Yep Stefano too. But as good as he is, he is cumbersome and doesn't have the effort on effort involvement I like to see in front rowers or agility in defense. Sure in a strong roster you can carry him and he will be very impressive playing off the back of that, but he is definitely not a worker and I can't see that changing for at least another 3-5 years if not ever.
So sure I think we stuffed up by not working out a way to keep someone like him. Imagine how handy he would be right now for this team, coming on for 15-20 min spells and keeping the forward momentum going when either Paulo or RCG leave the field. Something we haven't got at all currently with the guys that are on the bench at the moment. That is why if we could pick up Lodge, it would be awesome for our forwards rotation and make us very hard to beat if we are playing direct and to our strengths without the dip that happens so often when our 2 starters currently take a breather and allow the opposition a chance to reassert themselves.
But back to our loss of quality juniors, I have a feeling that Trey is going to be a better all round player then Stefano if he keeps developing the way it looks like he will. I haven't seen him play or speak before but from what I saw the other night, he is captain material and instant respect from his peers. Dale Finucane kind of player. When was the last time we produced one of those?
And trust me it takes a bit for me to be impressed when listening to players speak. Normally I either fall asleep or roll my eyes and laugh and in some case even want to vomit with shame for the game.
