I actually feel bad for
Webster. He has taken a roster that lets face it is not top 4 on paper to the top 4. He then gets to see us perform like that in the weekend. When I heard about
Tohu, I actually posted somewhere on here that I thought we would be bottom 3. I am still surprised that we are in the top 4.
At the beginning of the year we had a quality pack with fast defensive line speed and had some effort players like
Capewell and
Rocco that would chase the kicks in the corner. We had very limited x-factor which was our rookie half and
Leka and to a lesser extend
Demi but he mainly plays a middle role. Somehow he gotten us to win 12 times. It is a limited and fairly boring game style but it suits the team he has.
I also see plenty of people post that we should recruit this player or that player but the reality is that we as a club have always struggled to get players over here. Sure we get the odd players which we can all name but we are not a destination of choice for NRL players. This why
Webster does not have fast outside backs. We will have to rely on our pathways, take a chance on a NSW Cup player or hope a Kiwi NRL player gets homesick.
As to the gameplan. They had a preseason and practice every week to play a certain way. To change it radically at this stage I just could not see it happening. Next year though if
LM is still unavailable then a
Boyd/Linnane looks interesting. Linnane seem to be quick off the mark. I would also have
TT at fullback. Would love to see him play a role like Papenhuyzen does for the Storm or Drinkwater does for the Cowgirls.
CNK would be in the Centres as our current ones
Pompey aside seem to be broken most of the time.
Webster is a quality coach in my view. We just seemed to have run out of steam. That could change as a week is long time in the NRL but the team looks broken and tired atm.
