no, i've never met SD either. granted, i don't see the consistency from him yet, but i have seen him display all the skills at various times during his first grade career that suggest to me he could be our answer. even in his poor games we still had direction that we lack with mullen at halfback.
he should be given every chance at the end of this year, and also next year to mature and consolidate a spot in first grade. he has the skillset and the brain, but he doesn't know when to turn it on and off yet, and when to execute which skills. i'm supremely confident that it will come with experience.
I'd have no problem at all if Dureau was given the 7 and told it is his for the rest of the year as an audition as to whether he is a realistic option for long term halfback at the Knights.
All this uncertainty of the Bailey/Mullen/Dureau combo is not a good thing for the club - whoever is chosen. 3 just doesn't go into 2 and Dureau is wasted on the bench, because he isn't a bench player at all.
On another note altogether, is it possible the 3 year contract given to Luke Walsh to be the Knights long term halfback solution has been one of the worst decisions in Knights recent history?
He is getting paid a sh*tload to play NSW Cup, and I can't imagine too many of the clubs who were chasing him last year when he was off contract are still chasing him this year, limiting the chances of the Knights offloading his contract.
Walsh could wind up being a very expensive mistake.
I just worry that at the start of next year, we'll have a Walsh/Dureau/Mullen 3 half uncertainty like the Bailey one this year.
She was a Dureau hater 
