Our Achillies Heal

The more I think about this the more worried I am.

Most of our positions are well covered with good backups except centre and fullback. As most know Gordon, in the past, was injury prone along with Taka and Gutherson who were injured throughout this year. Our only decent backups are Schulte and Morgan and then we start really scraping the bottom with the others. Schulte has no NRL experience.

If both Gutherson and Gordon are injured at the same time our only backups for fb are Moss with limited NRL experience and French with no NRL experience.

We really need either a good utility player or specialist centre and need to go hard for one. Roberts is still unsigned as is Walker so I cannot see what is wrong with us going in strongly for either. Now I am not privy in what is going on in the background so am just stating the obvious here. Also if Roberts goes to Broncos and they release Copely we need to go hard for him even though his logical destination is Titans.

If we get nobody I have real fears that injury will again cruel our season.

Replies

Bear December 18, 2015 at 7:00pm

Please can we give this arrest, if we do ,if we dont. Shit we've still got a far better rosterr than last year. Have faith a let it go
WMD December 18, 2015 at 7:47pm

Yes, a little thin in those areas Glenn but to have an elite footballer in Foran running the Eels around the park may of meant a few sacrifices had to be made.

The first goal for any club should be a great general and in Foz I trust.
ian glover December 18, 2015 at 10:08pm

Hopefully some of the younger players will deliver. We are a lot stronger in all other positions so this may help the development of some good outside backs.
sixtiesboy December 18, 2015 at 10:16pm

Glenn, our Achilles heel has been that we haven't been tough enough, both physically and mentally, to play finals football. I actually saw last year as our biggest learning curve in that regard. Blokes had to push through pain barriers to play. Players that were second string players at the start of the year had to step up due to injury concerns. We had to learn to play without that former fullback. Will we be better next year? If lessons have been learnt.
colin hussey December 18, 2015 at 10:29pm

If Gordon gets injured, then a possible replacement is Norman, meaning a need in the halves area, which may be easier to fill, or will it? Depending of course how long a replacement is needed. The logical replacement in the halves would be Kelly, to allow Norman to go the back.

What has to be realised is that there will be injuries, & some may be long term, meaning some untried players will have to step up to the plate. Certainly Injuries to the backs will mean more issues than if they happen in the forwards, but who really are the primary top 25 players anyway?
- chips dangerously > colin hussey December 18, 2015 at 11:08pm
  
  no mate Cornish is the logical replacement in the halves with Norman to fullback.
- Glenn Lifetime Eel > colin hussey December 19, 2015 at 10:54am
  
  Colin give yourself a huge uppercut for mentioning that name that will not be mentioned again!
chips dangerously December 18, 2015 at 11:06pm

Yes im surprised we didn't go hard enough for roberts hiku and lafai. Arthur seems remrakably relaxed about this.
- colin hussey > chips dangerously December 19, 2015 at 10:13am
  
  Cornish - forgetting about him owing to high regarded reports, much will depend though on what affect he can provide at Wenty.
  
  Report in this mornings subscriber only bit of the teragraph, can't read it so can't comment, other than the broncs deal may not be forthcoming.
  
  ney talks The $300k dilemma facing Roberts
  
  DALLY M centre of the year James Roberts would have to sacrifice $300,000 to chase an NRL premiership under Wayne Bennett at the Broncos.
- the Eggman > chips dangerously December 19, 2015 at 11:31am
  
  Maybe in with a chance yet?unless Bennett wants to offload a couple of players, which by all reports he doesn't want to.