Been a while since the club has had a clean out of the squad so here is the rundown on who we need to keep , on the fence and needs to go:
Keep - blaize , hopgood, MA, moses, cartwright , penisini , moretti , simmonsson , joe O, Kelma , guymer (havent seen much of him), tago
On the fence - brown , RCG, sivo , Matto, hands , doorey , grieg , Gutho( signs of slowing down even though he is the heart and soul) , cini , mataele
Needs to go - paulo, russell , harper , lussick , asi , dunster , Makatoa , ogden , lane
Thoughts ?
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Move Talagi, Simonsson, Penisini and Brown to the Needs to go list.
talagi needs to work on defence but he is the future , simmonsoon besides hopgood was our best player this season before injury, penisni maybe on the fence but is due for a breakout year, brown maybe because the money he is on but idk
I have seen nothing from Talagi to say he is our future.
Parra supporters are very good at over rating our juniors.
He runs 100 metres per game.
Unfortunately, most of those metres are sidewa.
Simonsson is a mistake machine. Our three quarter line is possibly the worst in the competition.
Sivo is done - his defensive liabilities don't come close to making up for his ability to barge over every now and then.
Russell is not fast enough, not big enough, and not strong enough.
Penisini is a good centre but can make poor decisions. Talagi is young and should have been playing more this year unless they are worried about him getting smashed too young.
Gutho is a solid fullback, no complaints there except he is never going to chime into the background to create overlaps etc.
Brown is still a good player but appears to slip in and out of games.
The forwards are no longer competing. Shaun Lane last night - he is a shadow of a few years ago. RCG too, is fading. Paulo is being used in a different way, he ain't what he was, but he has skills and can offload if done risk free. Compare Lusick and Hands to every other 9 in the competition.
Cartwright and Hopgood would be the only ones I have been impressed with recently.
Parra needs to rebuild from the ground up. We need to look at ways to do what Penrith has done with their culture and creating and keeping home grown talent.
Stop paying overs for forwards and positions that can do with smart mid level hard working average talent players.
Also I'd move penisini to the wing with lomax at centre
Makes to many mistakes in defence and lacks the height and speed needed on the wing.
His best position is centre.
Perhaps left centre?
Reserve grade left centre?
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