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  jamesy October 10, 2009 at 5:14am

  i heard on here they wanna put reddy up front, but i think grothe would be better choice.
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    Djl > jamesy October 10, 2009 at 4:54pm

    that would be like what st george did with matt prior and he is fuckin shit in the second row hes to scrawny reddy needs to put on another 10 kilos to play in the second row althou he does play well above his weight
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  avday October 10, 2009 at 5:38am

  ull find ando wont hav 2 make a decision because of injuries,rep footy and suspension.lets not change 2 much.....we did make the grand final and grothe starred........on the wing where he was picked once upon a time 4 state and country.good 2 hav depth out wide.woul love 2 see burt 2 14 if our backline is injury free.
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  1Eyed Eel October 10, 2009 at 11:28am

  Now that we've not re-signed Kingston, I think you can just about take it as given that Matt Keating will play full 80 minutes at least for the start of the year and assuming they are all fit one of Grothe, Burt, Inu, Reddy will start on the bench.
  
  As I've said I think it will Reddy as he has the greatest utility value.
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    Skipper > 1Eyed Eel October 10, 2009 at 1:23pm

    I agree. Grothe in the second row presents too many decisions for him to make in defence. I have no doubt he could handle the workload and ability to tackle bigger guys, however he would be targetted even more for his positional and subsequent decision making lapses in the second row. Keep him on the wing where he specialises.
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    parraborn! > 1Eyed Eel October 10, 2009 at 3:19pm

    true but how can u go past keeping reddy in the centres?
    
    see his defence this year, how good it was, he is a very solid defender and a solid ball runner and also great under the high balls, thats where he specialises not as a utility, as a utility he would mainly be playing in the fowards, and i think reddy would get smashed in the fowards.
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  Bosanac October 10, 2009 at 1:45pm

  Both Reddy and Grothe will be wasted in the forwards. Make no mistake about it.
  
  We already have enough forwards anyway.
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  Camo73 October 10, 2009 at 7:56pm

  We have some real problems. Too many good players and not enough positions for them all to play.
  
  I agree with 'avday'. It is common for an injury to keep one or more players out for an extended period of time. At least at this stage it looks like we'll have some very capable reserves. I'm glad I'm not the coach.
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    1Eyed Eel > Camo73 October 11, 2009 at 12:08am

    I think the coach will be more than happy if this is his biggest problem for the year!
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  Sanbo October 10, 2009 at 9:55pm

  Reddy is an 80 min player and has been outstanding in the centres both defensively and in attack.
  the thought of moving him either positionally or to the bench should not even be entertained
  
  I reckon centre/winger pairings should be * Reddy and Burt
  * Tahu and Inu -Dont forget how good Inu is on the wing
  
  Grothe?? Personally I think he would be shit in the second row ...and if you had him on the bench you'd loose his hit ups from 2nd hitup off kick returns which allways bends the opposition defence laying a good platform for the forwards roll on....What a fucking dilemna!
  Grothe is to good to leave out and he would be a complete waste on the bench as he is not an impact player or game breaker....