Mickey and Slippery,
plenty of us on the forum have played RL and been around watching all our lives.The 3 experienced coaches are just human. None have won a comp, but probably haven’t had the cattle to do so anyway. They hold opinions of players as all of us do. We differ ourselves sometimes significantly.
Me example; from the get go I felt Zac Lomax was overhyped and not even near as good as some rated him. Of course, others differed and still call him a SOO player. Brad Fitler described him as the gifted one.( I have a personal suspicion that any dragons player talked up by Gus etc, will be ordinary just trying to spook dragons into paying inflated long term contracts). I believe Zac is simply an unremarkable NRL player and on the lower tier of NRL players. You can’t coach speed. Still many on forum would disagree and say that locking in a 6 year $500k year contract was good business.
I have been cautious about Cody Ramsey. Again he has carried much hype. He is reasonably quick but not NRL express speed. In the NRL he does not have a great impact as he did in lower competitions.He is not busting the line with pace, power and fend. A lower tier NRL player I fear recently contracted long term.
I never wanted the McGuire recruitment ( 3 years end of 2023 I think). He seemed to arrive and play ok but other forwards just appeared to ‘drop their bundle’ after his arriving.
Matt Dufty is not an elite player. However, he sniffs out a break and his blistering NRL level express speed has carried him to 40 plus NRL trys in under 4 actual years. Some of his trys are individual efforts so sublime that they are almost unique. Generally he catches the high balls but his lack of size finds him jostled in those close contests. His defence is OK not great. Unless this ‘secret amazing player purchase’ is Teddy, Paps or Turbo at fullback, keep him for another two years if $400k or less. IMO Cody Ramsey hasn’t got it guys and gals for NRL fullback. Maybe Sloan or other names that Possm throws up may but who knows?
Whilst I am getting sick of Hook and his dads army ( I gather he is signing off recruitment) in fairness we are desperately under strength due to tragic round brunt of heavy suspensions and the dreaded injury stick. Once we get most of the team back we will be much more competitive.
