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"Hannay is also in his honeymoon period as a coach. He can take more bigger risks than Ryles can in his 2nd year."

"Not sure, last year Ryles threw the likes of Tuivaiti and Smith in with very limited open age footy experience. Against Melbourne in Melbourne of all games. They turned out alright.
Now is it Ryles sees Talataina as not as good as thought? Doubt it…"

"Daz,
Adapting is absolutely necessary. We had to simplify our game. Tweak it. Do we want to look pretty or try to win games?
For one, we're undermanned. The Tigers leaked almost 100 points in two weeks once injuries hit and they lost their fullback.…"

"Joash didn't train there because we have Pezet. It will be either Joash or Lorenzo next year. Ryles should be bloody either or these now, not helping rondos blood Pezet.
I doubt this club will be able to get CHT or Metcalf anyway."

"Longfin, good post.
Agree with you & MW, who said similar, outside backs & another middle feel more pressing.
EA & Sonic have mentioned the great middles we have coming through, but there seems to be very little in outside backs?
Volkman offers some…"

"I think Volkmann will be 6 next year at Parra unless something unforeseen eventuates which is unlikely the way recruitment happens at Parra. It will be either Volkmann or Papali at 6 for next year."

"Yep tend to agree. Give the young bloke an opportunity"

"I think Nikorima is more than good enough, but I don't think we are at that stage. Your points are very valid Daz, but regardless of who it is, I would like to see a backline that offers more than the current one. Defence being the important missing…"

"When you consider how our halves played in games when we were going well over the past couple of years, you had Moses leading the team around and Brown supporting him. They came together to put on attacking raids, and that put doubt into the…"

"Daz, for sure, completely agree.
Been another tough season, we are all looking for hope for the future?
As you know Ryles has made a few points around this publicly (not throwing players in) despite the injuries, and he knows these players games &…"

"or Shibakowski (sp) Mick.
Chiefy always has this habit on talking in absolute terms, as if he going to influence someone to make it happen.
Its like the dunce in the class telling the teacher, that if he wants to take a piss, he is ready to take…"

"Poor old MON, I reckon he must be sick of "getting rooted" you guys just don't understand that it's not going to be his decision to make!"

"NOS, I suspect everyone just wants to see tomorrow start today. Which is entirely fair. We're all sick of mediocrity. But when is change more symbolic than practical? I'm sure JR is weighing both up?"

"Walker has been a defensive turnstile. Chooks brought DCE in to teach him despite him having years of FG. Brown was out early with back issues, right? Katoa was let go and signed elsewhere. Mamm was surrounded with veterans like Reynolds and Hunt.…"

"I very much doubt that Volkman will be our 6 going into 27. He just doesn't have the speed over long distances. Over 10 or 20m, sure he has good footwork,  but there's no way Ryles is going to offer anything but a 1 year deal going forward.  I think…"

"EA, good point. I've only seen a small sample size (looks talented). I liked what I saw in the trials. You've seen a lot of him, week-in, week-out. What's your view? Is he ready? The potential long-term solution at six?"