Mario chalmers
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Here is a list of players that Jason Taylor recruited at the start of the season
Ins: Matt Ballin (Manly Sea Eagles), Jack Littlejohn (Manly Sea Eagles), Michael Chee-Kam (Manly Sea Eagles), Jesse Parahi (rugby union), Justin Hunt (St George Illawarra Dragons), Jordan Rankin (Hull FC), Josh Addo-Carr (Cronulla Sharks), Joel Edwards (Canberra Raiders), Rod Griffin (Ipswich Jets), William McConnachie (Ipswich Jets), Josh Aloai (Parramatta Eels)
When the dust settles on the season I think these names are a key reason why we won't play finals. You could make an exception for who Aloai has played every game but I feel he's pretty slow and immobile for an edge player. Maybe he needs more time? I find it pretty confusing that Taylor would sign someone like Chee-Kam or Addo-Carr then not play them especially when it's been very hard to watch Rankin drop bombs most weeks.
There was confusion about our top 25 back in March to the point that the club website listed something like 34 players at that time. I supported that in principle because I thought it would create competition for spots. That didn't happen. We lost 6 games in row, suffered relatively few injuries during that time and picked the same side loss after loss. We have seen half a dozen players move on mid year including McConnachie, Drinkwater, Buchanan, Liolevave, Parahi and Fine.
The point I want to make is that there is confusion in the clubs recruitment strategies and I fear it could hold us back during the next 5 years in what should be a golden era for the club. Tedesco, Moses and Brooks are all off contract. If those guys are going to hang around then better decisions around talent identification need to be made, starting this summer. The Farah situation is obviously an elephant in the room but that is a discussion for another post.
Ins: Matt Ballin (Manly Sea Eagles), Jack Littlejohn (Manly Sea Eagles), Michael Chee-Kam (Manly Sea Eagles), Jesse Parahi (rugby union), Justin Hunt (St George Illawarra Dragons), Jordan Rankin (Hull FC), Josh Addo-Carr (Cronulla Sharks), Joel Edwards (Canberra Raiders), Rod Griffin (Ipswich Jets), William McConnachie (Ipswich Jets), Josh Aloai (Parramatta Eels)
When the dust settles on the season I think these names are a key reason why we won't play finals. You could make an exception for who Aloai has played every game but I feel he's pretty slow and immobile for an edge player. Maybe he needs more time? I find it pretty confusing that Taylor would sign someone like Chee-Kam or Addo-Carr then not play them especially when it's been very hard to watch Rankin drop bombs most weeks.
There was confusion about our top 25 back in March to the point that the club website listed something like 34 players at that time. I supported that in principle because I thought it would create competition for spots. That didn't happen. We lost 6 games in row, suffered relatively few injuries during that time and picked the same side loss after loss. We have seen half a dozen players move on mid year including McConnachie, Drinkwater, Buchanan, Liolevave, Parahi and Fine.
The point I want to make is that there is confusion in the clubs recruitment strategies and I fear it could hold us back during the next 5 years in what should be a golden era for the club. Tedesco, Moses and Brooks are all off contract. If those guys are going to hang around then better decisions around talent identification need to be made, starting this summer. The Farah situation is obviously an elephant in the room but that is a discussion for another post.
