Final Grades for 2023

[eddie]

I hope we don't drop a bunch of games to inferior teams next season.......................I also hope we get a fair go from the game managers and better luck with injuries.

[King Salvo]

Big Jack Gibson said winning 1 game is a success.

They won 13 games.

If you play Finals it is a successful season in any one's books.

Post-Season/Finals is a different competition, as the regular season is about accumulating enough points to play in the finals, and then you start again.

Coach Robinson didn't use injuries or form as an excuse, but in the end, that was a major contributing factor in not finishing higher on the ladder at the end of the regular season.

You can argue they should have done better, but as I have said previously, when your probable best 17 don't even play one game as a combination all season, your squad depth will be seriously tested.

This could well have derailed the season, as it has done so for any number of teams in previous seasons in a similar predicament.

It goes to show that Coach Robinson, staff, and players were on the same page in working hard to resurrect the season, so any talk of player discontent or Coach Robinson losing the dressing room was a false narrative.

All they need is a better run, injury-wise.

[Dr. Voodoo Man]

I hope we don't drop a bunch of games to inferior teams next season.......................I also hope we get a fair go from the game managers and better luck with injuries.

It's key to being in the right half of the top 8.

[Les Tricolores]

This bash Robbo stuff is getting really boring. He will be the coach next year. The only pressure he is under is from internet nobodies.

Well that’s patently not true. He has been under enormous pressure all year… and from all angles around the game… it clearly affected him for much of the season.

I know for a fact that Robbo appreciates the criticism… it is the yes men he has little respect for.

And if you think anyone who posts on the internet is a nobody then obviously you’re including yourself in that. Better you speak for yourself rather than anyone else.

[Sydney Sports Ground]

Headless Chook....I said this target is for Robbo...7 wins first 10 games, same medicine Stuart got...THE SACK Wether it's round 10 or round 23...he got shafted...

[Les Tricolores]

Big Jack Gibson said winning 1 game is a success.

They won 13 games.

If you play Finals it is a successful season in any one's books.

Post-Season/Finals is a different competition, as the regular season is about accumulating enough points to play in the finals, and then you start again.

Coach Robinson didn't use injuries or form as an excuse, but in the end, that was a major contributing factor in not finishing higher on the ladder at the end of the regular season.

You can argue they should have done better, but as I have said previously, when your probable best 17 don't even play one game as a combination all season, your squad depth will be seriously tested.

This could well have derailed the season, as it has done so for any number of teams in previous seasons in a similar predicament.

It goes to show that Coach Robinson, staff, and players were on the same page in working hard to resurrect the season, so any talk of player discontent or Coach Robinson losing the dressing room was a false narrative.

All they need is a better run, injury-wise.

Injuries weren’t a critical factor… you are not being impartial here. Had we lost say Teddy for three months then of course that would have had a major impact. That wasn’t the case.

Besides, the team was its lowest on numbers at the end yet was playing its best football of the year. So this wasn’t 2020… you can’t just roll out the injury argument every time the coach underperforms.

How about we get off to a hot start next year and win the minor premiership? Because we will be stacked once again.

[On the Nose]

Disappointing way to finish the season, we deserved to be playing this weekend.
Disappointing start to the season, we never clicked til the coach decided to put everyone back in their correct spots.
The squad was disjointed early, who knows why... probably a combination of things
Suaalii to centre was a disaster.
Smith wasn't a full time hooker.
Hutchison should never have been in the top 17. The lack of a proper 14 really cost us.
Losing Angus before game 1 was a huge blow.
Trying to turn Walker into a Cronk clone failed.
The coach got ahead of himself. He's a good man, just made some major mistakes.
Things seemed to improve after Lodge left, maybe he was a disruptive influence?
We should have finished top 2 and got a home semi and a week off.
Or at worst top 4 with a second chance and a home semi.
Those injuries at the end proved a bridge too far.
I'd rate the season a C+ overall.
Things to look forward to, there are plenty.
Sandon Smith, Billy Smith, Sammy Walker, Siua Wong, May, Whyte, Pauga all will be better next year.
So will Brandon Smith, Suaalii, Teddy, Manu.... maybe the whole team.
Additions of Young and Leniu could be great.
From the adversity of this year I think we are still on an upward progression
surely we will have better luck next year.

110%. Which is 10% more than the other bloke. Until Robinson takes some ownership for his calamitous team selections (which had little to do with injuries/luck) then he is wide open to critism. His crown as a top 3 coach has slipped, that's for sure.

[Dr. Voodoo Man]

Well that’s patently not true. He has been under enormous pressure all year… and from all angles around the game… it clearly affected him for much of the season.

I know for a fact that Robbo appreciates the criticism… it is the yes men he has little respect for.

And if you think anyone who posts on the internet is a nobody then obviously you’re including yourself in that. Better you speak for yourself rather than anyone else.

We are all nobodies. Don't you get it? Our opinions means very, very little. Yours a little less than most.

[Jacks Fur Coat]

Well that’s patently not true. He has been under enormous pressure all year… and from all angles around the game… it clearly affected him for much of the season.

I know for a fact that Robbo appreciates the criticism… it is the yes men he has little respect for.

And if you think anyone who posts on the internet is a nobody then obviously you’re including yourself in that. Better you speak for yourself rather than anyone else.

True...Robbo under- performed for a large part of the year, can't sugar coat it. He finished strong and deserves credit for that. But these slow starts out of the blocks and playing like strangers for the early section of the comp has been killing us.

[Dr. Voodoo Man]

True...Robbo under- performed for a large part of the year, can't sugar coat it. He finished strong and deserves credit for that. But these slow starts out of the blocks and playing like strangers for the early section of the comp has been killing us.

Troll

[zac]

we play for premierships so technically the season was a failure but given the spirit the club showed to all but make it to the prelim there's enough to like about the year to say that it wasn't a complete failure and to make you think that this mob, if we don't have bad luck with injuries will give it a shake next year

[Les Tricolores]

We are all nobodies. Don't you get it? Our opinions means very, very little. Yours a little less than most.

Well my opinion clearly matters to you… because you keep commenting on my posts lol.

As I said, speak for yourself because you are quite mistaken in your presumptions about who does or doesn’t post/read content here.

[Les Tricolores]

I'd give the season a C, C-. Robinson needs to get the team firing far earlier. We don't need to be playing like a grand final team in Rd 5 but we at least need to show some level of quality.

The comp was not good this year, there has only really been 2-3 teams that were really consistent all year. All you need to do is be half decent for most of the season to make the Top 4. We were absolutely diabolical for 75% of the season and we ended up still making the 8 and Week 2 of the finals.

Yes a major missed opportunity Huncho.

[Easts75]

Big Jack Gibson said winning 1 game is a success.

They won 13 games.

If you play Finals it is a successful season in any one's books.

Post-Season/Finals is a different competition, as the regular season is about accumulating enough points to play in the finals, and then you start again.

Coach Robinson didn't use injuries or form as an excuse, but in the end, that was a major contributing factor in not finishing higher on the ladder at the end of the regular season.

You can argue they should have done better, but as I have said previously, when your probable best 17 don't even play one game as a combination all season, your squad depth will be seriously tested.

This could well have derailed the season, as it has done so for any number of teams in previous seasons in a similar predicament.

It goes to show that Coach Robinson, staff, and players were on the same page in working hard to resurrect the season, so any talk of player discontent or Coach Robinson losing the dressing room was a false narrative.

All they need is a better run, injury-wise.

'If you play Finals it is a successful season in any one's books'....what a load of shit !!! Gee you must be easily pleased in life.

[King Salvo]

True...Robbo under- performed for a large part of the year, can't sugar coat it. He finished strong and deserves credit for that. But these slow starts out of the blocks and playing like strangers for the early section of the comp has been killing us.

mmm what about the players though JFC

Only so much can the coaching staff do in the limited time they have between games to improve performances—video sessions and what not.

Take a workplace as an example. If an employee is not performing up to the required standard, they could be provided with training, coaching, mentoring, etc. to improve their performance.

If their performance doesn't improve despite all this assistance, who is at fault—the employee or the management?

The Coaching staff don't have a magic wand to snap players back into form