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"Called it , We will be lucky to see him again this season. Like last year , he just took the rest of the year off to prepare for the Kangaroos tour. Wonder if we will be silly enough to fall for the same hustle this year , last year it was , " yeah…"
"lol, they're backpedimg showing the team hes gotta earn his spot. Definitely unrest going on there . Gus would be praying for a key injury that forces him into the lineup. "
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I saw him for NSW Funa-Iuta and found his movement lacked and wasn't agile enough for the edge, missed a couple of tackles against more speedy runners. I can see him as a middle.
Talagi I think you're right about that he could just stay in Flegg starting and how it should be, if he is handling it just let him develop there, not much he will learn further in SG ball. Fact he went from 18th man to bench part player to now starting in only a few short weeks shows how talented and quick of a learner he is.
I think we could see Tuivaiti and Talagi front row hopefully in 2027.
Yep agree with eveyrhting you have said
I'm not up to date on our juniors as such, but the bottom line EA is with our overall structure, we should have a huge back up base of juniorplayers. It seems that other areas complimentary to ourselves pull them out of their arses.
This is one area we should not be crying poor in!
Many factors you got to consider. You are only looking at an age pool of players under 21. when you are filling 14 jersey Flegg teams (doesn't include the qld version of the comp too) there is not enough talent in that age pool to have high quality backups. It is not like NRL when you can debut a young player killing it in cup. No player stays to be a depth player in a junior team. They will leave to find a spot in another junior team so their dream can continue. So imagine having to rely on your 4th choice fullback and only one of your first choice players in 1-5. One of your centres Leigh wasn't even first choice centre in SG ball yet is in the Flegg team to show the length of injuries.
Second major thing is that Jersey Flegg obviously has a high development focus while they try to win the comp. So they blood young 18/19 year olds who have high potential over 21 year olds who may be better right now but very minimal potential for the future. So there has been a big influx of SG ball players in the team. Add the fact that the lineup is changing every week due to promotions, injuries, etc there is no cohesion or chance to create combinations in attack or defence. So most of these players have never played together before. SG ball and JF have their own preseason as well so it's not like they had that either to know and play with each other.
so yea lot to consider for this. Yes they should have done better especially some of the effort areas but got to keep things in perspective as well
I understand what you're saying, but is it not the same for all clubs? OR Have we just met the last few clubs when they have not been in our current position? (ie had their #1 side v our back up's back up's)
Getting flogged these last few weeks ain't great.
I will be honest I don't know much about the other clubs to comment about any possible availability issues. But I agree it still hasn't been good enough for a couple games. We won comfortably last week with a similar lineup.
Thanks for your valued input around these young players. Always appreciated mate.
It doesn't matter Richard in the context of my post.
The problem with the opinions around Talagi is once you hit FG your meant to be the finished product from a lot commenting when in all essence it's the beginning.The instant gratification is just rampant around him.Ivan Cleary isn't an idiot he understands the strengths and weaknesses of the mentioned it's just a time and experience thing now.But you watch good or bad game I'm sure the opinions of Talagi will be way off the mark purely because what your seeing half a season into Talagi's FG career is as above far from a finished product.
Martin ruled out with a wrist injury, nothing else yet on the other guys
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