Having a hard time putting last night's loss in perspective, honestly. We've had a horror run of injuries, sure, and the team bears little resemblance to the team from late December, but...there was just so much from last night that was unbelievably poor, regardless of anything else that might be going on.
Stein is just off. Brockie added absolutely nothing (unless you like his smile). Muscat has been bad lately. Lia is Lia. Kenny works his ass off but his actual impact can be a bit suspect (and, to be frank, if things go real poorly to end the year, i could see him decking someone. Not a happy camper). Young guys have a bright future, but just not ready for their current roles yet. And, i'm trying not to even think about the Carlos situation.
Though, it must be said, i think Boyd has looked really, really good lately. He's improved heaps under Ernie, and is my pick for the next Kiwi to jump to Europe in the near future. He'll have a real breakout year for the Nix next year, and then he's gone. Sometimes forget that he's still only 19.
Not much to be done, at this point, but get out and support the team that we're left with and try to gain a bit of momentum going into the off-season.