Sorry but no. Our roster is mostly rubbish with the exception of Stef, Luc. Kelma, AD and maybe Hasting's (too early to tell). The rest are either discards or too young to contribute at this stage. Madge spent largely the first 2-3 years having to work with players on large salaries like Packer, Mbye, Reynolds etc in key positions. Madge has won premierships in the two best RL competitions in the world while the Tigers haven't made the finals in 10 years under 5 different coaches, 3 of which are premiership winners. Who's proven more? And what does that tell you about the club?
Let's look at the team:
In arguably the most important position, we have a halfback on nearly a mil per year who can barely kick for touch, throws at least one forward pass a game, and is incapable of leading a team around despite having opportunity after opportunity to do so over 8 years. At fullback, we have a guy who cares more about skateboarding and his old team then he does actually competing for the team and refuses to attack the line (not to mention he was brought in early without Madge knowing, apparently). We have two wingers, one who is and has always been defensively inept and refuses to improve, the other being slow and lazy.
Our current hooker, Liddle, fails to get to marker at times and gives garbage service. Twal is a good defender but that's about it, a plodder in terms of attack. Our centres are also defensively inept, not to mention are good for a few dropped balls and silly penalties every game. Garner is a NSW Cup player who loves to have a giggle when he gives away a dumb penalty although to his credit, has tightened up his defence. Mikaele and Musgrove are good for a couple of dropped balls and dumb penalties every game.
