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Hodko won't make saints better
Hodko won't make saints better
Lamb is a few years away. Cogger will never be up to it.
We need to basically recruit a team of poms - not sure how else we can even get competitive.
Not sure why everyone is so critical of Cogger. He's clearly not up to it yet in defence but he's a tiny 18-year-old. He was much improved today and had Papalli after him. He's shown some smarts in attack. Way too early to write him off yet.
Not all players progress at the same rate.
Not sure why some have any expectation at all of Cogger just because young Cleary and a few others have looked good in their first few games.
There's no doubt this stint is doing him good. He will return a better player next year. Bigger, stronger and more confident.
Hopefully, for Mac, he'll somehow be quicker!
Cleary is playing in a team full of confidence and with several SOO players or fringe players. Cogger is playing in a team of kids being battered from pillar to post. There is no comparison.
I don't think anyone is convinced that Cogger will make it either, but it's waaaaay too soon to be writing him off or saying he'll never be up to it. He's a small 18-year-old trying to defend in a side that is pretty much defensively shocking across the board for god sake.
At the very least he's shown much more smarts in attack that Hodko put it that way. He'd be in the u20s for the next couple of years - he's only in FG because Mullen and Lamb both picked up serious injuries.
I'm a bit more worried about Lamb at the moment because he's extremely talented but is built like a jockey. At least Cogger looks like he has the potential to fill out a little.
It's not Cogger getting bigger that worries me - it's him not getting faster. He is slower than Plodkinson. Halves that can't take on the line don't go very far unless they are the worst player in a great team.
Not sure why everyone is so critical of Cogger. He's clearly not up to it yet in defence but he's a tiny 18-year-old. He was much improved today and had Papalli after him. He's shown some smarts in attack. Way too early to write him off yet.
He can work on that. He'll never be the quickest bloke in the side if he's not naturally fast but speed can be improved. He hasn't looked too slow to me anyway.
Johns wasnt what I'd call fast and neither is ThurstonIt's not Cogger getting bigger that worries me - it's him not getting faster. He is slower than Plodkinson. Halves that can't take on the line don't go very far unless they are the worst player in a great team.
Johns wasnt what I'd call fast and neither is Thurston
I hope Mullen is back soon so Cogger can go back to 20's and hopefully rip it up there for the rest of the year. Then perhaps he might get a game or two of NRL next year if we have some injuries and we can see how he has progressed since his first stint. Then in 2018 if he gets a more extended run we'll probably be able to make a much more true judgement of his credentials then.