Sir Knight82 said:
Davico looks like a rather unnecessary purchase with the calvary due back next week. But with his rate of improvement I am not complaining.
Why?
He'll be one of the top three props at the club after he's got a bit more fitness back.
I'm loving our front-row situation right now.
At the beginning of last year we only had two first-grade standard props in the club in Perry and Woolnough, and at the time Perry was terribly out of form and Woolnough was still finding his feet at the top level.
Fast-forward to 2006 and all of a sudden we have Perry in blistering form, Woolnough who has truly established himself in first-grade, Craig Smith playing the best footy of his career, Dan Tolar who has stamped himself as a quality benchie out of seemingly nowhere, and Luke Davico who from all signs still has what it took for him to be considered an Origin standard player a few years ago.
You can never have too many front-rowers, and it's the sort of go-forward that they provide that has seen Joey thrive and given members of the backline the room to improve out of sight(Quinn, Carmont), become instant successes in the competition(Thaiday, Carney) and in some cases turn back the clock to find some previous form from their glory days(Gidley).
Our depth in the front-row is a major contributing factor as to why we've gone from a complete rabble to a genuine premiership threat in just one season.
