I'm not saying it's a good idea to play Moses in first grade, I haven't seen him play this year and have no idea what he is capable of but I was wondering, how much difference is there between Mitchell Moses now and Daniel Mortimer in 2009 ? He was small and inexperienced yet they made it to the Grand Final that year.
I saw him play last weekend and made the following observations:
- extremely gifted player, kicking game was awesome;
- very talkative on the field, gives direction to those around him;
- is probably 80kgs dripping wet, but looks like he will fill out some.
VB cup players are smaller than NRL players. Keith Lulia looked like tarzan out there (but still played like Jane). There's little doubt Moses would get steamrolled in the NRL as he is skinny. A wise decision would be to wait until next year with him.
I would say we could consider playing Moses outside Fulton if he was fit. Guys like Patterson and Thompson are suspect defenders and I could never see them protecting Brooks and Moses the way Tony Carroll used to shield Lockyer.
As bad as Braith is it would be crazy to enter a finals series with 2 teenage halves. Austin deserves the 6 for the rest of this year