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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Ha I'll try again deleted my epic saga ;)
reckon you are spot on here Coryn it's the worst possible time to be rebuilding. Add to that our insistence in no more clauses saga and our non threatening posi on table (this year) its lije a recipe for the inevitable disaster brewing. That's why we simply must lock up our junior talent asap! Unless we've tried and they are leaving themselves ready to switch ...who knows. Seriously players lije Ryley and Sam need to be locked for more than a chicken feed one year! PNG tax free deals are an extreme lure, their cap is gonna be extended immeasurably with tax free offers :(
We must realise that a no clauses policy means we must fork up extra? On that, I was particularly peed that we asked Dylan to wipe his clauses but then proceeded to offer no extra cash ? Like seriously, clauses are worth extra to any player. And we did this knowing the timing of PNG and Perth ?Maybe if we had be paid an adjustment in lieu we wouldn't be in our current boat - going from one of the best half combos to um nowhere near it...as Moses clearly shows he knows better than anyone :(
How are we supposed to attract ready made stars now? Not likely and tgat is why we are bound to develop at least what we have as must do. Sign em up long term. Bring in top mentors to guide them thru now. This year is clearly a year to give em air time, but not unless they are signed up securely. We've seen where the opposite gets us too many times.
Yep.
The issue is with expansion the elite talent pool gets spread thinner and thinner and it puts more pressure on development systems to produce the next big thing.The margins for error become smaller and smaller so when you do produce one and I go back to DB yet again you just can't afford to lose a guy like that and expect to come out the other side smelling of roses this is the corner we are in now.
Tuivaiti and Guymer are the next 2 who have been locked away for the most part but because of the stretch in the talent pool with expansion we have no choice but to extend Paulo for probably another 2-3 years we have no choice.We missed on Barnett & Kolomatangi tells you we needed more impetus there.
Losing Lomax like we did I didn't have an issue with it but the back up plan and depth in the outside backs is dogshit yet again we sit here and try and sell that JR is supported I mean your kidding aren't you.How is the coach meant to push for finals let alone a premiership when your recruitment and development pool is limited.I feel for the coach I do because your asking something that's not possible I think we can all see that injuries regardless.
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