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Pascoe said all the right things in the interview, and I hope those who kept denying the fact that the club was a mess and had a lot of problems, have read Pascoe's comments on that.
The only real problem with Pascoe in the last month or so was the fact that they actually wanted Moses to stay. . Hadnt they seen enough to tell them that the big dream of him being the Future for the club, was dead and buried, if by any chance that Moses signed, then we were stuck with him and another huge bill for years. He was off contract and to even offer a new one was crazy , and unnecessary.
As far as Pascoe is concerned the jury's still out as far as I'm concerned. When we show it on the field consistently , I'l be happy to admit my fears about him were wrong.
But talking won't mean anything unless we get some results. We've got probably the right coach, still not sure about the Admin.
No one is arguing the place has been a mess for a long time. The board/CEO have been slowly putting the club on the right track in terms of football operations. They've wrested the club back from the players (admittedly seems to be happening much faster now with Cleary on board, but the initial moves were made well before he got here,) and seem to be giving their coaches more movement to make decisions in regard to player retention and recruitment.
They had issues with Farah and JT but if those moves got us to the position we're in now and we see medium and long term success (e.g. 2018 onward,) I think it'll be worth it.
yes CB,Maybe you took notice of how we were before we dumped Taylor.
, But a lot havent, or have re written that part of our history.
It was the string of stuff ups over a long period, that was bringing us to the attention of the media as often as we did.
Im not going into all that again, but we were a mess,
Signing Cleary was the first step up, and I congratulate the club for that .
They had no choice but to sign a new coach ,as we were being looked at as amateurish by most clubs, supporters, and Admins, and Taylor drifted along without any direction or knowledge of how to fix things
I still will reserve my opinion until the players that weve signed, get the chance to show their stuff on the field,
And am also not interested in the puff reports that we'll be inundated with from the club stating that 'Player X is training the house down and is banging on the door, for a first grade spot
Weve seen all this before over many years
As I said, Im still waiting to see how these long contracts pan out, and am waiting to see if we get replacements for Tedesco and Woods that are as good as what weve lost.
Weve lost 2 Current SOO. Players, 1 is also a current Test player.( whether some of our supporters like it or not]
Tedesco has been referred to by more knowledgeable commentators and observers than us, as the
best Fullback in the game, and is last seasons Dally M fullback of the year,theyre gone, so it will be interesting to see who we get,
Im hoping that with Clearys connections , we may come out of this in a reasonable position, for next year.
The happy clappers, who as usual ,are throwing themselves at every player that has a nibble at the rather expensive baits that we are throwing out, will probably be the same people who are booing their butts off, if they dont turn out to be matchwinners in the next 12 months,
(a bit like goldfish , some only have an attention span of 3 seconds]
Apart from that, most of us want the same or similar thing, and thats a reasonable team ,
Id rather see how we go on the field first, , before hailing the second coming of the Saviour(whoever that may be)
On the field is what matters,
