We all know what is going to happen, most of those U20 players will have to leave to play first grade, sheens has created a family atmosphere in the NRL team to the point where no one was getting dropped despite some woefully inadequate performances over the years, now he realises his mistakes, starts culling but too late, realises he has lost the respect of the players, they don't fear being dropped, because it has never happened, they don't understand after years of being rewarded for under performing that it has all come to an end, the party is over, this club showed so much potential in 2005, but it just never kicked on. Good players were let go (Harrison to name one) and ordinary ones signed to long term contracts. I feel sorry for players like chris lawrence and benji, who are super competitive but have just not been surrounded with the talent to go even further. I am not going to put too much blame on robbie farah either, he is obviously playing injured, he should have had his surgery and a break from the game, but sheens just cannot put his trust in the younger brigade to fill in. Other teams have given their young stars a go (eg broncos) and have left us in their wake. Next year can't come soon enough, I hope some people at the tigers have learned some hard lessons from this debacle.
