denis preston
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You know that the male body isn’t Fully mature until 22-23? Certainly some half games next year but mostly KOE in his first year against men.
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You know that the male body isn’t Fully mature until 22-23? Certainly some half games next year but mostly KOE in his first year against men.
And I can attest to the fact that the male brain never actually matures.
For 2026, we have a better and more experienced pack of forwards. Frizell will do a Klemmer with a bit more vigor, and Kerr improved much under coach Wolf.
We all keep following the Dragon's despite the crap they dish up proves your point.
The human body has 2 brains. One in the head & other the gut. Both of mine are stupid.
Manly played Joey Walsh off the bench at Brookie and he's roughly the same age as Reed. Freddie Fittler at 17 was deemed old enough at Penrith all those years ago and it didn't traumatise him. The future for our half back is now - and I'm still not sure it's Atkinson despite his spiral bomb and neat cut out pass and back up try against the dogs. Let's experiment with Reed and Atkinson in the pre-season before settling on the one who's the more complete game manager.
How do you know that possum?
wife has been telling me that for the last 50 plus years.
It seems every post I see lately from you is questioning why players in our system who obviously aren't physically ready for first grade aren't playing first grade. A week or so ago it was Ramsey. Its seems you lack a basic understanding of physiology when it comes to contact sport. Not to mention NRL is probably the most brutal contact sport in the world apart from the barbaric MMA type of stuff.
As long as the stats are correct which i assume they are , they tell the true story . Good to see someone else actually looks at the stats before they carry on with absolute rubbish ,which some on here do . Imagine if we won half of the games that we just got pipped in . We would be in the finals and not having this conversation , so i "think" we improved a little just couldn't close out the close one's . Goal kicking and field goal attempts or lack thereof absolutely cruelled us as much as the injuries . The ten points difference in attack between this year and last year could have got us a finals birth this year . 120 of the 628 conceded came in the last 3 games when we were shot , so taking that into account we definitely improved our defense . But we lacked that finishing factor in attack so no improvement there i agree . Hopefully Atkinson can turn things around for us and be that finishing factor we need . He has scored 8 tries and kicked 2 field goals in 37 games and has a tackling efficiency of 91.6% so his stats in that respect are better than anyone's that has played half for us since Widdop left . I know it's hard JMJ but i'm trying to stay positive . Have a great off season and go the cup boys !! .
Walker was only 20 when he debuted for the Roosters I believe & was/is quite small.
Obviously aren't ready for first grade??- but in the case of Ramsey able to play in KOE the same number of minutes as first graders, play against NRL quality players returning to first grade, and be a standout in the key areas of the game in the process. In the case of Reed, some players are more mature than others. In case you haven't noticed, this club does not have a great track record in giving players a chance and we have lost too many due to poor talent identification and pathway development. Reed, from all reports, has been exceptional in his game management at No 7. We'll never ever know, if we never ever give him a go in the pre-season.
