Boys can people tell me in their honest opinion what the hell is going on in Wallaroo? Why cant they field a decent team, ever? No offence to the players there but really they havent been competitive in years! Pitty as there was a stint where they were very very good and even snagged a few flags (late 90's I reckon). I know the club has/had big money (2004-2006) but clearly just havent recruited well.
Is it bad admin? Coaching? Dud recruits? Out of money?
Yes things are somewhat challenging at Wally at the moment. I dunno about us ever being able to field a decent teams in recent years, but our biggest problem this year is we have a stack (as in probably 13-16) of 17-22 year olds who have only played a fistful of A grade footy. Young Minds, Immature bodies which get pushed off the ball to easily, can all be attributed to some of the one sided results.
When you take some fairly handy recruited outside players which we had last season, and replace them with a senior colt or someone who has played only a handful of senior matches, of course it's going to take time for things to click.
Definitely NOT bad coaching. Obviously things are hard when we're not getting the results we'd like but as anyone who saw the game on the weekend against Bute, our players are starting to become more accustomed to the gameplan which is being drummed into them, and I'm sure we'll have some fairly competitive matches for the rest of the season, starting this week against Ardrossan.
Probably our biggest asset over the upcoming off-season would definitely be a bloke who has just left SANFL ranks, ideally League. I dunno how many times this year we have been pumped by someone like David Westbrook or Troy Clements, just because we don't have anyone who is in the same class as them.
Football is a funny game, and Wallaroo's time will certainly come again, sooner rather than later. Then all those knuckleheads who love stickin the boots into us at the moment, will be sitting very quietly in the back of the room
GO U DOGGIES!!!!!!
