IMO based on form, effort and errors, Oregan is the one to go. Davey has been fantastic and earned his spot. Stone was great. Evans also needs to be there. Oregon needs to eliminate his errors. His time will come.
I think Davey is the better player, but Stone is more valuable to our roster right now due to his ability to cover 9. I't gives us better balance and depth. I' d go with Stone .
"Defensively. 4/11 seasons were we higher than 8th. 7/11 we were mid-range 8th to 16th. We were Jeckly-Hyde. Moses essentially admitted it on a podcast: Even the best year (2022) was up & down. The group was surprised & just content to make the GF."
"Yep, Chiefy, true. I reckon 2025-26 is around a $5-6m cap hit because of the rebuild-clean up.
PS: I was going to add details of that but my blogs are already torturously long enough."
"And don't forget, the club still had a few million dollars worth of players on our books who had either not wanted to play, released, or in the process of retiring - Matterson, Ofehengaue, Cartwright, Lane, Hands.
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"You outline good points on Ponga Bluey, I am a bit different because I am a natural contrarian and whilst seeing those faults, I am not so sure that he is not a victim rather than a cause i.e. he has been handled badly and his father has tended to…"
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Are you saying we aren't important? I thought we were a vital cog in the Eels juggernaut.
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IMO based on form, effort and errors, Oregan is the one to go. Davey has been fantastic and earned his spot. Stone was great. Evans also needs to be there. Oregon needs to eliminate his errors. His time will come.
Rubbish principles. Who have earned their spots verus hypotheticals and the given. EVANS, DAVEY, STONE.
Khafusi
Davey or Kaufusi. Probably Kaufusi, as Niukore, Evans & Stone cover our middle forward rotation.
I think Davey is the better player, but Stone is more valuable to our roster right now due to his ability to cover 9. I't gives us better balance and depth. I' d go with Stone .
Marata to bench, with Oregon the one to drop out. Davey has played well in his 3 NRL matches and deserves to be on the bench.
Unless Davey is good in the middle he drops out
Edge for edge
The others are middle
I'm thinking BA is merely going to rotate the bench to share the game time. Whoever is up for a rest will sit out. Probably Davey.