Quote: Judder Man "Everyone will see things in a different perspective, some with pessimistic others with optomistic viewpoints. Whats your opinions on this season.
1. Team Performance
2. Coaching Set Up
3. Match Officials
4. Projection for 2016.'"
1. It's been a largely frustrating year, for me. One thing we've displayed plenty of is guts - with the exception of a couple of games after the CC semi we've really fought hard. But what we've really lacked is a bit of nous. Our halves haven't clicked, we've been too one-dimensional and we've consistently let opponents off the hook with indiscipline. It always felt to me like we were only a couple of tweaks away from being a real force, but we never quite managed it.
2. The jury's still out, IMO. For a new and inexperienced coaching team they've had a decent first season on paper. But given that we made life unnecessarily difficult for ourselves for so much of the year with our ultra-conservative game plan I was left wondering at times what the coaching staff were trying to achieve. The recruitment hasn't yet been exactly inspiring either (although I'm quite excited by the Fages signing). There'll be more pressure on them to get things right next year - I really hope they pull it off.
3. Not too bothered about match officials. There have been some weird calls, but there always have been and always will be. We do need to be a bit smarter at playing the refs, though.
4. A lot depends on how we line up and how we approach the game. I'd like to see Fages at 6 (we're crying out for pace in the halves) and Burns as a rotation 9. I'm not quite sure where that leaves Turner. But most importantly I'd like to see us adopt a less conservative style. If we do that then we'll be up there.