Ross Lyon - D+
He gets the plus as he has been able to manufacture a few wins.
I have 3 issues:
i. When the mock state of origin sides were published a few weeks back, we had more players in it than any other team. You can't tell me that Fyfe, Hill x 2, Neale, Walters, Sandi & Mundy wouldn't look heaps better in any other team in the league. That is 1/3 of our team as genuine top line A graders and supposedly we are going through a restump. We should be contending, not making excuses. Rubbish.
ii. The restump or whatever we are being sold is bollocks. In 2 or 3 years when our team is at its supposed best, Sandi, Mundy, Johnno and probably a few others are gone meaning even more reliance on Fyfe, Neale and Hill. And we can see how well we play without Sandi. It is going to get worse before it gets better. As in Brisbane Lions 10+ years in the doldrums and still counting worse.
iii. I have posted on this elsewhere, but through a rebuild I want to see some semblance of a game plan. We are nowhere near looking like that at the moment.
Can someone invite the players back out to Rick Hart's farm?