Thats exactly right mate, don’t also forget the Panthers had no JFH and if you factor in from previous years have lost Chrichton, Kikau, Api, Burton, May etc but keep on ticking along and roll out the next one on the production line.
This would be considered a win for Flanagan and a win for Gould. Flanagan would reckon Gus is Santa giving out a free present. Saints have players in the three quarters who make metres out of trouble so a luxury like Fox becomes a huge asset. They lack a second speedster alongside Sloan. I didn't watch much of last Sunday nights games I did see some of the highlights and what I saw was Hammer and Bostock burning them with speed. Flanagan would see this as a win. Gould loves the buy, swap and trade game so he would see this as a win. Gould actually is a big fan of Lomax.
Really good post mate and great observation, Brisbane looked very average without 3 of their key men in those positions (middles give you territory, halves direction and creativity, X factor gives you strike).
We're waiting for Woods/O'Neill to come through and then we're hoping they're good enough. There are no quality halves to sign so it's stop gap solutions and pray. Papalii similar at fullback. I guess fingers crossed they're both ready by 2026... we're also going to need another 3-4 middles to help them (either through recruitment or development). That's also just for a top 8 chance.
It’s astonishing how desolate the halves department is in footy these days. If we can at least produce one of a FB/HB we can acquire the final piece in the modern day especially if you’re not Brisbane/roosters etc it’s a pipe dream building the A side. Papalii absolutely looks the good I don’t pay much attention to reggies but from what I’ve seen the only concern is when to release him I think 2025 is realistic.
Ciraldo will stick with the same mob baring injury ,his stubborn process is calculated for wins against the titans and south’s , have faith
Papali has that Ben barba flair about him
Moses and Tino would of been at least 1.4m each. I personally rather the overs in key positions strategy tho. 1.2m for AFB probably more realistic than Tino (I think it was a higher chance of happening + better value). I've been saying this since 2020. We should be offering May 700k+.
If we’re looking for a point of difference with what we have, Hughes needs to start at Prop, Papalii to fullback, Sexy to 7.
We’ve been recruiting for volume in the past few years, we should be loading up on a couple of star players as opposed to multiple average ones on my opinion.
It's almost too late now (for 2025 and 2026). Once May's off the market our best bet is probably going to be signing multiple players again (e.g. Hunt, Mooney, Egan Butcher, Willison).
No no no no no. Why is Zac looking for an out? He is kicking rocks because he doesn't want to play wing. Fuck that! You buy in to the coaches team and coaching philosophy, or you fuck off. There's no way I want a player holding our club over a barrel because the fucking princess wants to play a different position.
Chrichton must be average to you I guess.
