Pat Bateman wrote:
Just been watching Devils against the Dolphins in the Grand final. Devils half backs were Tyrone Roberts and Tyson Gamble. I know Gamble is off to Newcastle, not sure about Roberts but the quality of the play wasn’t any different to SL.
It’s a funny thing the biggest plus Poching had was his knowledge of the Southern Hemisphere game. Not sure really why I thought that as he’s lived here for twenty years.
I also believed it to be Applegarth weakness. However I’m informed he did live and play in Australia for nearly three years and has plenty of knowledge and contacts.
We shall see.
What I’m totally confident about is that Mash will absolutely Hoover out all the hidden gems and old warriors in the British games. Of course all the usual suspect will turn their noses up and instantly write them off. Six months later they will be denying they ever said any such thing..
I firmly believe most of our signings will be fairly low key. Not because of financial restraints but because he will sign on ability not reputation.
I don’t expect much from next season though I always live in hope. What I expect to see is the start of the building of a team with a real ethos and a desire to improve.
I don’t believe in five year plans to win titles in sport, it’s too random for that. But by year 3 or 4 I hope to see us right up there in the mix. Three seasons seems a fair goal.