Sword of Justice
Nev Cottrell (35)
Surely yes.I suspect that there is more happening than just discipline. Fitness comes to mind. The counter to that despondency is where we are in the tight 5 which will impact pretty much everything.
It's just round 1, but surely the "Thorn is cooked" theme is building?
The biggest area of concern I have is that the now established players are not getting better. McDermott, Wilson, McReight, Petaia, Daugunu, Fa'agase, etc have all been around quite a while and whilst they're still massive talents they haven't matured like many of us would have hoped.
I think Thorn sets relatively professional standards and is clearly great at identifying and mentoring young talent but our strategy and top player's high performance has fallen back in the pack.