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Moving Forward (literally)

Posted by Who Cares on May 9, 2025 at 2:26pm

It was clear toeven Stevie wander we lacked forward lastnight, and with Ryles clering the decks & with the possability of JR retiringat the end of 25 or 26

WE need Forward

we need to be aggresive big forwards

who do we get ? who do we target ?

I dont think Guymer is a 2nd rower (Im not even sure he is a footballer)

Im starting to realy like Kautoga and with more football in him the better he will get

Williams i dont think is a starter

Re-sign Walker for 2 more years past his current deal

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- - Gaz Nelson > Mr 'BringBackFitzy' Analyst May 10, 2025 at 10:23pm
    
    Yep, that's a recipe for disaster. With no brown next year we're a high chance of spoonville. Cant see Mitch waiting out his prime to see if we come good. We need to turn it around fast or we'll be stuck in the doldrums for a few years.
- His Eminence Sir Eddie the Hooter > Longfin Eel May 9, 2025 at 8:52pm
  
  Agree 👍
EA May 9, 2025 at 3:18pm

I think we need to talk about Moretti. He runs the hardest out of everyone in the team. He bends the line and is having a break out season. He has found offloads to his game and generates ruck speed for us. Yet his minutes this season have been 16, 42, 32, 21 and 26. Surely JR wants to get more minutes out of him.
- Darren Munro > EA May 9, 2025 at 5:15pm
  
  I totally agree with this. When he came off our go forward went backwards. He couldn't come back on because Simmo came off.
- Perpetual Motion > EA May 9, 2025 at 9:38pm
  
  He picks up the tempo of our game. When he goes off everything slows down.
- Coryn Hughes > EA May 10, 2025 at 5:43am
  
  Onething I will say about Moretti is would he have the same impact against starting fowards I don't know.
  
  But a big reason he's making this impact is because a lot of starch has gone out of the game so his energy and enthusiasm comes to the fore when he comes on it's much like Tuivaiti also they make there impacts because of the mentioned.
  
  The maturation of these 2 will happen when they have to step foward and be starting fowards and carry the load.Are they ready to do this yet I'm not sure but it's why you still need a Paulo there to show these kids the way.
EA May 9, 2025 at 3:25pm
We do not have starting quality forwards thats the truth.
- Guymer is a middle and not edge. He, Kautoga & Samrani are still learning how to be a FG footballer week in week out as well. While they have potential they are not your ideal first choice options at this stage of their career.
- Hopgood is half the player he used to be. I genuienly wonder if he will turn it around.
- Williams is probably your ideal first change forward off the bench.
- Paulo is a bench forward hence why his second stints are much better than his first stints
- Could Moretti and Tuivita develop into starting forwards by next year? Do not want to rush Tuivita but he has great potential for his size.
- Anguillidae > EA May 9, 2025 at 3:45pm
  
  Exactly right EA, yet we had people creaming their dacks over our smaller, more mobile forward pack during the orf-season. The simple fact is, we need more size, speed and aggression through the middle. Until we get that, we'll be close to the bottom of the heap, regardless of the quality of our backline.
  - HKF > Anguillidae May 9, 2025 at 3:55pm
    
    Yeah that was before rcg, ofa, lane and matterson were no longer options, we were going to have some big bodies mixed in with some smaller more mobile forwards like moretti, Williams, hopgood and guymer. Nobody would have been excited about only having one genuine front rower available in paulo, a bit of context helps tell the whole story.
    - EA > HKF May 9, 2025 at 11:41pm
      
      Yep thats the thing. I dont think anyone expected some players to be so much on the outer and JR blood so many younger players. Its why we are suffering this short term pain. Hopefully its better for the long run.