Roberts extended for 2 years
Ugh.Kingston signed new 1 year deal
That's exactly what it was. The way he waffled on about Kingston's situation and not being able to leave Sydney or some rubbish like thatKevin Kingston re signs for 1 year.
Gus on nine.
He almost made it sound like a pity contract.
Its a really interesting point you make because lets be honest, Lewis is twice the player Kingston is from a skill perspective. But what about leadership? What about his impact on the club's culture? Luke obviously wasn't able to match Kevin from that perspective and his "temporary" stand down dummy spit is probably a good example of the difference between the two. Leadership has such a massive impact on the team, but it is often difficult to define and perceive.On one hand, he's a class act. Compare him to Lewis losing the captaincy. He handled it well, shrugged it off and kept putting in 110% each week without spitting the dummy.
Its a really interesting point you make because lets be honest, Lewis is twice the player Kingston is from a skill perspective. But what about leadership? What about his impact on the club's culture? Luke obviously wasn't able to match Kevin from that perspective and his "temporary" stand down dummy spit is probably a good example of the difference between the two. Leadership has such a massive impact on the team, but it is often difficult to define and perceive.
A great example of this is Cameron Smith. The Storm's winning percentage drop from 73% to 40% when he doesn't play, yet the same number of tackles and passes are often delivered by his replacement. So why? Leadership.
Yes, but it is the same when they are there. He has missed games beside SOO related games. Remember the GF against Manly? 40 to nil!!I hear what you're saying.
But I'd say the bigger factor in the drop in winning percentage at the storm without smith would be that Cronk & Slater are typically missing at the same time ( origin duties)
Not sure why we want to keep him around for another year, especially after having issues with our top 25 this year that kept younger and better players from being able to be properly developed. That means we can pencil in:
9. Kevin Kingston
14. James Segeyaro
And we've just lost a spot to fit in an extra one of Peachey, Cartright, VTK, Robinson, Docker, Austin etc. We should have had Taylor or Brown cover Segeyaro for 20 minutes a game at hooker, so we can fit in another proper second rower/utility.
I like Kingston. But IMO he is lucky to be part of this years squad, and next season our forward depth is going to be even better. I also don't like seeing him playing second row/lock when Segeyaro comes on. That is a role that would be better performed by Lewis Brown.