My team for Parra is:
1. Quinlan - we need his speed around the ruck and backing up.
2. Morris
3. Beale - swap sides
4. Runciman - deserves a go.
5. Dugan - plays like a winger so give it a go. Can't pass for crap.
6. Widdop
7. Marshall - Who else is there?
8. Stockwell - at least bent the line. Not getting many minutes.
9. Pumipi - heard he is going well in Cutters.
10. Merrin - needs to get back to how he used to play.
11. Thompson - at least has some aggro.
12. Creagh - just stand up quick and play the ball. Stop looking at the ref.
13. Debellin - can offload, something we are lacking.
14. Cooper - has been a great pickup for us.
15. Alomai - deserves a go. Defence is suspect but so is everybody else's.
16. Frizell
17. Ah Mau - just use that 112kg frame ffs
Guys, we are not going to win the premiership this year. We are a big mature front rower, an edge player and maybe a centre away. I also think we need to get another hooker.
When you look at what Ennis provides his team compared to Rein, it is like chalk and cheese.
Our young front rowers need an old bull to show them the way. Behind Ah Mau at 112kg we have Stockwell at about 108kg and the rest are between 100 and 105kg. This is not a problem if they are coached well but the difference between our 2 packs was a yawning gap. The Dogs played as a cohesive unit. We did not. I put this down to coaching.
I think we also need another edge player. If you look at all the good teams, they all have good edge players. Better than ours.
Guys, I think we are on the way up and with the addition of these players that we are missing at the moment, I think we can give it a shake in the next couple of years.
But for that to happen, we need a new coach and for management to make the tough decisions.
