And that is after tanking in 2009 and securing draft picks that ain't raised a sweat!

I hope Neeld and his merry band pull a large rabbit out of his hat in 2013, otherwise 17 other teams will continue to look at us as the easy beats and cellar dwellers.

The number of threads being started with nothing new to add, just people needing to put their feelings at the top of a page, is reaching plague proportions.

I guess it is a mark of the emotional strain of the season and last five years, and the fact that aside from the obvious* there isn't much w can speak of that might decisively change the situation

*(need mids with speed, poise and defensive effort + need more forward marking power + need to stablise defence + need general fitness and effort levels to improve)

Note: 'genuinely dynamic and effective game plan' not included in 'obvious' because, given other factors, who knows what the game plan could deliver, really?

This comment "hardest team to play against" did people really think he meant that would be the case from Round 1, 2012? He needs time to develop the team into that. FFS some people.

Many other threads to use for this kind of talk.

Head there.