@JoshColeman99 said in [A crucial period for Madge\.\.\.](/post/1199890) said:
There’s no coach turning this team around in less than 3 years. Madge doing the best with the crap he has been given. His recruitment has been smart **and the club as a whole is building,** unfortunately a tough draw and some poor performances will not make us look good on the ladder come the end of the year but as a whole I think the club is building the right way.
He’s going about things a whole lot better than our last couple coaches. He’s playing the long game which takes patience but in our current predicament it’s the best option. We can’t afford a new coach, extend Madge one more season and see how he goes.
Desperately need to keep cleaning out the rubbish from our cap, he’s trying his best and will continue to try. I’m happy he’s tough and willing to yell and drop players, a soft coach wouldn’t be able to change our culture I think
He’s not perfect and has made mistakes but he’s our best option
Seriously Josh. Can you please pinpoint and articulate exactly where and how we are building as a club because mate all I see are the same performances, the same words, the same excuses, the same situations roll out every week every year. There is no evidence that I see that we are building. We are doing stuff - yes. But we are not building. In fact it could be argued we are regressing.
We are investing in youth, cleaning up our salary cap, new training facilities coming, Madge’s recruitment has been good, training at a higher level than previous years, while there’s been hiccups we have showed more heart and resilience in some perfomances this year then we have the last 3 seasons.
Madge is playing the long game and it will take a long time, the steps he has taken are the best ones you could do. He’s been a lot smarter than previous coaches and has a genuine eye on the long term future of the club which can be seen by trying to realign with St Greg’s among other things.
Unfortunately we will probably end up 10th or 11th on the ladder. Hard draw and some poor performances have lead us there but there isn’t an instant fix to our problems
Jennings say hi ?
Also playing Doohey at the back when blind Freddy can see he ain’t a fullback
Madge extended Brooks who’s useless
Gave Lawrence another year who’s useless ..
Gives momirovski another 2 years who’s useless
Gives a total Gronk the captaincy who’s useless
The list goes on ...
Even Taylorball was more effective than this crap !
I can’t take you seriously if you think Taylor is a better option than Madge.
Jennings was a good signing at the time who didn’t work out, not every signing will, you expect the coach to be perfect? Doueihi may not be a permanent fullback but is our best option at the moment. When brooks was resigned he was back to back player of the year. Momirovski is a solid player. Can’t agree with re-signing Lawrence and the Mbye captaincy might not seem right to us but Madge has his reasons.
Look at the bigger picture mate. Madge is working towards slowly building us into a good club which is the only option, and I’m pretty sure the club will stick by him. Impossible to expect instant results
Non of the players we’ve mentioned will take us to the big dance ...
Madge is pissing into the wind and he knows it !
We have Brooks until 2023
Mbye until 2022
So what does he do with them ??
He can’t even get them to do the basics right ...
Tackle
Line speed
Kick chase
Two weeks ago we did all those things very well and had been for quite a few weeks. While we’ve been poor the last two weeks let’s not act like they’ve been like this all season.
You seem to have a very short memory a lot of the time. When things are bad you forget the good that was not too long ago, I hope you don’t view your whole life like that
Madge is a poor man manager and the majority of the run on side are his signings ...
So tell me what’s he going to do with Mbye and Brooks ?
With Mbye? No idea. He’s on huge money and I doubt anyone takes his contract. I can guarantee Madge would much rather have that money to spend elsewhere. If we sign a better centre then Mbye can be a bench utility.
Madge will give brooks another chance. He is a fan of brooksy and while his form has been down this year he is a good half when at his best.
I don’t think Madge is a poor man manager it just depends on the player. All the players say he’s very honest with the players and expects a lot out of them. Not every player will appreciate the honesty and will take it as an insult but some players will take it and work on things they need to. Most players seem pretty happy with Madge
And in the mean time we’ll blunder and fumble for the rest of this year and next year only to see quality players sign with other teams because we’re a basket case
We don’t sign big name players and we won’t until we start making finals unfortunately. Gotta keep unearthing youngsters/guys who need a shot at first grade.
Need to look at England and Fiji more too! It works so well for other clubs and we never seem to do it.
Why were the Titans able to sign Tino and Fifita and the Dogs able to sign Luke Thompson and Cotric but we can’t? Theyre worse than we are and we are the team with the premiership winning coach
