I am trying to rack my brain. I am sure there has been a few? Maybe Nick Graham back in 2003 was the last to run foul of Sheens? Even the likes of Teo, Morris, Halatau, Fitzhnery, Chris Patterson - guys who performed woefully for months on end were never given a stint in the reserves to cool their heals.
When you have a club that has missed the finals going on 5 seasons in a row you would expect the odd shake up? Where is the accountability to perform at this club? What is the incentive to perform when you know you will be in the 17 all season? Where is the drive for players outside the click to push on when their is a road block in the form of T Sheens? We have reserve grade sides and under 20 sides doing pretty well each season yet they rarely get a chance.
How can you justify picking a 30 year old winger who has not looked like getting across the stripe all season? One that looks scared of body contact and is as slow as a wet week? It is nothing short of a scandal in my opinion. He was pathetic for large parts of 2002-2007 but to re-sign him 3 years on should of spelt it out for any Sheens fans that the man is clearly nuts.
How can you justify picking a small forward pack for 5 seasons with little reinforcement on the bench? Picking wingers on the bench to play 3-4minutes at the end of the game? Which other club does not?
How can you justify not having a qualified halfback in the squad for 3-4 seasons? The most important position on the field being taken up by a bloke like John Morris for 2 seasons, and shuffled around with alarming regularity ever since.
I just think it is truly startling. The amount of howlers this bloke has made. I mean a few of us were seeing these things 4 seasons ago, but at least now the whispers are becoming screams. I don't think there is a club in this country in professional sport that would put up with these sorts of things for 2 years let alone 5 years.
It is staggering. That is all.
When you have a club that has missed the finals going on 5 seasons in a row you would expect the odd shake up? Where is the accountability to perform at this club? What is the incentive to perform when you know you will be in the 17 all season? Where is the drive for players outside the click to push on when their is a road block in the form of T Sheens? We have reserve grade sides and under 20 sides doing pretty well each season yet they rarely get a chance.
How can you justify picking a 30 year old winger who has not looked like getting across the stripe all season? One that looks scared of body contact and is as slow as a wet week? It is nothing short of a scandal in my opinion. He was pathetic for large parts of 2002-2007 but to re-sign him 3 years on should of spelt it out for any Sheens fans that the man is clearly nuts.
How can you justify picking a small forward pack for 5 seasons with little reinforcement on the bench? Picking wingers on the bench to play 3-4minutes at the end of the game? Which other club does not?
How can you justify not having a qualified halfback in the squad for 3-4 seasons? The most important position on the field being taken up by a bloke like John Morris for 2 seasons, and shuffled around with alarming regularity ever since.
I just think it is truly startling. The amount of howlers this bloke has made. I mean a few of us were seeing these things 4 seasons ago, but at least now the whispers are becoming screams. I don't think there is a club in this country in professional sport that would put up with these sorts of things for 2 years let alone 5 years.
It is staggering. That is all.