aqua_duck
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What is the actual situation with Tyrone Thompson anyway?The reality is that keeping them will start to hold back talents like Hopwood sooner rather than later. Tyrone Thompson will be looking for game time eventually, too. Next year it might feel a little bit skinnier with middles, but by 2026 we won't remember Brodie Jones and Mat Croker.
My hope is that instead of keeping below-average squad fillers around, we're bringing through young talent playing above their pay grade/providing roster options into the future.
Next year if we have an injury or two and we have to play Sebastian Sua and Tom Cant for 20 minute stints off the bench at some point during the season I don’t think we’ll be sitting back afterwards and saying “oh if we had Brodie Jones in there we wouldn’t have lost that game”
I made the comment after the Brookvale game that there was a very clear difference in athleticism and physical ability between us and Manly, did seemed to have all the big, tall, athletic guys and we had all the little fellas who tried hard, I think looking at the squad atm we’ll definitely be a more physically talented squad if nothing else