Personally I don't really mind this..his a rocks and diamonds player.Liability in defence and to many errors a game.Just a backup player at best.with sua taking his spot this is what our 27 side will prob look like before future signings and what we know now.
1.Isiah iongi
2.Bailey simonsson
3.Will penisni
4.?
5.Josh addocarr
6.Lorenzo maybe if ready
7.Mitchell moses
8.Go to market
9.Ryley smith
10.Junior?(go to market)
11.Kitione kautoga
12.Jayden sua
13.Jmaine hopgood
14.Tayln da Silva
15.Dylan walker
16.Sam tuivati
17.Charlie guymer
18.Joash papalii
19.Jordan samrani
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Cheika would be interesting, he definitely has a presence. Not sure he has the credentials, but it would definitely be worth the exploration.
As for MON, I agree the actual job description he applied for (it was online) and the statement the club provided was potentially vague in retrospect. But this is just sloppy by Bernie and the team prior. Senior positions should definitely have ambiguous responsibilities but they should NEVER have ambiguous outcomes.
And everyone knows that if more than one person is accountable for something then no one is accountable.
So whilst the Head Coach and a bunch of others should absolutely be consulted during things like R&R conversations, the accountability reads as if it was with MON, as it should have been.
As an exec, all accountability ends with me. It doesn't matter if 1000 people helped and informed me, if it goes belly up...it's on me. If MON wasn't ready to be a GM then we shouldn't have hired him as one. I'm actually more cranky at the folks in charge who have let MON publicly flounder for this long without putting out the flames or putting him out of his misery.
Anyways, I'm very interested in your Cheika thought. He's a well connected guy.
As far as player retention goes, it's up to the coach who we chase, sign or re-sign, not MON.
The job description MON was hired under and the club statement of his appointment contradict your view Michael.
Of course the coach is involved. But the buck stops with the GM of Football as per the clubs statements.
Surely you can't be that naive to think that MON has more say in recruitment than Ryles.
I guess all that information over the years stating that the coach asks for a certain type of player and then RnR get one.
Now I assume JR can then veto it but if they tell him it's that guy or no-one (or the best we can get) what choice does he have?
Of course, JR might indeed say I want DeBelin but I am at a loss as to why he would.
Kautoga needs to be out of the Fkn team his a fkn plodder !
Jury's out on Kautoga . He's raw but looks disinterested sometimes. Much like Sivo.
He's 23 with 24 First Grade games under his belt. He is also signed through to the end of 2027.
I think he should have until the end of this season to show what he's capable of on a consistent basis. Before his injury last year, he was quite a handful on the left edge (albeit, outside D Brown at the time).
Agreed, Kautonga's still very young and inexperienced. We have seen glimpses of what he is capable of, but clearly needs much more development. Ideally he'd spend some stints in Cup honing certain skills, but we don't have anybody to take his place.
Most of his first grade games came last year when really he shouldn't have been playing first grade yet, well not as much as he did at least.
He is very raw and should have been slowly introduced to first grade over last season and this but the club is in such a poor position he was fast tracked.
I'm not giving up on him yet, whilst I don't think he is ever going to be a star i think he could develop into a consistent first grader that occasionally has a big game.
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