Wolfgang ofihd
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Dufty has worked well at fullback but if you're playing him then you need to have big wingers who can get alot of kick return meters because dufty is not good on kick returns and we shouldn't expect him to be that good at it. Hence why the coaches have persisted with Rava. Have a look at most teams and certainly the top teams all have big fullbacks who have great kick return, good defence and some ball playing ability. I don't think having dufty as starting fullback will mean we challenge for top 4. I reckon he could be the perfect supersub off the bench where he can come on for 30-40mins per game in the middle during the end of the 1st and 2nd half utilising his speed against tired middles.
I would love us to target Joey Manu and offer him the fullback position. He is a young gun and fits the modern day fullback requirements. Whenever he's played fullback for the chooks, he has done very well. Has speed, size, power, ball playing ability and has been in a great professional system where he's been very succesful. IMO he would be perfect for us and is probs looking for a fullback spot.
We need to persist with Rava and Saab as our wingers as they both have great potential and fit the modern day winger requirements. Lomax is looking great at center and we need to let him develop at this position as strike center and has excellent goal kicking. We also have a few youngsters/juniors coming through like the feeagi twins/sse etc that should have a shot at center either later this season or next year.
Interested to see how clune develops in the halves and would persist with him as he's showing more of his kicking game and being more confident running the ball on the left. We defs need to get rid of Corey Norman asap. Forgot his kicking/running the ball etc. At a bare minimum his body language is horrendous. I hope we target Matt burton from the Panthers and offer him the starting spot. His few games have been amazing. Great left foot kick, a big body and strong runner who is confident. We have always done well with a strong running half.
Once Hunts contract expires, I wouldn't resign him. We already have mciness and I prefer mciness at hooker long term over hunt who is too inconsistent. I also believe hunt is a better hooker than half and we can't have him and mciness playing lock/hok as it takes up too much money and mciness is too small to play lock long term. Mciness has a great running game and is creative but our gameplan hasn't suited his attributes. Also him doing soo much defensive work has impacted his attack.
We definitely need to hold onto Paul vaughan at FRF. We need to have a mobile big pack with good lateral footwork. Lawrie and merrin aren't big enough and are too slow to play in the middle. You could get away with one of them on the bench but having both of them in our team makes us too slow defensively. I would try to get someone like a Lindsay Collins from the roosters or Thomas flegler from the Broncos. Both are young props who are powerful, quick and have great lateral footwork. Top teams have fwds that are mobile and we need to target them.
Tariq Sims we need to keep for experience and hopefully he can find his form again. Frizz is a big loss as he continuously bends the line and provides a point of difference with his quick footspeed. We'll definitely notice our slow pack next year unless we target the correct players. Someone who could replace him is Jackson Ford who looks like a very good prospect. I would also target Sitili Tupinoua from the roosters who is a big rangy and quick edge/middle player. He has great potential and fits the modern day edge back rower and shares similar attributes to frizz.
Lock is mciness for the time being but definitely an area of concern for the future. We could play host/kerr at lock in the future.
Imo you can't play Tristan sailor and Matt dufty in the same team as they are similar size and share similar attributes. If we play both of them then we are too small, unless you play sailor over clune or dufty. Ideally having dufty or sailor on the bench would give us a spark when we are chasing points or to break the game open. We also would need an experienced forward on the bench along with a couple of youngsters.
This squad has the makings of a top team but we really need to recruit the correct players that fit modern day football.
I would love us to target Joey Manu and offer him the fullback position. He is a young gun and fits the modern day fullback requirements. Whenever he's played fullback for the chooks, he has done very well. Has speed, size, power, ball playing ability and has been in a great professional system where he's been very succesful. IMO he would be perfect for us and is probs looking for a fullback spot.
We need to persist with Rava and Saab as our wingers as they both have great potential and fit the modern day winger requirements. Lomax is looking great at center and we need to let him develop at this position as strike center and has excellent goal kicking. We also have a few youngsters/juniors coming through like the feeagi twins/sse etc that should have a shot at center either later this season or next year.
Interested to see how clune develops in the halves and would persist with him as he's showing more of his kicking game and being more confident running the ball on the left. We defs need to get rid of Corey Norman asap. Forgot his kicking/running the ball etc. At a bare minimum his body language is horrendous. I hope we target Matt burton from the Panthers and offer him the starting spot. His few games have been amazing. Great left foot kick, a big body and strong runner who is confident. We have always done well with a strong running half.
Once Hunts contract expires, I wouldn't resign him. We already have mciness and I prefer mciness at hooker long term over hunt who is too inconsistent. I also believe hunt is a better hooker than half and we can't have him and mciness playing lock/hok as it takes up too much money and mciness is too small to play lock long term. Mciness has a great running game and is creative but our gameplan hasn't suited his attributes. Also him doing soo much defensive work has impacted his attack.
We definitely need to hold onto Paul vaughan at FRF. We need to have a mobile big pack with good lateral footwork. Lawrie and merrin aren't big enough and are too slow to play in the middle. You could get away with one of them on the bench but having both of them in our team makes us too slow defensively. I would try to get someone like a Lindsay Collins from the roosters or Thomas flegler from the Broncos. Both are young props who are powerful, quick and have great lateral footwork. Top teams have fwds that are mobile and we need to target them.
Tariq Sims we need to keep for experience and hopefully he can find his form again. Frizz is a big loss as he continuously bends the line and provides a point of difference with his quick footspeed. We'll definitely notice our slow pack next year unless we target the correct players. Someone who could replace him is Jackson Ford who looks like a very good prospect. I would also target Sitili Tupinoua from the roosters who is a big rangy and quick edge/middle player. He has great potential and fits the modern day edge back rower and shares similar attributes to frizz.
Lock is mciness for the time being but definitely an area of concern for the future. We could play host/kerr at lock in the future.
Imo you can't play Tristan sailor and Matt dufty in the same team as they are similar size and share similar attributes. If we play both of them then we are too small, unless you play sailor over clune or dufty. Ideally having dufty or sailor on the bench would give us a spark when we are chasing points or to break the game open. We also would need an experienced forward on the bench along with a couple of youngsters.
This squad has the makings of a top team but we really need to recruit the correct players that fit modern day football.
