We without a doubt have the worst centre pairing in the comp . You can look through every other side - neither of our centres would get a start in any of them . It's an area we have neglected in both recruitment and development. We have a rep level halfback and his strike on his side is battering ram Pensini who lets in 3+ try's a week and runs the 100m in about 22 seconds. He doesn't have the ability to compete for high balls , can't beat a guy with footwork , has errors in his game , can't draw and pass , can't catch and pass , defends on his heals , stops and comes in when the defence is sliding out , lacks attention to finer details .. he's just an out and out battering ram . His carries were pivotal in us beating the Dogs last week but they were needed because he invited the Dogs to score 3 try's.
Rusell isn't any better . Just no class about him at all . On his good days he competes hard and has a crack . He is a bog average player who has no clsss or finesse and worryingly still has more of both then Penisni .
Nanva showed more defensively in 2 games than either of the above 2 have in their first grade career. He has a bit of height and smarts about him and may be one to go with moving forward . We desperately need to recruit a strike centre who can compete athletically . It's an absolute must . If we want to keep Will for his tough carries going forward he needs a new position . He can't play back row because he doesn't have the motor or work ethic - he's gassed after ever carry . It's a dead set massive problem for us moving forward if the club fhinks he's a centre we can build around .
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Agree and he's not learning from his mistakes.
Ryles preaches about learning lessons which I agree with. Russell has shown he's learned more than Will and at times had some competent performances over the last 12 months . Will is just error after error . Not only that theres no consistency in his defence. He makes it up as he goes and he gets it wrong so often. He alone is a massive reason why we're conceding so many points. I assume Ryles and co are trying to work hard with him so we can justify having him in the side for his carries but man if they re-sign him and go on picking him week to week its headed towards much of the staff not having a job in 2 years . He is that bad.
I'm not sure the situation with Nanva and development rules , but if Samrani is back Will is straight out for me. We'll miss his yardage work but we'll be chasing 18+ less points .
he must have learnt of Waqa Blake
but his hands and passing are terrible ...and how many times does he make a break then drops the ball ....its gotta be 80%
Need a big name signing , Staggs or farnworth I'd settle for Xerri tho
Need to throw big money at herby or Joey Manu for a start
See now players like Luai see the PNG benefits of tax free TPAs and salary it's game over for teams that are struggling to recruit.This is where losing players like Talagi DB Lomax Sanders and alike hurts.The odds of developing talents like this is still there is harder and going to market competing against tax free is going to be a nightmare going foward.PNG just secured a coup when they landed Luai as there lynchpin your seeing the benefits already and I suspect there's going to be a pipeline of players headed there which lessens ours and everyone else's chances on the open market.
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