lot of some special players prime years because the guys running this place make wrong decision after wrong decision. The argument that the players are the reason for this is in part true, but the guys high up are the true reason. Why is it that Melbourne/Penrith can turn the vast majority of their players into stars, while we continue to sign ageing forwards and release youngsters who are now killing it elsewhere? Because they have intelligent people that know what they’re doing and don’t just accept mediocrity if it means more cash.
Maybe this is just that post-loss feeling, but the fact we are getting this so often now is clearly not good. It’s a sad spot to be in. Every year is just the same thing with different people nowadays. This club was once winning premierships every decade, it feels VERY LIKELY the 2020’s will put an end to that very special statistic. The 2010’s barely even kept it alive anyway.
If anyone disagrees, feel free to tell me why because I want to be optimistic about this team, I really do, and I hate seeing so much negativity but I just have to be realistic and being realistic right now in my opinion is admitting that we are so far from achieving anything in our current state.
We go again next week, but my excitement on game day is becoming less and less by the week 🦅
I’ve tried to back Seibold for as long as I can but tonight and this year is pushing it. I thought 2023 was some solid progression getting us out of the dumps that were late 2022. 2024 was another step forward playing finals. 2025 was meant to be yet another step forward. And it started that way, but we’ve once again gone backwards the year after playing finals. We NEVER play finals one year and then improve on that the next year anymore. It’s not all Seibolds fault, but can’t help but feel like the team are not buying into what he’s doing anymore. DCE said get me out of here ASAP, the rest of the team look like they’re losing interest. The attitude once again was not present in key moments tonight.
These things will not get fixed until someone high up has the guts to make harsh but important changes. But it’s not just getting rid of the guys who aren’t leading us in the right direction, but it’s bringing in guys who will.
I seriously believe this team is, or at least was, so close to doing something big but year after year is wasted potential. We’ve wasted a lot of some special players prime years because the guys running this place make wrong decision after wrong decision. The argument that the players are the reason for this is in part true, but the guys high up are the true reason. Why is it that Melbourne/Penrith can turn the vast majority of their players into stars, while we continue to sign ageing forwards and release youngsters who are now killing it elsewhere? Because they have intelligent people that know what they’re doing and don’t just accept mediocrity if it means more cash.
Maybe this is just that post-loss feeling, but the fact we are getting this so often now is clearly not good. It’s a sad spot to be in. Every year is just the same thing with different people nowadays. This club was once winning premierships every decade, it feels VERY LIKELY the 2020’s will put an end to that very special statistic. The 2010’s barely even kept it alive anyway.
If anyone disagrees, feel free to tell me why because I want to be optimistic about this team, I really do, and I hate seeing so much negativity but I just have to be realistic and being realistic right now in my opinion is admitting that we are so far from achieving anything in our current state.
We go again next week, but my excitement on game day is becoming less and less by the week 🦅
