I wanted Powell to work as cas at times played very nice rugby, and you can say the team spirt he built there was a bug part of their sucess and something we feel our team has been lacking in recent years. However it was always a risk as getting a group of underperforming and very good rescued players performing above fan expectations is different to getting a team of good quality players performing to their peak abilities consistently.

This year was just so depressing watching us not be able to turn the season around after a few losses and get back to winning ways. Knowing its another year not winning a grand final after round 12 !!

The team and players have nowhere to hide they should shoulder thr same responsibility as Powell to for their performances on the pitch with some just plain and simply not good enough or not matching our expectations based on their performances at other clubs. Williams as an example we expect so much more from him not only because of his wages but his wigan and Canberra performances. I understand the difficulty of playingbbehinds poor pack however its those games we need our biggest players to stand up and they never seem to do that.

The young lads deserve better players around them to help develop them but also maintain good league performances. They have been a positive at time.

So glad this one is over do t thi k there's been as bad a season at the hj. How many games did we go into thinking we would win ?

I think next season depends on the signings and hop the players react to burgess as they have resisted dicipline and standards for years at the expense of 2/3 coaches some of them. If burgess is financially backed to get these players out as soon as he can then we will start to progress.

I see a lot of people say we lack creativity ? Yes but it's not really the issue we don't have structures that we can execute 9 times out of 10 to that works or forces great defence...let's get that first, moments Rugby is edge of the seat stuff but on its own it won't bring us sucess this is what I hope burgess can bring

Maybe Peanut was just too brittle at this stage of his career?

We never really got to see Peanut butter the opposition.

If only Ratchford had the nickname “Jelly” I believe they are a highly rated combination

And so a very long day comes to an end…

That’s my point though, we’ve signed 9 props in 2 years, and retained Philbin. That was because the middle was our weakness. But we’ve actually gone backwards. Missing Vaughan is huge, but Mikaele has been lacklustre at best since he returned.

We absolutely have seen the best that Currie has to offer, behind a decent pack. And he’s been held to that regard since. The point is, if his job is to create width and to be a dynamic back rower, not an extra prop, then he is doing that. The issue is we’re not on the front foot, have no momentum and can’t manipulate numbers or make space because the middle is getting bullied.