You expect him to be match fit by round one with only 2 pre-season games under his belt after sitting at home for four years? Xerri is a talent but he wasn't exactly Greg Inglis when he left, he lost 4 years of development so I imagine it will take a while to get his eye in.
Still only 23, he’ll be close the fastest centres in the game and if possesses the same footwork as he use to have he’ll be one the centres in the game by the end of the year.
Hahahaha so true!! L9ve it!Less goooooooo brah.
Bonus being this will shit Marley no end
Sitting at home for 4 years? Are you the full quid? Do you live under a rock? Footballers are not the one and only fittest people on the planet. My friend is a nurse and she runs marathons.
People underestimate what it takes to be a professional athlete at the elite level. The dude might be "fit" for a game or two but an NRL season is far more than just one or two games. The strength and conditioning team are going to want to believe his body is ready to handle the weekly grind and not just a few games before dropping off. There's also the development side to it like you mentioned.
Because it's relevant.
No its not!
Sure
Well the dedication isn't a new thing for him either. He decided two years ago to get himself ready. And I love that it wasn't a case of us having to just throw our offer on a pile. Him telling his manager that he wants to be a Bulldog before hearing other offers is a cherry on top of signing a potential rep player (assuming his best is ahead of him).
It generally takes the bulk of the NRL a few weeks at least to be match fit. He might not have played for a few years. But he was driven as a youngster. He's among the youngest players in years to establish himself in the NRL. And spending two years getting back to professional levels of fitness with only him cracking the whip is a huge sign of his work ethic. If he's being honest about the circumstances of him using drugs, it was to speed up recovery from surgery. Plenty doubt that, but he'd have been getting drug tested for a long while prior to getting caught. So I choose to hope his redemption story begins in round 1.
I'm hoping our centres wind up being Xerri and Crichton. JAC and Kiraz on the wings. There's a big battle for the 1 jersey. But I even rate a lot of our depth. But last year I think Kiraz played a lot of the season injured. Both him and King should have sat out a large chunk of the season. If not for the huge injury toll, I think a lot of players were sent out with niggling injuries. But those two in particular appeared to try, but were both down on form. So I'm assuming that the bulk of games at centre that Kiraz played were with injury hampering him. He was still no dud. But not close to the beast he was while at the top of the dally M's for the first handful of games. So I don't think we've seen his ceiling at centre yet.
Marley is my alt?
I think Kiraz plays wing.
Oh f..ck off.
Mention Xerri & you can bet your life in the next 4 comments there’ll be Marley baiting people with the “yeah but he’s a drug cheat” reply ..
'toxic negativity'
Hey Marley, either be constructive in your argument or STFU. Your one word retorts make you sound like a 14 year old boy.
