The elephant in the room & other issues

As far as i am concearned there is a massive elephant in the room that no one wants to face up to and talk about the moment..And that elephant is...Clint Gutherson over Mitchell Moses at 5/8Look Moses is Alright...But cmon lets be honest here...Gutherson is on the verge of Amazing things in the 6 jumper.His best position is 6 and Normans gotta be the 7 until 2020Gutho is a big rig at 5/8 and thats proven to be an Xfactor for us.Thats why hes making so many busts and crashing over the try line and scoring so often.We need him at 6 if u ask me.His effort upon effort tenacity is why he is making some of the freaky plays hes been making, he needs his hands on the ball as much as possible for us to get the most out of his effort upon effort tenacity. He gives his all every time he gets the ball.Moses reaks of the Parra Halfback Curse at this stage of his career...I can already see it.Dont let it get us again BA!!!!I know dropping Moses to wenty until 2020 would make Moses a massive waste of money and ppl just cant bare the idea of that.But seriously... Gutho is a strong tackler at 5/8 and a powerful attacker close to the line at 5/8. Hes got a good kicking game, good passer, and hes doing good enough at the conversion kicking. Our best option is Gutho and Norman in the halves for now.Moses is an awesome back up for Norman or Gutho if they get injured. Moses to Wenty until he bulks up a bit and works on his tackling if u ask me. Hes not built for 1st grade just yet.I know moses is an alright player, but i seriously feel like hes a waste of money RIGHT NOW!Gutho is the now AND the future for us at 5/8.He gets better every time he plays 5/8.Moses is the future for us at Halfback come 2020On a side note...I wanna say that i have been watching Will Smith very closely lately and i have noticed things in his abilitys that makes me believe that he is the future for us at hooker.Quick clean service out of dummy half,Shows flashes of elite athletesism in attack,Threatens to carve oppositions up with a deadly stab step and side step in and around the ruck and is creative.Strong defender too.Could even possibly be a star halfback.There is some gems in this kids ability im telling u now.Needs more game time to fully shine.The reason hes better than Kayser is because hes more creative and more confident. He can do everything Kayser does but has more confidence and creativity.I would put Kayser in the 14 jersey but i like the idea of an 80min hookerI am worried we will lose Will Smith to another club as he is off contract at the end of this season!!!Im also hearing David Klemmar wants out of the dogs. We would be mad not to pick him up if the opportunity arrises.2018 team list hopefully (Ideally i would prefer French as a winger but we need a good fullback more importantly)1. French2. Hoffman3. Jennings4. Takarangi5. Auvaa (Could be our version of Nofoaluma)6. Gutherson7. Norman8. Kane Evans9. Will Smith10. David Klemmar11. Manu Mau12. Tepai Meroa13. Nathan Brown14. Beau Scott (1more year for leadership purposes)15. Kenny Edwards16. Suia Matagi17. Willis Meehan -https://youtu.be/7iYsUKaQCQUAt the end of 2018 we really need to start investing in the future with a win now attitude.I say we go all out to bring Junior Paulo and Josh Papalli in20191. Bevan French (Prime Age)2. Semi Radradra (Prime Age)3. Michael Jennings (Last season before contract his expires)4. Kirisome Auvaa (Prime Age)(Takarangi off contract too old to re sign)5. Josh Hoffman (Off contract too old to resign)6. Clint Gutherson (Prime Age)7. Corey Norman (Veteran Age 30years old) Moses in 20208. Junior Paulo (Prime Age)9. Will Smith (Prime Age)10. David Klemmar (Prime Age)11. Josh Papalli (Leadership Age) (Manu Mau to bench)12. Tepai Meroa (Prime Age)13. Nathan Brown (Prime Age)14. Manu Mau (Will be veteran age 30years old)15. Kenny Edwards (Will be veteran age 29years old)16. Kane Evans (Prime Age)17. Willis Meehan (Prime Age)Starting props:Junior Paulo and David KlemmarBench Props:Willis Meehan and Kane EvansThats a fierce pack !!!In 2020 Norman will be 30.IF hes not performing well it will be Moses's time to shineMoses should be a bit stockier and be better tackler by then and a better Age to lead. Will be the same young gun age as Clint Gutho.2020 Halves:6. Gutho will be 25-267. Moses will be 24-25Lastly -Kirisome Auvaas contract is also up at the end of the season and if you ask me, The eels had better be making moves to get these two kids resigned.Auvaa is only 22 years oldBrad Takarangi is 27Josh hoffman is 28At his current age, Auvaa is the set to be part of the long term future for the blue and golds outside backs.20201. French2. Semi3. Unknown4. Auvaa5. Unknown6. Gutho7. Moses8. Paulo9. Smith10. Klemmar11. Papalli12. Tepai13. Brown14. Unknown15. Unknown16. Kane Evans17. Willis Meehan

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  • I'm sorry but no

    Gutho isn't a 6 he's doing well because he's an effort on effort player. He's a fullback that can play 6 if needed.

    His kicking game isn't very good and often has resulted in 7 tackle sets. His long kicking game has no tactic to it, it's usually straight to the fullback/winger or boot it in the air see what happens.
    Sure his defence is better than Moses' at the moment but that's a aize thing. A bit of muscle on Moses and he will get better.

    Also Moses comes from a system where let's face it they are more an attacking team (Cleary will change that though) coming to us will be good for him. The defensive side of his game will improve. Just takes time.

    His attack is good enough to see that he straightens our attack on that right side. Look at Moeroa already running better lines off Moses and scored 2 running tries instead of just barging over close to the line.

    I would much rather have

    1. Gutherson
    6. Norman
    7. Moses

    Have all our 3 best play making options out there at once than hold Moses in at Wenty. better building a great combination between the 3 of them than only 2 and pissing off one by holding them in reserves for no reason.

    French then would go to the wing. He isn't big enough to be a fullback he gets manhandled in the returns and Semi won't be there to help him. His dancing through the line hurts the starts of our sets unless he passes to semi. He reminds me of Luke Burt great little player with talent but not a modern day fullback but will fill in if needed
    • Ummmmm No!!!
      1. Gutherson doesnt wanna be fullback
      He wants to be 5/8 first and foremost

      2. You talk about Gutho have a bad kicking game lol
      His short range redzone attacking kicking game is phenominal so i dont know what games uve been watching mate. Can put perfect kicks through in broken play out of nowhere. Moses is the one whos kicking game has been inconsistant
      Guthos down field kicking game needs work and is literally the ONLY slight downside in his game.
      Gutho also knows how to fund the sideline and when to give his team mates a breather. Is a very smart footballer.
      Makes busts from his own end in attack with ball in hand.
      Needs hands on the ball as much as possible

      His effort upon effort personality as u call it is exactly why he needs to be 5/8. Because its that effort that has allowed him to do the freaky things hes been doing at 5/8 where he gets his hands on the ball enough and in the right positions in order to put that effort to good use

      3. Moses on the other hand.. Kicking game is inconsistant, forces passes that arent on resulting in turn overs.
      Is a turnsile in defence and his side leaks points as he stands there and pretends that he doesnt know who his man is and lets his man stroll through to score all because he is not physically mature enough to defend big hit ups and is scared.
      Is a liability in every sense of the word at this stage of his career. U never know what ur gonna get from him. He needs more time to develop. Youre just inpatient
    • What drugs are you on? Gutherson just stated in his most recent interview on triple m that he likes fullback but is willing to play anywhere because he just loves playing footy. I used to love this site but now its just 90% full of uneducated people with half a brain.
      There are so many coaches on here. Im all for opinions but dont go writing a novel about what you think is right.
  • Also I laugh that in 2019 Takairangi will be too old at 29! When Jennings is ok at 32?
    • Takarangi is off contract at the end of 2018
      Jennings is off contract at the end of 2019

      Im laughing at the fact that you would resign injury prone takarangi at 29years of age lol

      Jennings is on 700k until 2019 mayaswell play him

      Keep laughing clown
  • Give the kid a break, I bet you were also bagging Guth at the start of the year, giving Kaysa the kiss of death as he improves with every game. He's played three games, he learning everything with no preseason, he done very minimal defence training with us.
    • Were u bagging gutho were u?

      Also no ammount of training is going to make Moses a good tackler for 2018. He is not physically capable.
      He needs till 2020 to develop at which stage he will be 24 25 years old. Perfect age
    • You are the biggest fool here mate, proven by your constant crap blogs.
  • You lost me at by Odin Valhalla.
    • Whys that.. U dont like my Scandanavian viking ancestory?
      I am related to a man named Ragnar Lothbrok
      Look him up ;)
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