The time is now?

Quote: knockersbumpMKII "Said at the beginning of the year that if we don't do the business this year then Pearson will be up poop creek, expectation from fans is massive right now and the pressure to perform for all people at the club is building as that expectation rises as shown by the posts/threads. IF, IF we fall away that could really do the club a lot of harm even though beginning of the season most had us 5/6/7th and right now we are way ahead of our wildest dreams.
If we don't win anything how will fans feel given were we stand right now, given the lower expectation the last time we got to a final on the back of an injury ravaged season and no superstars(Briscoe was our best player granted)

The downside of signing players from outside the club as a fix to the ailing support and lack of success means that it has stunted somewhat the development of the upcoming players. We've had plenty of debutants but only Green/Bowden/Hadley have cemented any type of regular game time since their debuts in 2012/13, Adbul got a bit of a go last season, some down to injuries but is behind others for the forseeable future, Logan seems to be further back in the queue now also, Fash and Downs have had very limited chances, Lancaster isn't further up the pecking order, sure we have kids signed up but realistically how much game time are they going to get in the next 2 years with who we have signed up already unless we have severe injuries?
That leaves us with signing more experienced players, it's a catch 22 situation.

Still, we could win the treble this year and slaughter the Australian's in the WCC
Even if we do have a complete drop off in form, I've already been more entertained this season than any season since 2007 (2010 & 2012 were decent efforts however) and I feel even with a setback such as a bad injury run, a 50/50 call not going our way in a cup or playoff game etc we would be back next year with a couple of new additions ready to go at it again.

And on your young players point, yes some haven't had a lot of opportunities, but them just being at the club pushing for places has made some of the senior players up their game. Yeaman for example knows if he has a bad run Logan will get his place back, whereas for years he was an automatic name on the team sheet regardless. I'd expect Pryce and Michaels to leave which opens up more opportunities for the backs.

Second row is though for any young player to break in to and some of the youngsters may have to leave to get first team rugby, but Minichello/Manu/Ellis/Pritchard are some of the best players we've had at the club and Hadley and Green have improved massively, so it's a good 'problem' to have!