Top priority at seasons end in my opinion, get rid of the entire coaching staff and replace then with people who can get the job done, as this group have clearly run out of ideas, as exhibited at the weekend.
Why would they go into the match with Blake, Playfair, King, Ottens and Mooney and have Rooke running around in the reserves, this notion that stacking the forward line with talls is going to produce the desired results is obviously wrong, it had no bearing in our victory over Brisbane, and at the weekend it was a loser all day. If Thompson truly believes putting King or Blake in the goalsquare is our best option then he clearly needs to rethink his policy.
The forward line has been a shambles for ages, and shows no signs of getting better, starting Mooney as a loose man in defence certainly did nothing to help on Sunday either.
As has been pointed out, not all the blame can be laid at Thompson's door, as a number of players have had down seasons, but from team selections to moves made on match day, Thompson and the coaching staff have proven themselves inadequate on a number of occasions, and I see no reason to believe it will get any better next year, and winning six of our last nine is meaningless when the season was shot long before that.
If, as thehoff says, Costa will honour Thompson's contract next year, and I feel he may be correct there, then I think we should start looking forward to 2008, as I fear that 2007 will offer nothing much to get excited about with a group of people in charge who have demonstrated they simply don't have what it takes to lift us to the ultimate goal.
Why would they go into the match with Blake, Playfair, King, Ottens and Mooney and have Rooke running around in the reserves, this notion that stacking the forward line with talls is going to produce the desired results is obviously wrong, it had no bearing in our victory over Brisbane, and at the weekend it was a loser all day. If Thompson truly believes putting King or Blake in the goalsquare is our best option then he clearly needs to rethink his policy.
The forward line has been a shambles for ages, and shows no signs of getting better, starting Mooney as a loose man in defence certainly did nothing to help on Sunday either.
As has been pointed out, not all the blame can be laid at Thompson's door, as a number of players have had down seasons, but from team selections to moves made on match day, Thompson and the coaching staff have proven themselves inadequate on a number of occasions, and I see no reason to believe it will get any better next year, and winning six of our last nine is meaningless when the season was shot long before that.
If, as thehoff says, Costa will honour Thompson's contract next year, and I feel he may be correct there, then I think we should start looking forward to 2008, as I fear that 2007 will offer nothing much to get excited about with a group of people in charge who have demonstrated they simply don't have what it takes to lift us to the ultimate goal.
