The team needs rebuilding.
We need a fullback that can create try's as well as score them. We need halves that touch the ball and put players through gaps, also halves that kick. We need forwards that run straight and hard with support players. I haven't been on to bag lichaa too much but in all honesty we need a hooker that can run without being stuck in quicksand and who can pass the ball quicker from the ground. I was looking at him last night, he almost seems nervous when he is standing in the play the ball waiting for the ball to come out, he looks around, touches his shorts, makes fists with his hands. All the signs he is stressed.
Yet other players like smith, Hodgson etc have so much elegance and time, they look up once. See where they have numbers and pass the ball.
Hoppa has been very safe at the back, and he puts his body on the line almost every grubber, he dives head first into some situations that make me cring. And he does have a great football brain, but he has as much speed as a Paralympian. He should be put back to the wing. He can run the ball hard from dummy half and carries the ball well with hit ups. He is nothing more then a centre or winger.
Mbye is nothing more then a centre or fullback. I respect Reynolds because he tries every time he touches the ball, but he has no direction and very little ability (probably wouldn't help playing under the des structure for 5 years).
Tolman is done. He had something like 14 runs last night for 88 meters. He is almost an oxygen thief out there.
There are a lot of over paid players in the team not performing. Thankfully trex is done. That was 4 painful years. The club signs duds to massive contracts yet we miss out on decent players. Our recruitment is on the borderline insanity. Hopefully the news of crusher leaving is true.
Des came here to win a premiership and almost delivered. What has happened in the next 4 years is under achieving, a massive decline in attack, a soft defence, and problems with fitness (all issues attributed to a coach).
I know graham has been shocking this year (maybe even the last 2 years) but I still have respect for him because he takes loses seriously. He doesn't laugh, he didn't even want to shake burgess's hand last night. I respect him for his courage and pride in our jersey. My only hope is that it's the coaches systems that have ruined him and not his ability.
How you can have a 1.1 million dollar front row that can't even get you on a roll is beyond me.
Call up Aaron woods and get him over. Get rid of the dead weight at the club, sign a decent half, replace the hooker, restructure the backline with young fast players (between hoppa and the mozzes we have over 1.5 million in the backline, they haven't delivered 1.5 million in anything this year unfortunately).
Sad thing is everyone can see what we lack. Commentators, ex players, everyone knows we have problems. But 2-3 years on and nothing has changed at all.
Mbye 800k
Tolman/graham 1.1
Hoppa, twins 1.5+
How we spent so much for those players is beyond me... With the same money you could almost have Thurston, Scott and Tedesco, and still have left overs for a decent back or hooker.
