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
Replies
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.
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.
If we're signing SuA then of course he's going. Even if we're not I think I'd rather throw Latu or play Williams than him.
He's not bad, Kelma, but he really still has too many brain farts for someone of his experience.
Where do we need to recruit? List of player and where we have cover and where we dont. Brackets are the cover player
1. Iongi (Twiddle)
2. need to sign (Bailey simmonson)
3 Will Penisini (needs someone putting pressure on him)
4. Samrani (needs pressure, not sure how long Kelly is signed for)
5 JAC (Twiddle)
6. Lorenzo has to be ready( Papali/ Junior)
7. Moses ( Journeyman or Volk)
8. Tuivati ( need to sign 2 props)
9. Ryley (tds)
10 Junior ( like tui we need 2 x genuine props as cover
11 Sua (hopefully Latu Williams Guymer Funa Luta Kit Kat can cover 2 back rower and bench rotations)
12 Kit Kat (as above)
13 Hopgood ( Walker, Guymer, could use Paulo, Doorey)
14 TDS (Ryley)
15 Walker
16 Need 2 x props plus teacum brown
17 one of the back rowers
as it stands I think we desperately need 2 props and a quality winger (Bailey just too one dimensional)
An opposing club that picks him up thinks our coaching and defensive systems are the issue or otherwise they are passing. Just like how Penrith took blaize Talagi despite him being garbage in defence with us. But as we saw against bulldogs Penrith coaches havent improved him at all.
-
1
-
2
-
3
-
4
of 4 Next