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PoleFor me:
Seyfarth, Pole and Matamua are must keeps.
PoleFor me:
Seyfarth, Pole and Matamua are must keeps.
Who do they keep, who do they not?
Not enough players with the letter i in their namesOur future under 22yo
Bula
Pole-22
Sa Fainu-20
Latu Fainu-19
Galvin-19
TDS-19
L Laulilli-18
K laulilli-19
Matamua-21
Miller-19
Probably missed someone.
But if we can keep them, the future (not all for next year) looks a lot better than the last decade.
Lualilii and Staines is a disaster. Luke might come good but they just don’t make the yards needed out of the red zone, and both are pretty ordinary under the high ball.1. Jahream Bula
2. Luke Laulilii
3. Justin Olam
4. Sunia Turuva
5. Charlie Staines
6. Latu Fainu
7. Jarome Luai
8. Alex Twal
9. Apisai Koroisau (c)
10. Fonua Pole
11. Samuela Fainu
12. Adam Doueihi
13. Justin Matamua
14. Tallyn Da Silva
15. Lachlan Galvin
16. Alex Seyfarth
17. Sione Fainu
I assume at the moment we'd put a team like that on the park.
I think the backs are fine. I think they are good enough to move us up the ladder.The only issues are Fainu, Galvin and Sullivan get one spot and are costing us a fair chunk of change. Doueihi and To'a might make the centres but I wouldn't rely on either of them.
Our forwards are puss especially having Doueihi on an edge but I don't see any other option. We need to make some good purchases in relation to edge backrowers and middle forwards.
We are letting players go atm, so I think the club has a plan to replace them (f**king hope so anyway), but if Doueihi is in our pack, I think we are in trouble.1. Jahream Bula
2. Luke Laulilii
3. Justin Olam
4. Sunia Turuva
5. Charlie Staines
6. Latu Fainu
7. Jarome Luai
8. Alex Twal
9. Apisai Koroisau (c)
10. Fonua Pole
11. Samuela Fainu
12. Adam Doueihi
13. Justin Matamua
14. Tallyn Da Silva
15. Lachlan Galvin
16. Alex Seyfarth
17. Sione Fainu
I assume at the moment we'd put a team like that on the park.
I think the backs are fine. I think they are good enough to move us up the ladder.The only issues are Fainu, Galvin and Sullivan get one spot and are costing us a fair chunk of change. Doueihi and To'a might make the centres but I wouldn't rely on either of them.
Our forwards are puss especially having Doueihi on an edge but I don't see any other option. We need to make some good purchases in relation to edge backrowers and middle forwards.
Lualilii and Staines is a disaster. Luke might come good but they just don’t make the yards needed out of the red zone, and both are pretty ordinary under the high ball.
We’re a losing side all over the paddock atm, there’s not really one player who dominates his opponent from week to week.
We are letting players go atm, so I think the club has a plan to replace them (f**king hope so anyway), but if Doueihi is in our pack, I think we are in trouble.
They stopped negotiating with AFB at the beginning of the season, I think that was a huge error.It's the biggest weakness in our team. I don't know where else you play Doueihi. He has shown an ability to play awesome footy at times but his defense is often terrible especially his lateral movement and he goes missing. I think if you play him on an edge he might create something at times and he has more chance of not being a liability in defense but that is just clutching at straws.
To be honest I can't see it working but I can't see Doueihi working out anywhere. We desperately need an edge backrower.
I think we need to buy forwards but geez I don't want to see us purchase guys that don't deliver again.
What we need more than anything else is a player who delivers what Meninga did for Canberra when he arrived.
Not just a great player who leads by example, but someone who demands accountability from everyone else and drives high standards in every aspect of the team.
Only then will the culture of the club change. Hopefully we have that in Luai.
Until that happens we'll just have lumps like Stefo, Woods, and Brooks etc, who just want to go to other clubs and leech off the hard work of others to get success, rather than staying, and being fully committed to improve themselves, the team, and the club.
You're probably right. I'm hoping that if Luai can do this, then that will get Api really interested again. Things should snowball from there. I hope.I agree, but I don't reckon one will be enough to change the culture. There's not doubt signing Luai is huge for us, just like Stephen Crichton has been huge for the Dogs, but prior to signing Crichton, the Dogs already had recruited a bunch of journeyman toilers to lift standards across the board. That's the same thing the Panthers did early on to mentor the younger talent coming through, but for us we don't have that core vets there, so it feels like we are trying to take shortcuts.
Bateman and Klemmer were supposed to provide that leadership as senior players, but they've been exceeding underwhelming.
It's the biggest weakness in our team. I don't know where else you play Doueihi. He has shown an ability to play awesome footy at times but his defense is often terrible especially his lateral movement and he goes missing. I think if you play him on an edge he might create something at times and he has more chance of not being a liability in defense but that is just clutching at straws.
To be honest I can't see it working but I can't see Doueihi working out anywhere. We desperately need an edge backrower.
I think we need to buy forwards but geez I don't want to see us purchase guys that don't deliver again.
Douehi’s versatility makes him a great bench player. Fullback, centre, 5/8 he’d be usefulI don't get the desperation around an edge backrower. Porter seems fine to me, but it seems like a pretty easy position to recruit an adequate player in. I reckon wing is the main problem at the moment and has been since Tupou signed elsewhere.
I take you're point on Doueihi though. He's on contract, but he's not the best pick in any position. Giving him the opportunity to take the offseason to train in the second row seems like a reasonable move. It worked for Kepaoa.
I don't get the desperation around an edge backrower. Porter seems fine to me, but it seems like a pretty easy position to recruit an adequate player in. I reckon wing is the main problem at the moment and has been since Tupou signed elsewhere.
I take you're point on Doueihi though. He's on contract, but he's not the best pick in any position. Giving him the opportunity to take the offseason to train in the second row seems like a reasonable move. It worked for Kepaoa.
It’s been said, that Gal could end as the 13?I hope you are right on Porter. I don't think he'll offer any impact but he does look solid. Maybe that is enough. I'm not worried about our outside backs right now. I just think we have enough players to get the job done there but the forwards look pretty poor. There is no depth and the best pack doesn't look great.
A player like To'o would be huge for us though. We don't have a star outside back or forward. Out strength will be our halves and if Benji gets something out of Galvin, Latu and Luai. The problem is how do you play all 3 if there are no injuries.