Which is no stronger or weaker than any depth on any side in the comp. Nobody has depth anymore, the players who miss out look for a better opportunity elsewhere. Any side missing their star five eighth, their first preferred #9 and their star recruit are going to struggle.
Except the roosters that is.
Cowboys made the GF.
What star recruit were they missing though? They were only minus JT and Scott and couple of lesser knowns. The Cowboys organization is traveling a hell of a lot better than the Broncos and has for the past decade. Brisbane is still recovering from six years of mismanagement, it will take another five to fully shake it off.
No Star recruit sure, but losing their best and most influential two players and they still made the GF with their depth shows it is possible. Depth is now in the form of the bargain basement players like Moga etc - there's still value, but you gotta be crafty.
Totally agree, making the GF under those circumstances was astronomical. I also agree with your point that you make the most with what you got. Moga playing every game last season and performing soundly was something not foreseen by even by the greatest of mediums. It still would be a tremendous battle for the Broncos to perform without those three guys. Thankfully, if it does happen, it will only be briefly.
Whoah, missed that. For some reason I thought he was in the hypothetical. Mead out, Kahu to 5.
Let's be honest, cowboys were playing good. But they were given a free ride by the refs the finals series. This is being non bias. And obviously this is the case because they got destroyed on the biggest arena of all.
From all reports he's killing it in Super League though. I guess THAT grass is greener at least.
