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I think you are forgetting about our 7 today.
Clune? No I'm not.
He was very poor today and after 15 games we've seen enough to say a big no thanks.
I think you are forgetting about our 7 today.
I agree he was poor today but I will disagree that we have seen enough of him to be sure he won’t make it. Our forwards have been shit all year, our game plans and lack of good quality set plays from our master coach were worse than our forwards. Willing to keep him in the squad and see how he develops. Don’t think he is costing us too much on the salary cap.Clune? No I'm not.
He was very poor today and after 15 games we've seen enough to say a big no thanks.
I'd rather see him under a decent coach and some actual forwards before putting the line through him. He does straighten our attack and has a decent kicking game.Clune? No I'm not.
He was very poor today and after 15 games we've seen enough to say a big no thanks.
That’s up to Hook to fix.Clune played for himself. Always went left and it was clear our right side attack was dangerous.
He is a good back up thats all.
I'd rather see him under a decent coach and some actual forwards before putting the line through him. He does straighten our attack and has a decent kicking game.
I have always been a wrap for Ford...watched him closely in juniors and Canterbury Cup and i would have to say i was expecting more from him. Defensively he has had his problems this year and i would like to see him add a little size in the off-season...he weighs around 95kg and i'd like to see him up around the 105kg mark...if the conditioning staff can add some muscle and weight this might give him some extra confidence and you might see some defensive improvement from him...Adding some muscle could also allow him to play on an edge next year because he is certainly fast enough and good enough on his feet to do that.Ford is a young gun has been ruined by Mary. Don't worry, Griffin will sort him out.
Apparently, the Dragons made a low ball offer of 300K per season to his manager, which was quickly rejected. I feel sure that if we offered him 500k-600k and now having a new coach, we could very well win his signature.Watching Christian Welch today I think he would be a great pick up. Is he out of the picture 100%?
Ofehegau, Welch and JDB will be huge improvement to the forwards.
I've for a long time now, thought that Dufty would make a better 6 than fullback. I see him with explosive speed, very elusive and with a good passing game. He would cause heaps of problems for opposition teams at five-eighth. Yes defence is his problem at at least at 6 he could received protection from his left edge forward.I'd rather see him under a decent coach and some actual forwards before putting the line through him. He does straighten our attack and has a decent kicking game.
I agree he was poor today but I will disagree that we have seen enough of him to be sure he won’t make it. Our forwards have been shit all year, our game plans and lack of good quality set plays from our master coach were worse than our forwards. Willing to keep him in the squad and see how he develops. Don’t think he is costing us too much on the salary cap.
I've for a long time now, thought that Dufty would make a better 6 than fullback. I see him with explosive speed, very elusive and with a good passing game. He would cause heaps of problems for opposition teams at five-eighth. Yes defence is his problem at at least at 6 he could received protection from his left edge forward.
There have been numerous piss poor defensive efforts over the last 3 years, including the half hearted effort on the winger yesterday, not in the top 10 fullbacks in the game and would get murdered at 5/8Mate he can run in broken play and he can throw a cut out pass.
He can't tackle and he can't kick.
After seeing Sullivan today why would we offload him to try and remake Dufty in to a five eighth?
Dufty will be lucky to still be playing for us post next season.
Young Ford was very good yesterday , esp with his front on defence .I have always been a wrap for Ford...watched him closely in juniors and Canterbury Cup and i would have to say i was expecting more from him. Defensively he has had his problems this year and i would like to see him add a little size in the off-season...he weighs around 95kg and i'd like to see him up around the 105kg mark...if the conditioning staff can add some muscle and weight this might give him some extra confidence and you might see some defensive improvement from him...Adding some muscle could also allow him to play on an edge next year because he is certainly fast enough and good enough on his feet to do that.
One thing he hasn't showed in his time in 1st grade is his ability to off-load. While playing Canterbury Cup it was a highlight of his game and if you can add some muscle, this would increase his ability to stand in tackles and he could show his off-loading ability.
Hopefully the new coach looks to encourage off-loading because we all know the last one certainly didn't...