Quote: Juan Cornetto "I do not agree. There have been several players who have worked hard and tried their best in very difficult circumstances. That they were let down by constantly having to play in an under strength and changing side and sometimes playing longer minutes or undertaking a different role because of injuries to teammates.
Certainly some players have not stepped up to the mark and have been found wanting for a lack of skill and commitment which has undermined the work of the players that gave their best.
So in addition to Myler, JJB and Tom Briscoe I would add that Singleton, Delaney, Watkins, Oledski, Hall, Walker, Golding and Dwyer can hold their heads up too. Injuries and poor form reduced the effectiveness of Parcel, Cuthbertson, Ablett and Ward but they still worked hard.
The side has lost too much class and creativity over the last 3 seasons without replacement which I assume was down to financial reasons because to the debt. I guess that Hetherington believed that McDermott could keep squeezing another trophy out of the deteriorating squad for ever. Indeed he did last year when the lack of class was apparent.
Sinfield has kept saying he is now ready to "press the buttons" and sign some recruits, but it is hard to see where the class signings will come from or indeed the money.'"
The playing longer minutes point is rubbish Mc.D & now Sinfield have played too many forwards with longer minutes even with bench options.
You defended Mc.D for doing this yet only a couple of weeks ago backed a selection process on merit & form=,Hypocrite.
Working hard is all well & good( should be standard in a pro sport) but that graft has to be effective.
You love stats but ignore actual in game mistakes i.e out of position ineffective at marker , less impact after a certain amount of minutes etc.
You respond to my criticism as though its a personal dislike for players yet you'll happily hammer younger players when they make the same errors.
Whats undermined this Team is ignoring the main Blueprint that built our SL Legacy i.e retention -Letting top earners go a year or 2 early not 3yrs too late.
Recruitment-Not Signing the required quality too many projects because the Coach has his favourites.
Coaching-Mc.D didnt improve 1 player or nurtur a youngster above their obvious potential & his flog em till they drop policy injured or not has bitten us on the arris 2 seadons out of the last 3.
GH McD the Conditioning dept & the players are all to blame for this years failings so any awards imo are irrellevant.
The only positives from this year are the u19's the Ladies the Wheelchair squad & the Disability team.
That 1st team squad needs serious surgery including the old men you champion.
