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  LB August 10, 2022 at 9:26am

  I mean he is talented, plays Centre (to which we might need one with Blake being a better winger and Opacic leaving), would be cheap as a prove it deal for a year or two and young still. 

  He had talent to be an Origin player.
  • OBF > LB August 10, 2022 at 9:30am

    And we are lacking a strike centre so this could be the answer unless what I'm hearing about him being big enough to play in the front row nowadays (not sure about the validity of those claims) 
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  Ruprecht Amadeus Mozart August 10, 2022 at 9:31am

  Yes yes yes.
  Wouldn't cost alot of $$$ and could be a weapon.
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    LB > Ruprecht Amadeus Mozart August 10, 2022 at 9:59am

    Look at Danny Wicks when we brought him back, granted Wicks did way worse than Xerri but came back and was a wonderful player for us. Xerri would come to us much younger and come to a great environment.
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  BEM August 10, 2022 at 9:34am

  He has bulked up.

  That alone will have reduced his speed. Without the drugs he will have lost more speed.

  Maybe a transition into the 2nd row?
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    Ruprecht Amadeus Mozart > BEM August 10, 2022 at 9:37am

    Steroids aside, it's pretty normal for a chap his age to be bulking up.

    I reckon he has enough natural talent to make it in the centres.
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    Cʜɪᴇғy Mclovin 🐐 > BEM August 10, 2022 at 9:51am

    Didn't know he was in speed aswell 
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    SuperEel 22 > BEM August 10, 2022 at 10:25am

    Bulk doesn't naturally reduce speed. A poor power to weight ratio does. In this day and age, if a player can maintain their power to weight ratio they can put on lean muscle mass without it impacting speed. Xerri obviously isn't footy training at the moment but once he gets back into it he'd probably drop some muscle mass anyway.
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  BEM August 10, 2022 at 9:36am

  
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    SuperEel 22 > BEM August 10, 2022 at 10:26am

    I wouldn't trust gym selfies. Lighting and a pump can make someone look a lot bigger than they actually are.