The only surprise about the Bandits position is that they managed to beat Geelong. Otherwise they are performing just as anybody with more than half a brain could have predicted. They are not the same team without Ferguson & talk of them repeating is utter rubbish. I still can't believe that the SEABL preview had them finishing top of their pool.
They looked like rabbits caught in the headlights against Knox & nobody including the coach seemed to have any clue how to turn things around. They took the same number of shots, had almost identical rebounds & turnovers & the foul count went their way but while Knox were scoring easily, Albury was struggling to get decent looks. The coach laying the blame solely on the players certainly isn't going to help them improve.
Good to see some other long time cellar dwellers are showing signs of life with Mt Gambier & Canberra looking competitive. Mt Gambier could even "chuck a Bandits" & win the thing.