From what i've seen of him he seems like a pretty good player. He is keen to test himself in the NRL and i would rather offload Sandow to Manly and get Myler as a replacement, for two main reasons.
1. Sandow isn't consistent enough for us to get to the finals. We've had him for the last four years and he isn't up to scratch. I hope Arthur sees this and decided not to re-sign him.
2. The Superleague seems to be more grind and strategy than the NRL. Which is why i think our Aussie teams go over there and beat them. We are structured but also more flamboyant which i think they don't know how to handle. But structure, strategy and grind seem to be exactly what we need and Sandow doesn't provide us with structure.
I say sign Myler for two years and offload Sandow. Try and Foran and Myler halves pairing and if doesn't work then we still have Norman there. I don't see any point in re-signing chrissy. The Sandow experiment hasn't worked in the past four years, it's crazy to think it will suddenly start now.
I know a highlights package isn't always much to go on, look at sandow's highlights reel. But check out this video and it shows that Myler is more than just flamboyant and risky attack.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-vAga9p9lg
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We have 3 halves on the books for next year, do we need another?
Get rid of Sandow. For the money we paid for him Foran should be our 5/8. Norman will probably play fullback and may sign mid season next year to another club. I would rather put a player in at halfback who is used to playing halfback. Not get a 5/8 and tell him to play halfback. I know there isn't much difference between the two positions but Myler is a halfback and i would prefer him in the no.7 next year more than i would like Foran or Norman there.
Foran, Norman and..??? (please not Kelly)
Sandow is an X-Factor, yes, but he has been our half since 2012 and it just hasn't worked for us. Sandow is like Johnson, Benji and Brooks. They are all good players and can win matches but when you play games like we have over the last few weeks they don't know how to build pressure and grind out a win.
For mine Sandow needs to go. I would like to see what a structured halves pairing will get us and he is far from structured.
Sandow isn't contracted for next year, so we don't have to get rid of him for 2016. I have a feeling that Foran and Norman will be our halves for 2016, whoever wears the #7 and #6 is irrelevant, I think Foran will play on the right and Norman will be on the left. I'd much rather one 5/8 make the seamless transition to halfback than our half make the bigger jump to fullback.
Matterson
Ah thanks, much better than Kelly.
would matterson be in the top 25? Surely not considering he has just graduated 20s and hasnt been proven against men yet
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