Central Coast Eagle link said:
[quote author=Kiwi Eagle link=topic=183896.msg272424#msg272424 date=1278583177]
We win and a couple of other results go our way this weekend, we could be sitting 3rd or 4th, writing this year off at this point is not the way to play things, am glad Des doesn't have that view !!
We kept saying that last year too, I was totally against everyone saying we needed to rebuild last year, but we are no better than last year and other teams have gotten better.
IMHO we need to look to the future now and not waste another half a season blooding new guys next year, get hoppa jr, Whare and DCE into the side now along with maybe lussick and give them time to develop this season as i don't see as winning it all and whether we finish 3rd or 10th really make no difference (It's not another premiership)
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Last year was a completely different situation. We were coming from rock bottom, and had to work our arses off to get into the 8. When we got there, we got beaten by a cheating scum of a side who went well then other results knocked us out. This season, we got the runs on the board early, and that has put us in a position where we can afford a lull mid season, and still have the time to come back into a reasonable spot, last season they had to be up every week and couldn't afford a flat patch coming from that far back
I don't think other sides have gotten better either, there is no real standout for me that I look at and think we can't beat. I wrote this season off early with 2 rookie halves, but after watching the other sides go around, there is no reason we can't beat any of them, imo the standard of the comp is pretty poor this season so that keeps us in with a shot
There is also a massive difference between 3rd and 10th, 3rd = deep into the finals and players learning to play high intensity matches and gaining that experience.