smeghead said:
D Galea I would not class as a fail at this point considering the injuries and suspension he carried this year.
Harlen & Haeberacht I think the determination on whether they are a failure or not will be decided next year.
The things that really make me question things this year are some of the selections.
* O'Hara is a better option that that geniused cat Gibbs
* Metesula is a better back row option than Fulton Fulton should be playing in the halves or centres as he will never be big enough for the pack.
* Jarrod Saffy is a back rower, not a prop
* Halatau being dropped when others deserved to go before him. It seems he was being coached to play a different role than 05 this year, yet when he came back for round 25 he played his 05 style and was inifinately better
It seems in almost every way the Wests SG Ball side who carried on through to the 05 Grand Final and those who came up after are a protected species worse than what is claimed about Daniel Fitzhenry.
Gibbs is an abject f**k up and has cost our club two scandals already because the prick can't handle his drink or doesn't know when to say stop. Yet what reprimand does he get from the club? Nothing but Pappa Noyce shows up to all his court dates like a father not a CEO. Than we give him more money in contact upgrades, it is a real joke.
And yes I am a ware I harp on Gibs alot but not without good cause. Many of us remember the dark days of the Wests Tigers all too well. Gibbs reminds me, in his attitude and the myth that is his hard man reputation, of a composite of those players in that time just pissing around waiting for the next embarassing incident. With Noyce being the complacent boss who does not seem willing to act to prevent the obvious course from being followed.
I can`t agree. I agree Gibbs` has been a bit of a disappointment, i don`t really care what he does in his own time, but i did expect him to become a more dominant player by this stage of his career. Having said that, he has plenty of team mates in the same boat and i think he deserves next season to see if he can take his game to a higher level. Like Galloway, they are still youngish for props and they still show as much potential as most other props around their age.
As for Fulton, i have expected a little more from him too, due to the fact that i watched him play quite often when he was coming through the lower grades and therefore i know he still has a lot more to his game than what he`s shown us since being in first grade. However, in saying that, i still believe he`s been one of our better performed players, he`s atleast shown glimpses of his skill, he`s shown that when he does get deep and hit the ball at speed that he`s a handfull for opposing defences and he still has a better work ethic than most others. I see him as a natural lock who could no doubt handle himself well in the centres if need be. He played a fair bit of 5/8 with the Wests Magpies before playing first grade and was quite dominant. That being the case, he no doubt has the skill required, but i`m as mystified as anyone as to why he hasn`t shown much at all in the way of ball skills since he`s hit the first grade scene ??? Whatever the case, Liam still has a touch of class about him and is certainly twice the player that Dene Halatau will ever be. I`m sorry, but Metuisela tries hard, always puts his hand up to run the ball, but isn`t anywhere near the same class as Liam Fulton and never will be !!!
I`m not sure what Halatau has done to impress you over the past 2 seasons ?, but as far as i`m concerned he`s done SFA, he no longer wants to run the ball hard like he did throughout the finals series in `2005, he`s got no skill whatsoever and he`s a very soft and suspect defender. He`ll never make it in the forwards, his only hope at remaining a first grade quality footballer is possibly by moving back out to the centres.
