Robert Craddock

And then finally after, at full time, taking responsibility, which of course makes him such a great coach.

So what becomes of them, do you think?

Well, look, they're six in a row.

I mean, Penrith lost five in a row last year and still nearly won the competition.

But this isn't the Penrith team of last year.

I think they may sneak into the eight if they can.

They've still got the best spine in the competition, you know, guys like Jerome Hughes and Harry Grant, and that gives them a fighting chance.

But he has built his challenge on the spine, the halfback, the hooker, the 5'8", and the fullback.

And they've always been great and they're still there, but this season has showed that sometimes you need more than that.

But I repeat, Gerard, I just feel it's the broken heart syndrome.

It's that they – I mean, Pappenhausen just disappeared from the game after last season's grand final and, you know, hasn't returned.

And I just sense that –

all the pre-season work that they do they're the harness driven team pre-season and all that they always win round one but sometimes when you get so close you know Lee Matthews I remember once said when he lost a prelim final he said it's a long way back to where we were three hours ago I tell you and that was the prevailing sentiment after Melbourne lost that grand final it was sort of

My God, two in a row.

So I'm finding their games really interesting to watch.

I'm looking at expressions of bewilderment on the face of Cam Munster, who's a Category A warrior who doesn't know the meaning of the word defeat.

He's flabbergasted.

He doesn't know where to go now.

And so it's, gosh, they're an intriguing study, Gerard.

There's only one categorical certainty, and that is it will be his call.