yep,cairns wont finish in the 4 this season.
they are paying the price for having too many patchy players.
mind you,i guess if you look at how much money was really spent on teams rosters its all relevant.

Was surprised to see Centrbet had Taipans favourites for this one.

Backed Crocs head to head and Crocs by 10.5+ @ $6

Can't see Taipans winning too many games. Catch a couple teams on off nights in scrappy matches is about all.

Crocs didn't play overly well, relied heavily on threes and long jumpers. Homicide off the bench made no difference to his game 21pts, Cedar continues to impress.

Already written off Cairns.
Can't score, can't defend, can't look after ball, imports can't contribute enough.

Shame because hey have decent support cast in Jones, Rychart, Crosswhite and Boodnikoof, but short of changing both imports they are wooden spooners.

Time to plan season 2011 for Cairns.

Where to people from Cairns go to on their holidays?

Agree with the shared sentiments, Cairns are not a playoff team.

Rookie coach! Nothing wrong with that squad at all.

Rookie coach and slightly mediocre squad, but they're fairly competitive and doing it on a budget. Better that they stay in the comp than bow out.

They'd be spending on the team what they spent on just three players in the past. Crazy to think about.

At this stage I think I'd be dumping both their 'budget' imports and combining that money to grab a dominant PG import who can take games into his own hands. A Homicide-type penatrating PG. They have a team full of role-players right now and no one who can step up and be the main guy.

Was good to see Rolan Roberts back to some form, he's the best shot-blocker in the league right now.

Refs terrible.

Was a sad sight for Taipans fans. We definitely need a dominant player or two. Something needs to change and soon.

the most important thing at the moment is that the fans keep turning up and having fun.
no one really expected them to be in the top half of the league surely.
the squad they have put together is ok considering $$$

if crosswhite could give them more every night would be a good start.
but seriously they are mediocre in most positions.

x-the refs were terrible!!

mball-it is to late and $$ to change the team now!!

jtoft- i holidayed on gold coast last year,maybe nz
this year and also got my eye on turkey 2010 !!

At least we still have a team to support, win or lose, unlike some others.

I realise that there is no money to sack/sign players but the ones we have really need to step up. I don't think you can blame lack of effort on the coach, rookie or not.

I am just concerned that if we do keep losing there will be no support next season which would lead to no team.

Skip Mills is looking half decent now. He's athletic and works hard so he could be worth keeping.
Melzer has gone the other way and shoots poorly, can't get involved offensively, and really struggles to contribute at anything.

Team is constantly under pressure so that magnifies everyone's problems.

Ball handing is a constant headache and they desperately need Williams to step up. His decision making is not too flash. Mills not the answer at PG.

As stated above Crosswhite has struggled. Rychart and Jones are great suport acts but not suited to lead role.