Yeah, I was more talking about 2016,17 when he missed the 8 with South's with a gun side and then 19,20,21 and 22 with us.
Has the Roster got worse in 4 years, the results have?
Some parts of it have...
Benji and Robbie moved on... Haven't really replaced them until this year Benji and Robbie next.
We had Harry Grant for a bit, He's not been replaced.
Matto should have been here the last 2 years, Does he make us a better side - Based on 2018 Form you'd say certainly...
Josh Aloiai - Would he have improved us.... Probably. (He took off a year early for cash)
Matulino was decent in his first year for us, Injured in the second...
He's been replaced by Tamou this year (Not last)
The problem has been that we were paying big money for blokes who weren't even in the 17 - And one that was but didn't do anything... FOR YEARS!!
I think it's easy to forget we were paying 1.5m odd for Packer and Reynolds last year - Because they never played we all went and forgot they existed!!
Until those Salaries are
completely gone from the cap - Our hands have been tied....
We've not been able to sign anyone..
We've tried, But it was never going to work - We'd have had to cripple the rest of the squad to pay players to play for other teams to fit them in - Like the Dogs will be doing next year.
Even now, We're paying Mbye a bit less than Addo Carr is getting....
These things make a difference. Especially when there's been so much of it - For so long.
Madge had Souths up for a long time before they flattened out...
Wasn't so long ago Robbos Roosters also missed the 8 with plenty of good cattle.
Madge had a lot of senior players coming to the end and I think they got sick of working hard
Might have got sick of his voice - And relentless work ethic.
- I can't see that happening here.... All our blokes are younger and most don't know any different.