Re: RD 15 | Salford Red Devils (H) : Wed Jul 21, 2021 11:47 am
KaeruJim wrote:
Mate you keep saying this but I think I've been pretty consistent in where the club is at this year. I've repeatedly said that the club should be building for 2022, and not just recently.
I might have made one post that was confident based on our notional first choice team in pre-season - shoot me. Our first choice 13 is actually very competitive, but we haven't seen them consistently on the park yet all season. And I don't think any other side in the comp is all that - Saints are decent but their own side we beat in previous GFs would have destroyed the current team IMO.
If anyone on this board plays the long game it would be me!
I'm not saying I'd be delighted if we didn't make the play-offs either. I'm saying I'm not going to be kicking cats around the place if we don't.
You don't just demand results in sport, you have to build and earn them by getting your inputs consistently right. For us the oil tanker has sailed far off course with our talent production, and it's taken a huge effort to shift it back again. This young team will get better, there's no doubt in my mind, as it they do then success is more likely. We are still undercooked this year and clearly missing quality in a couple of key positions. Sezer is in theory a big step in the right direction there.
Where we finish on the table isn't the be-all. Every other side is either improving or going backwards all the time - it's not a fixed target. Winning the SL in modern times is not the accolade it was when the quality of player was generally higher for example. Are we making progress though? Yes absolutely. We could finish 9th this year and I'd still think the team is going in the right direction. We are absolutely capable of winning the title next year IF we get one or two more recruitment/retention decisions right.
I might have made one post that was confident based on our notional first choice team in pre-season - shoot me. Our first choice 13 is actually very competitive, but we haven't seen them consistently on the park yet all season. And I don't think any other side in the comp is all that - Saints are decent but their own side we beat in previous GFs would have destroyed the current team IMO.
If anyone on this board plays the long game it would be me!
I'm not saying I'd be delighted if we didn't make the play-offs either. I'm saying I'm not going to be kicking cats around the place if we don't.
You don't just demand results in sport, you have to build and earn them by getting your inputs consistently right. For us the oil tanker has sailed far off course with our talent production, and it's taken a huge effort to shift it back again. This young team will get better, there's no doubt in my mind, as it they do then success is more likely. We are still undercooked this year and clearly missing quality in a couple of key positions. Sezer is in theory a big step in the right direction there.
Where we finish on the table isn't the be-all. Every other side is either improving or going backwards all the time - it's not a fixed target. Winning the SL in modern times is not the accolade it was when the quality of player was generally higher for example. Are we making progress though? Yes absolutely. We could finish 9th this year and I'd still think the team is going in the right direction. We are absolutely capable of winning the title next year IF we get one or two more recruitment/retention decisions right.
Very good post that
