Quote Originally Posted by sammydog View Post
Forget facilities, are we spending similar to other clubs on support and backroom staff. If we are not sufficiently resourced there compared to other clubs we will not be giving the players the dedicated support they need to do their best no matter how much we pump into the salary cap and marquees.

Spending isn't isolated to the playing roster. You need to spend to support the players, this is what we don't do and is probably a factor in why we have so many injuries all the time.

This is where we do need money and I believe we haven't been spending it. The Jets under tinker have been largely under resourced in terms of backroom support staff.
Absolutely correct. Just in terms of front office staff, with Robbie and Gerard leaving we are almost at single digits.
Gypos have nearly double that, WSW and Roar have nearly four times the number of staff we have.
I would surmise that ancillary coaching staff (physios, masseuses, nutrionists/dieticians, strength & conditioning, etc) would be another area where we are hugely under-resourced. And would go a long way to explaining why we are in our current table position.