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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 3056888, member: 1899"] Green's career rides on his latest signings. If he cannot get the Cowboys into the Top 8 with Drinkwater, Robson and whatever signings he makes between now and the start of next season, I can't see the Cowboys accepting a third straight season without seeing finals footy. In truth they're lucky they're not facing that situation right now. 2017 glossed over a lot of issues and bought their out-dated system and personnel more time than they deserve. It won't take much to steady the ship. They just have to play more expansive and find some forwards to shore up that middle. Teams have figured out that once you turn the Cowboys in, it's all over. Originally I was backing the Cowboys to win tonight. I thought the Sharks would continue to look at one another side-ways and the Cowboys would pick up the crumbs. However, as soon as it was revealed that Coen Hess was going into the centres it did enough to flip me. That right there was the issue tonight. Hess was always going to be an easy target in defence and it only served to weaken the bench formation. Instead of having that option of a strike edge forward, they were left with four middles who all have similar strengths. It said to me that the Cowboys were planning on fighting fire with fire and against Cronulla in Shark Park without your captain, I didn't see it ending well. If Green had have named Tuala or Russell there I probably would have stayed with them. Not necessarily because I rate them, but it suggests to me that Green sees enough in them to consider them genuine options. Green overlooking both is a bad sign and I don't think he rotates his bench enough. Unless he plans on recruiting, I just think he's creating more problems down the road not putting more experience into his young forwards. [/QUOTE]

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