year of the tiger said:We are slowly building, winning games this year we wouldn't have last year - players are starting to step up - we had Ellis, Griffith, Miles and Edwards all step up last year and they are continuing their form this year - now add Grigg, Vlastuin, Vickery, grimes and perhaps Batchelor doing the same this year - that's a good core of players who can support our elite that you have listed above in Cotch, Jack, Rance, Lids and Dusty
Houli, Maric and Chaplin are consistently solid players for us.
We are building nicely and the good thing is that we have plenty of room for improvement and we know where our weakness are and can be fixed hopefully relatively quickly (1 or maybe two more draft perhaps)
Lots of it comes down to experience. knowing what your team mates will do in situations. Playing enough games, standing up in big games and not being pushed around by the sides that have a critical mass of players who have proven performers in those situations. Builds confidence and belief in the team as a collective.
Although we all wanted that in 2013, the side is getting to that level.
Fingers crossed we don't have to wait till next year for it to pay off. Beating the good sides is a huge step in the right direction. Beating up on sides hunting us in theory should be easier. We have a chance to get that monkey of our back over the next three weeks.
Adding an a established a grader would make a huge difference towards us being a consistent top 4 side.