raider
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This club is arrogant to the core subconsciously, but the stats don't lie
Since JD was appointed first team coach, our regular season record reads:
24 W 19 L
Both seasons we have lost more games than Wayne ever did.
Waynes overall record:
48 W 16 L
Somehow this is considered fine and dandy because... we're building the wall, we're wearing Aussie Tour t-shirts, and we're singing if you're happy and you know it. The culture is grand! The boys are loving life, they're bonded don't you know? We're walking through the local areas in the middle of the night, we're laughing at training and bonding like a family, so this slip is totally fine.
But are we performing as an elite football team? The actual goal of the organisation? Eh, who cares, lets go play some more AFL at the start of every training just to have a bit of fun with the fellas (yes they actually do this).
In 2021, the Glory Bound documentary was being produced every month. Providing us a fantastic, thematic storyline throughout the season. The club were actually communicating with the fans, we were building something special, and it's like they themselves believed it was all going to come together that year. It nearly did, we failed by two points in the end. It was sad, but it was incredible. We also had constant Rehab Reports and excellent media pieces released, the club were professional on and off the field. What has changed since then?
Well, as our record has gone backwards, as we decided to flog Reynolds off because Taaffe and Ilias were too good to lose, we scrapped all of those things. Instead we get Switching Lanes with Tom Burgess or ****ing Hostys Game time. Little things like this matter, we went from almost achieving everything this group of players ever wanted, to literally shutting it all down because it's as though even the club believe the window has closed.
We're deluded as a team. This is not the record of a team that can win it all. We just look back at the last half a decade of consistent prelims and think we are too big to fail. But we are failing, quietly and perniciously, this failure is creeping up on us.
On the positive side, we've moved to a fantastic high performance center. We have our own website now away from the clunky NRL domain. We've signed a massive marquee in Jack Wighton and have a good crop of talent coming through spearheaded by the refreshing Tyrone Munro and Talis Duncan. So Is 2024 the year where we realise we're ****ing South Sydney and stop ****ing about on the field? Where we stop resting players constantly for the slightest of issues because we arrogantly don't give a shit about any football played unless it's September? Where Latrell actually puts a full season of games together (he has only played half the games ever since he signed) and isn't held to a different standard in terms of training?
Behind the scenes we are massive, but for all that success, our on field standards are not high enough. I love this ****ing club, I hate being the best at basically everything except winning Premierships.
Since JD was appointed first team coach, our regular season record reads:
24 W 19 L
Both seasons we have lost more games than Wayne ever did.
Waynes overall record:
48 W 16 L
Somehow this is considered fine and dandy because... we're building the wall, we're wearing Aussie Tour t-shirts, and we're singing if you're happy and you know it. The culture is grand! The boys are loving life, they're bonded don't you know? We're walking through the local areas in the middle of the night, we're laughing at training and bonding like a family, so this slip is totally fine.
But are we performing as an elite football team? The actual goal of the organisation? Eh, who cares, lets go play some more AFL at the start of every training just to have a bit of fun with the fellas (yes they actually do this).
In 2021, the Glory Bound documentary was being produced every month. Providing us a fantastic, thematic storyline throughout the season. The club were actually communicating with the fans, we were building something special, and it's like they themselves believed it was all going to come together that year. It nearly did, we failed by two points in the end. It was sad, but it was incredible. We also had constant Rehab Reports and excellent media pieces released, the club were professional on and off the field. What has changed since then?
Well, as our record has gone backwards, as we decided to flog Reynolds off because Taaffe and Ilias were too good to lose, we scrapped all of those things. Instead we get Switching Lanes with Tom Burgess or ****ing Hostys Game time. Little things like this matter, we went from almost achieving everything this group of players ever wanted, to literally shutting it all down because it's as though even the club believe the window has closed.
We're deluded as a team. This is not the record of a team that can win it all. We just look back at the last half a decade of consistent prelims and think we are too big to fail. But we are failing, quietly and perniciously, this failure is creeping up on us.
On the positive side, we've moved to a fantastic high performance center. We have our own website now away from the clunky NRL domain. We've signed a massive marquee in Jack Wighton and have a good crop of talent coming through spearheaded by the refreshing Tyrone Munro and Talis Duncan. So Is 2024 the year where we realise we're ****ing South Sydney and stop ****ing about on the field? Where we stop resting players constantly for the slightest of issues because we arrogantly don't give a shit about any football played unless it's September? Where Latrell actually puts a full season of games together (he has only played half the games ever since he signed) and isn't held to a different standard in terms of training?
Behind the scenes we are massive, but for all that success, our on field standards are not high enough. I love this ****ing club, I hate being the best at basically everything except winning Premierships.
