Baz said there is no quick fix.
Most of the teams at the top of the table have experienced coaches who have been there a few seasons.
They set standards and adapt the squad as needed.
We don't yet know if Baz is in that class, the only way to find out is to give him 3 years.

With the changes at board level and coaching and the poor squad Pay had mostly due to SC issues, it is a rebuild from ground zero. I did hope that we would be going better, but this is reality.

The Storm will be even harder to beat than Souths.

What we want to do, is make them earn their points, and show some improvement in attack.

My assumption that that players are not getting it right in attack, then panicking and taking bad options in the 2nd half of games. It seems like a lot is wrong, no surprise that the coach can see it, when we can see it.

Moving Meaney to fullback was the right move shame that he got injured. This shows me Baz reacts to what he sees and tries things.

Looks like a grind of steady improvement this season. We need to work on all areas. If the defence is tight that takes some pressure off the attack, if we throw some attack at the opposition that drains their energy and they throw less attack at us.

You are right, the Broncos game was an opportunity for a win. The Storm have Grant, Finucane and some other good player coming back in. It will be tough. 

Just saw the press conference.
Barrett seems to be deflecting with excuses still  but at least the seems to think he knows what is needed to fix the attack.

The problem is.... knowing what the problem is and being able to change the way they play are 2 completely different things.

I cant wait till this team gets a second player with footy brain. It will double our intelligence. 

Right now Meaney seems to be the only one out there with a brain.

Today was a better effort in defensive line speed.
The problem however is that by not scoring, the pressure mounts and we are still soft on our goaline defence.

It's quite obvious we try to test the refs patience by holding players down on tackle 1, so I cant blame the refs on the 6 agains. What annoys me is that we often give away the 6 again for no reason. It's not like we are stretched and need that extra few seconds to reset our defence. We do it just to trst the ref. I blame our tactics.

Coz we arent a team that can afford to give away field territory. We should train ourselves to reduce these 6 agains to zero. Especially against the good teams that can hurt you.

Speaking of good teams.....
The loss to Broncos just goes to show how much pressure this team has put itself under. We played penrith before it, and Souths and Storm after it. These are probably the top 4 teams of the comp. We could easily be 0-5 next week.

Had we beaten the Bronx, we wouldn't think much but losing all 5 games is demoralising.

Barrett and co trying to sugar coat it a bit .. Let’s face it the fans have been Gaslighted  . These players have been signed on good money so they should adapt to any situation.. this takes time to gel does not cut it .. Either the team is poorly coached or managers  are very good in sales.

I think there was very little targeted recruitment  this year. Two of our higher profile recruits, Flanagan and Allen, basically fell into our lap after being dumped by their clubs. They were opportunistic recruits as opposed to targets. Only time will tell if this was good luck or not.

I've mentioned this before but I will say it again.

Barrett, Georgallis, Pay should have demoted the entire first grade squad and started fresh with reserve grade squad with only 3 or 4 from first grade.

It's like they are trying to change the way the team plays with 8 miles in it. It just wont happen.

The coach needs to eliminate the moles or reduce them down to 1 or 2 who's influence can be covered by the other non moles.

And who comes in in next month if your grand plan don’t work - Milperra, Bankstown Sports?

I've mentioned this before but I will say it again.

Barrett, Georgallis, Pay should have demoted the entire first grade squad and started fresh with reserve grade squad with only 3 or 4 from first grade.

It's like they are trying to change the way the team plays with 8 miles in it. It just wont happen.

The coach needs to eliminate the moles or reduce them down to 1 or 2 who's influence can be covered by the other non moles.

The games  so far  this  week have been  a terrible  advertisement  for the NRL. Nothing competitive  and  woeful quality. Expansion anyone.

The games  so far  this  week have been  a terrible  advertisement  for the NRL. Nothing competitive  and  woeful quality. Expansion anyone.

6 again calls.... that’s what’s killing the f’ken game!

The usual penalty & kick for touch, allowed teams to set their defence & at least make a match of it by defending for their lives.... now once a team gets a roll on with the stupid 6 again calls, we’ll continue to see blow outs

New rules just exaggerate the differences between sides, when a team gets on a roll they can't be hard to stop.

If prefer it to voluntary surrender, wrestle mania, block play city and some of the more recent variants.

The only problem is the ref has a big impact, but the big plus is it is hard for smart coaches to cheat.
Our game v Souths showed that even a fairly competive game can rapidly blow out.

It is very unlikely that the better team on the day will be beaten, very likely the better team will put a score on the opposition. Fans like to see tries and no formula is perfect.

IMO teams that are getting thrashed including the Dogs are doing a lot to contribute to their fate.  They have defensive weaknesses that are easy to exploit.

The problem isn't a lack of talent, too much talent is in the better teams and the weaker teams are not using the talent that they have. 2 good teams will often result in a closer game.

They should stick to this forumla and stop experimenting, coaches and players will soon adapt.

There is too much  talent in the better teams because there  is not enough true first grade talent to go around. Anyhow  whatever the reasons,  games blown out before half time are not good  for  the game

They brought in 6 agains because teams were deliberately conceeding penalties to slow the attack, especially  close to the try line.

Most of the games that are blown before halftime would be over anyway before halftime.

The chance of a 2nd half turn around running down a score is higher.

Sometimes with wrestle mania, the game was over at 8-0.

Refs are a bit trigger happy with 6 agains, but most of the time players are making 2nd efforts in completed tackles, that is  because they have been wrestling for years. The other cuase is inside the 10.
The rules are rewarding ruck dominance which is the ball runner winning the tackle.

People just need to get used to the idea that 38-0  is no different to 20-0.

6 agains are inconsistencies  personified. From game to game, from half to half, from ref to ref, from instance to instance. Nothing under these circumstances can endure scrutiny  or deliver fairness.

Yes, the problem isn't the rule, more like the quality of the ref.

With penalties the problem still exists, but players can challenge.