Cayless and Vella have been atrocious and consistently outperformed by the young prop we have in the team from week to week.
Cayless is lucky to hold on to the bloody ball in attack, and in defence has been shocking. Stats aren't everything. Yes he made 30 odd tackles....but he's also the guy opposition catch out when he's in at marker. He tends to go to sleep and inside balls catch him out- there's honestly been at least 2 line breaks made by the opposition each game where cayless has been caught asleep around the ruck area. He deserves the demotion and is bloody lucky to be on the bench. He also barely gets the ball over the advantage line- been doing the same sh!t at the start of every season since 2001 but seems to warm up about by about midway through the year.
Vella has been playing like a pussy for 4 years- yes he does the odd strong charge but more often than not gets smashed. His defence is atrocious. He often goes into tackles as the fourth man in and bear hugs his teammate- he struggles to put anyone down...even halfbacks- won't tackle with his shoulder- doesn't wrap the ball up- shouldn't be anywhere near the team on form and it aint like he hasn't had his chances.
Graham should have a black line through his name never to be picked again- f'n hopeless.
Burt somehow continues to get a run...but the good news is, mail has it if Tahu plays Burt could well be the player to go. Fingers crossed- he offers nothing at all. I'm sick of seeing him shake his head and mutter at himself 5 times a game for aa simple mistake that you'd expect out of a rookie at worst, not a 130 game veteran.
Apart from that I like the changes. Tsolous is a gun in the making, Peter Lewis has more than earnt his chance, Delaney is a solid performer who has huge potential, and O'Dwyer shows more effort, toughness and desperation for a little man than Burt has in his whole career. Hats off to you Brian, but don't be soft and complicate things by bringing these guys back if the others are performing.
