Now let me tell people something, although I've been a big fan of Sua, Parramatta can't keep going down the road of signing 29 or 30 yeae olds.
People are going to say that injuries happen to anyone, but thats incorrect, as players get past 27 or 28 on average they become more injury prone
Now, look at the Panthers, they hardly if ever sign players over the age of 27 hence their low injuries. When their current players get to around 28 they let them look around for other opportunities and concentrate on keeping younger players for example, Liam Martin at 28 is becoming heavily injury prone hence they are allowing him to go to November 1. Thats how its done. You don’t let players like Sam Tuivaiti get to nov 1 bs
Now the reason im saying this is because im hearing we're on the verge of signing another player very experienced but over the age of 30. Not sure who but Penrith would never do this.
Sua faces up to 6 months on the sidelines depending on the severity of the calf tear
Replies
But you are comparing us to Penrith though.
You’ve said “Penrith would never do this”, “look at the Panthers” and “Parramatta should follow Penrith’s model”.
That is comparing the clubs from a recruitment and retention perspective.
You also said we cannot go down the road of signing 29-30 year olds but it's fine to sign Walker year by year? But you also knock the club for missing out on Keaon yet he is 29 next year?
Again, just be consistent, i agree with you 100% that we need to get younger, as to why i always hesitent on Barnett
Im taking about external signings. For internal signings id be prepared to offer the majority of 30 year old plus a year by year, unless he is at the top of his game like Moses for example
What id like to see is for Parramatta to offer more younger players on the up contracts. If we could find a Finefeuiaki somewhere out there wow, he's the next million dollar back rower
Hey when you begging you cant choose....we aint the roosters/Penrith/storm(well not so much now).
I see the Dolphins and Wahs as teams on the rise
Well I don't know about that Chief. You would think that would be the case, but of our players over 30 (de Belin, Walker, Paulo, Moses, Addo-Carr), none have missed games due to injury so far (touch wood!). Hopgood and Simonsson are 27, Doorey is 25, Penisini 23, Kautogo 23, Smith 23, Iongi 22, Tuivati 20. Other injured players are also young. I'm sure there is more the club can do to keep our players injury-free, but without a doubt we have been struck by some bad luck this year.
-
1
-
2
of 2 Next