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  Wile E. Coyote October 17, 2014 at 9:35pm

  We have some great young talent and BA seems to be doing the smart thing and chasing experienced players who have been at the highest level who can mentor the young guns
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  ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER October 17, 2014 at 9:39pm

  I think there nothing wrong with Nathan davis or john Folau at fullback to  in one more year or two
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    The Offside Eel > ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER October 18, 2014 at 12:18am

    Have you john falou play he's not a full back.
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  shane October 17, 2014 at 10:01pm

  With a young and inexperience side we need some experience players pronto.
• Scott Stevens October 17, 2014 at 11:01pm

  Evander cummins absolute gun
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  YDIDISAYIDO October 17, 2014 at 11:05pm

  Hoppa to fullback. No brainer.
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  Kenny was the King October 17, 2014 at 11:43pm

  In the next 3 years Matterson, Docker-Clay, Folau, Goodall & Davis will all be playing first grade...the only question is will be with who? If Eels won't give them a go I'm sure there will be other clubs that will.
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  sixtiesboy October 18, 2014 at 6:57am

  We need an immediate solution. We have had 5 year plans shoved down our throats till we are feeling sick and still we accept it. It's time for now. For 2015. Not 2016 or 2017. Teams that make the finals every year are always looking at the next year. If those teams have an unexpected bad year you know that it gets fixed immediately.
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    Michael Picklum > sixtiesboy October 18, 2014 at 12:18pm

    Hi 60s, the problem as I see it is that the timing of Hayne's decision has left the club in an awkward position. There just isn't any real quality players available for 2015 & I would rather the club focuses on recruiting quality rather than a knee jerk reaction to Hayne's departure & signing mediocre talent. 

    Unfortunately this means recruiting from 2016, aka Foran & relying on using some of the young up & coming players with potential FG talent to plug the gaps. Whilst we will probably struggle come 2015, there could be some positives to come out of such an approach. BA will use 2015 as the season to develop the team into a post Hayne posture & at the some time, blood & evaluate some of the available potential FG talent.
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    Ham Sammich > sixtiesboy October 18, 2014 at 1:29pm

    All clubs have 5 year plans, if they don't then they (board,owner) shouldn't be in charge. It's just that Kearney came out and stated we have one and said that we should focus on the juniors to make sure we're picking the best ones and making sure we keep them.
    
    So far this long term plan is looking quite good for us. We have some very strong young forwards in first grade and we have some exciting prospects that will be ready in 12 months time. Next year may be a struggle but we should finish around the same position and in 2016 we should be seeing far better results. It's a shame that jarryd has left but because of the 5 year plan put into place Hayne leaving isn't as big a deal as it would have been in 2011.