"We are only now seeing some of the halves who were highly touted years ago start to come good after refining their game in reserve grade or struggling for years such as Tannah Boyd and Jake Clifford. They still aren't great halves but are much more…"
"Was Twidle debut as good as Fa'alogo for Melbourne. Is he better prospect than Iongi who waited behind Edwards. Players who wait and develop without rushing their debut, starting roles or big money early are seeing the benefit of it over young…"
"Like Ethan Sanders, who after one game people were annointing breakout star of the year. Ever since Round 1 he had a good Round 2 and has been average since.
1 game does not make a player."
"Control the narrative Pops. We knew we were going to debut Apa. We must have known for some time he was on the cusp.
This reaction by his manager implies the narrative wasn't controlled. I guarantee a Politis would have already taken both Apa and…"
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Chief, we were going but with the markets on you will need to be there early. The rain may make this avg.
I am actually going to the members only session later on this year.
These are both good moves by the club and hope they have another one during the season / bye round.
Hope May Ling in stall 15 has stocked up on Thailand Eels jerseys.
Training updates chief's
The fox, ritchie penasini and Simmonson still arent training with the full squad.
Great comradeship with the team, the fox although doing lighter things was very vocal.
Ritchie Penasini is a monster and athletic 👻. If he can get his body right and get a good chunk of football, he'll be in fg without doubt.
Ryles is very involved in every facet whether in be attack or defence, Ryles is always in there giving players tips.
There's some very quick and fit guys in the lower grades mixing it up with 1st grade , very fast and illusive.