Mr. Ditkovich
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I’d have
1. Meaney
2. Hopoate
3. Montoya / Chrichton
4. Holland
5. Smith
1. Meaney
2. Hopoate
3. Montoya / Chrichton
4. Holland
5. Smith
Yep they were forming a good little combo at the end of the season.All I want is Holland and Smith to be on the right side together. Don't want hopoate being our new mbye where we where always fixing a right with a wrong to simply fit him in.
Although he was good for us at FB late last year, I believe Hoppa would be most useful for us playing 5/8 he has a footy brain and would be a big help for the Prince., I don't hold up much hope for ForanIts generally accepted that Hoppa is just to slow to be a fullback. Then why would you consider him as a winger with his lack of pace.
A winger is essentially a finisher. So we have a finisher without pace?
The only logical choice, is to put Hoppa on the bench, if we must play him. He has a bit of footy smarts
and could fill in a multiplicity of positions if needed. However, there is better options than that.
So we got Chrichton to play reserve grade?Meaney
Okunbor
Hopa
Holland
Smith
Okunbor is big strong and reasonably fast I don’t care if he misses a tackle or two. Chuck him in and see if he can step up.
If Hoppa and Montoya are on the same edge together like last season then lets not bother showing up to any games next year and just forfeit. The games over before it even starts. Putting them 2 on the same edge again is suicide. I cant remember a worse wing centre pairing ever in terms of def.Would like Hoppa on the wing but he will probably be forced into centre. Meaney has to start at fullback if he's playing firstgrade. Holland and Smith have to make up one edge so that leave Crichton or Montoya to take up the the final spot..
There's two sides or ways you can look at this though. Is the reason no one is guaranteed their position more because we don't have any standout players in the backs? A majority of teams would have at least a few gun players in the backs, do we have one?What I find most interesting about this thread is that there are so many alternatives, there is competition for almost every spot. No one is guaranteed their position, someone can mount a challenge by training, playing well and displaying the right attitude and they will push you down the pecking order. Every player needs to be on their game not just to win this game but to even stay in the team for the next game. It also has off the field effects, play up and the next guy in line will step up, right into your spot and you might not get it back.
External competition is good but having the guy next to you at training every day looking at taking your position away from you. That's a whole new level of making sure you leave nothing on the table, in training or playing. I like it.
Go Dogs
Might not have as much experience as other players in the comp but I have no doubt that Smith will be one of the form outside men of the NRL next year... however it would be nice to get at least one signing for the left hand sideHoppa being the only experienced back in the whole club is a worry. Surely we must have enough cap room to buy an experienced back seeing 75% of our club are now up & comers or fringe 1st graders. I have a bad feeling about next year we got the weakest roster out of any club.
Smith, I think he's gun, maybe not a bazooka but nice useful Baretta M9 perhaps.There's two sides or ways you can look at this though. Is the reason no one is guaranteed their position more because we don't have any standout players in the backs? A majority of teams would have at least a few gun players in the backs, do we have one?