Sorry, but not finishing in the top 8 of a 16 team competition for 12 out of the past 15 years is a failure whichever way you want to look at it. Even in 2010 and 2011, we were only great for a 2-3 month period of the season.
Why should anyone be happy or satisfied with one good season every decade? Why can't we consistently be competitive, or at least strive to be? Is it unrealistic to expect to make the top 8 of a 16 comp more than three times in our existence? Surely not? Surely this isn't too much to ask?
2005 seems to make it acceptable to accept failure. I'm honestly I'm convinced a portion of our fan base do not care if we win or lose.
At the end of the day, this club has failed to finish in the top half of a 16 team comp for 12 out of 15 years. It's not about winning another premiership at all, it's about being consistently competitive.
So no, not being consistently competitive over a 15 year period isn't good enough for me and I'll always stand by that.
There will always be people who are happy to accept failure and expect everyone else to as well. They're usually the ones who call themselves true supporters and tell people who disagree with them that they aren't true supporters. They're the ones you see after we get beat by 50 proclaiming ''I'm still a Tiger and will always be no matter what blah blah'' looking for a pat on the back. There was a thread last night somebody started saying how glad they were we had Potter as a coach instead of Hasler, cos Potter is a guy who comes across like butter wouldn't melt in his mouth, and Des is a hot head. Well that hot head has won 2 premierships and is one of the most respected coaches in the NRL. But no, somebody would rather have Potter cos ''he's a nice guy''. Well nice guys finish last.
These types usually like to throw stones and tell people to go support other teams, and wonder how you could really be a supporter if you're so negative. Well i sometimes wonder how they can call themselves supporters if they're never willing to show any emotion and always take a happy go lucky attitude when we lose.
and what sort of supporters are you two?