Once were Roosters

[Random Rooster]

When's his contract up anyway?

End of 2028. Nick will replace the entire playing squad before he replaces Robbo. He doesn't read The Chookpen!

[Bansai Pipeline]

We are screwed medium-long term if he goes.

Politis is an old man. You'd have to think Robbo was the succession plan. Robbo basically IS the footy club.

All that shit he goes on about -trips to battlefields, to Barca FC, centres of excellence - that's more than just a coach.

Like it or not, he's the person who has defined the club's culture this past decade.

You don't just sack that person.

[ElGreco]

End of 2028. Nick will replace the entire playing squad before he replaces Robbo. He doesn't read The Chookpen!

The end of 2028? We'll be unsalvageable by then. He's gotta go end of next year...put on a performance based agreement. Win or go...

[Eggspert]

End of 2028. Nick will replace the entire playing squad before he replaces Robbo. He doesn't read The Chookpen!

So one person who isn't performing at his job is bigger than the club?

[Eggspert]

End of 2028. Nick will replace the entire playing squad before he replaces Robbo. He doesn't read The Chookpen!

The more I think about it I don't think Uncle Nick would pay out 5yrs of his remaining contract.

Robbo will probably be around at least till end of 25 regardless of ordinary results.

[Batemans Bay Rooster]

We are screwed medium-long term if he goes.

Politis is an old man. You'd have to think Robbo was the succession plan. Robbo basically IS the footy club.

All that shit he goes on about -trips to battlefields, to Barca FC, centres of excellence - that's more than just a coach.

Like it or not, he's the person who has defined the club's culture this past decade.

You don't just sack that person.

Well said. He's earned the chance to get us out of this, which he will. Lets sign Kristian Woolf and Luke Brooks...fark me dead

[Random Rooster]

So one person who isn't performing at his job is bigger than the club?

One person? There's around 20 of them

[mightyrooster]

all piss and wind. fans can't go out onto the field and turn it around so when there are a few losses it's tempting to go online and vent. fair enough, but it's all piss and wind. there is no way robbo gets punted mid season so what's wrong with giving him the benefit of the doubt which he has earned. unless the season goes totally pear shaped there's no chance he gets punted at the end of this season either so hold your breath. bellamy's not coming, bennett's not coming - robbo's the coach and like the song goes if you can't be with the one you love, love the one you're with

Good post Zac.

[TDK]

You have it all wrong. Robbo ain’t going nowhere! The problem with our attack and positional change lies with Cronk. Robbo has made the mistake this year with promoting Cronk to our halves and attacking coach. Cronk has over complicated the attack and halves structures and it’s backfired. Cronk will be parked and Robbo will go back to the basics. Hutchison and Keary will pair next week and go back to what use to work.

[mightyrooster]

We are screwed medium-long term if he goes.

Politis is an old man. You'd have to think Robbo was the succession plan. Robbo basically IS the footy club.

All that shit he goes on about -trips to battlefields, to Barca FC, centres of excellence - that's more than just a coach.

Like it or not, he's the person who has defined the club's culture this past decade.

You don't just sack that person.

Exactly. Another common sense post. We are all hurting and disappointed with the way things are going this year but some of the reactions on here are way over the top.

[mightyrooster]

You have it all wrong. Robbo ain’t going nowhere! The problem with our attack and positional change lies with Cronk. Robbo has made the mistake this year with promoting Cronk to our halves and attacking coach. Cronk has over complicated the attack and halves structures and it’s backfired. Cronk will be parked and Robbo will go back to the basics. Hutchison and Keary will pair next week and go back to what use to work.

You know I have been thinking this myself. Cronk is a very interesting personality. A big thinker but, how do I put it, a tad eccentric. I honestly think he’s probably confusing the crap out of the players with his complex ideas. I have my concerns that he may be the problem. What worked for him may not be transferable to others, simply because he has a very quirky way of looking at things.

[The distributor]

You know I have been thinking this myself. Cronk is a very interesting personality. A big thinker but, how do I put it, a tad eccentric. I honestly think he’s probably confusing the crap out of the players with his complex ideas. I have my concerns that he may be the problem. What worked for him may not be transferable to others, simply because he has a very quirky way of looking at things.

The halves are only one part of the problem. The players don’t appear to be able to do basic stuff to a professional standard, and the defence is below first grade standard.

[chicka]

You know I have been thinking this myself. Cronk is a very interesting personality. A big thinker but, how do I put it, a tad eccentric. I honestly think he’s probably confusing the crap out of the players with his complex ideas. I have my concerns that he may be the problem. What worked for him may not be transferable to others, simply because he has a very quirky way of looking at things.

We don't need Cronk 2.0, Sam needs to learn from his own mistakes and rely on his undoubted natural ability. What he can learn from Cronk is how to prepare and those 1% ers that made Cronk and SBW champion players.

[QWERTY]

Is Cronk just our halves coach or is he in a more involved position?

[mightyrooster]

We don't need Cronk 2.0, Sam needs to learn from his own mistakes and rely on his undoubted natural ability. What he can learn from Cronk is how to prepare and those 1% ers that made Cronk and SBW champion players.

Exactly, which is what I’m saying. Cronk may be confusing everyone trying to get the halves to follow specific structures.