I was really impressed with some performances last night but can only cringe at others.
3 - Morris brothers really helped us the whole game get on the front foot with the first 2 carries or so of a set.
2 - Holland - I don't think we would have won the game in the last 20 if he didn't further consolidate what the Morris' brothers were doing from dummy half. Didn't have any issues with him from Dummy half either - which surprised me.
1 - Klemmer - he just gave us some solid input off the bench. I'd personally prefer Klemmer starting and Woods off the bench but hey...zero mis tackles as well...
Honourable mentions -
Martin - seems to be a mainstay to me. Good solid first 2 outings so far from him.
Mybe - was good overall under high ball and such but needs to do a bit more in support and play more of a fullback roaming role in attack and not an extra half.
Frawley - playing as if he is the dominant half at the moment and doing enough to keep his spot.
I'm quite concerned with the below though -
Foran - looked so unfit the whole game. After each run looked like he ran a marathon. For the money he is on I'd be happier for him to go ahead of Mybe. It won't happen unfortunately. He was never the type of half we needed. We needed a speedy, organising half. That in my opinion is not Foran.
Montoya - just looks vulnerable at all times. No speed in attack either at the moment which is worrying from a winger and he looks unfit.
Elliott - I do want to give him some credit. He is like a Josh Reynolds but in a second row's body. Really passionate. Always got the effort. Scored a key try. But his penalties and errors are so frustrating. Whenever he gets the ball you know its going to end up good or bad. Usually the bad.
Due to Salary Cap at the moment, if we got rid of Aiden Tolman, Keiran Foran and Morris brothers (they are good but not worth the coin they are on). We should be able to do a West Tigers and get promising players on the cheap and still have depth.
I can't believe we got rid of Thompson.
If Des had kept Thompson, Cook our spine would look promising.
1. Thompson
6. Mybe
7. Frawley / JMK
9. Cook
That is a much improved spine than what we have now imo.