TheRam
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All this talk about adding depth to our wings/centres somewhat confuses me, as I feel like we need more depth at fullback. As much as I love Gutho, he's clearly not a long-term fullback, and we have absolutely no depth in the position (besides Cini, who should be playing in Ron Massey). I personally love Apa Twidle, but unfortunately, his frame means that its going to take a while for him to physically prepare for FG. Although, I'm not too sure if there's any decent fullbacks available on the market atm.
Connor Votano from the Knights. He is a gun coming through and only 18 years old. We can offer him a contract from Nov 1st this year. He is a fullback but can play anywhere in the backline. So if Gutho still merits selection I would give this guy a wing or centre position to start with and the fullback role in a couple of years when Gutho's contract ends.
If you haven't seen his highlights youtube video that I have posted on here a few times I suggest you do. He is a ballplaying fullback with real skills, size and speed, may even end up at 5/8th. A real footballer. His progression maybe blocked a little since the Knights have Ponga and now Smith on their books so if we court him right and sell him a dream(and the right amount of money of course) then it maybe possible to snatch him from the knights. Remember the Knights are having salary cap issues at present, so if we make it known to his manager that we are interested in him now we could then strike straight away from 1st November. Remember you can talk to any player at any time, you just can't make a formal offer till the Nov 1st date before their last contracted year. But I don't think we are that type of savvy club.