Ten things the Waratahs will do to address their issues

THe Rugby Guy is right! Tahu needs more game time and he can catch and run and he has the best off load in the game. Big Bugger too! He can become a great player. Anyway, don't worry about Dan Carter until we secure Will Caldwell 'cos without him in the pigs, Carter will never see the ball!

Polota_Nau just needs to concentrate of the lineout throwing and then he is probably the best hooker going around Tahu boy he has had less time than Beale to develop and everybody is out to get him, give him more game time to develop and i bet he becomes one of the true greats Which Blades, Andrew, Cameron, Matthew

I think Big Mirrors are the G O No big morrors no embarassment or awkward moments

Ban any running with the ball. Refuse to kick to a position on the field where a runner is liable to contest it. If tackled just hold onto the ball regardless of who wants it. Spit at the ref before every kick off. (I was going to say 'piss on the goal posts' but that is too agressive and the Tahs dont believe in that) Parade Tuquiri around the park naked to bring in more female supporters. Bring Phil Waugh onto the pitch with a large collar and chain and unhook it at kick off. NOTE - I'm starting to warm to this. Have Sam Norton Knight dressed as a clown and he can play with the kids whilst waiting for our huge defence to break down. Give every forward a bonus for each crashing run up that takes us nowhere, when we have a 3 man overlap. Have Burgess give lessons to the backs on how to make a break. Send Chris Hickey into the front row if Baxter doesnt re-sign next year. Put up a big sign in SFS saying 'If you Dont support the 2009 Waratahs we are bringing back Link' Could go on but I am starting to bore myself.

Good one Campbell Watts. Can we recruit cheerleaders from the Bulls, Sharks, Stormers?? then swap them for the players? Don't worry about swapping them with the backs, just exchange their tops as they play very much like cheerleaders now anyway. They might win the same amount of games but I'll bet the ratings improve! Another thing, we have an equally disfunctiong organisation in NSW called the State Labor Government. Their front bench or back line can't get anything right either so we might have to dig further. Is it Sydney water?

MikeN We've all been suffering for far too long! Imagine if they were a south american soccer team there would be riots at every game. It's not whether they win or lose it's the blatant incompetence we see pretty much every year given the resources at their disposal. Perhaps the back line should be selected by a lucky ticket draw from the crowd?

They all need something prodded up there backsides so they can be controlled by remote control, but not by the coach....

Put the entire squad, including the coaching staff on a “no win no pay” structure.

Someone touched on Phil Waugh's role, with no immediate reaction. If attitude and the culture of a place are important, then Phil Waugh is the dominant influence. I am now seriously wondering if Waugh has too much authority, or the team rely on him too much, and he is partly to blame for the awful underachievment. I could not believe the Tahs ineptitude when they got the ball after the siren against the Force, one point down. They had absolutely no idea what to do with it. What did Waugh do? He tucked it under his arm and drove into his opponents shins! It is time to bench Waugh, or get him off at half time, and see what the players can do. They might enjoy themselves. On the backs, Why do H'gahu and Carter never look for a second touch of the ball after passing, that is loop and back up. Pretty basic stuff for an inside back!

MikeN says: "Can’t agree on Baxter, Tat and even Beale. Beale just needs to be mentored by a good coach ..." Beale has already had the benefit of the very best coaching at schoolboy level and has not reached the heights of others who went before, with the same grounding. He has had a couple of years of the NSW coaches, returning no real dividend. He looks lost out there, to me - makes appalling decisions and then removes any doubt about his failure to learn from the best by failing to catch, by throwing forward passes and by patting attackers on the back on their way through him. MikeN goes on to say: "Baxter has shown some very powerful scumaging the last couple of years" I think he meant to say "Baxter has shown some very powerful scowling at scrum time." My NZ mates, who I must tolerate each Friday night (it's a community service to migrants thing) derive huge amusement from his fierce facial technique!

Wendel Sailor? he can play flyhalf.

burky was a great servant of eastwood and the waratahs and a fine wallaby and shouldnt be asked to make a comeback.;so that leaves room for tim donnolly to return and be the kicking general that hickey utilised and - - -

burke was a good kicker in his daybut it is clear a long apprenticeship awaits any coaching career.the eastwood boys :head coach,marvellous back coach and burke have shown absolute no flair or aptitude at this level,good blokes as they surely are. however there are many good blokes around who have played at a high level and have zero coaching ability.

Bonza - I think you've misinterpreted brad's comment - he wants burkey to pull on the boots and play

Brad - are you smoking something Matt Burke has been there all year and is in fact the kicking coach so i imagine he knows whats going on and is an active participant

he was a good kicker

Tahs would do well to bring back matt burke