I generally dont analyze every position, but having a look at our squad, we just dont have the cattle as well as people on the wrong positions. Breaking it down,
Fullback - We have a fullback that runs hard but doesnt have any ball playing ability and is not the safest under the high ball
Wing - In this day and age you need big strong wingers. Wingers that can go high for a ball (especially with the new rule that you cant tackle mid air at all anymore) as well as can take strong carries out of our end. We currently have a midget and an accountant.
Centre - We dont have any weapons here either. We have Hoppa who is solid with silky hands, but he doesnt pose much of a challenge for the defensive line. Our other centre is a winger who should never have been moved in the first place.
Halves - Our best half is never on the field. We are then left with a player who is great defensively but cannot create anything and comes across as selfish. Wants to be the hero. He is not a half. Our other half is very raw and struggled to get the ball and therefore into the game last week. Its going to be hard for him to develop properly with Lewis partnering him. Our only natural half that has any sort of NRL experience doesnt get selected.
FRF - One was pretty lacklustre last year (although has started this year off well) and the other will go all night, but doesnt bend the line, have any aggressiveness, gets dominated in tackles and is always getting in the way in attack.
SRF - Our most creative back rower is not allowed to play. Stimson has been rubbish and Jackson will try all game but doesnt have another dimension to his game. We dont have strong fast back rowers running good lines and / or hitting holes. Too many toilers.
Lock - The only back rower we have that actually seems to know how to hit a hole but he is stuck in the middle instead of the edges. Was not a fan of his last year however to me he looked strong last week.
Our team's balance is out of whack, too many of the same type of players in the forwards. With our backs we are just putting people wherever and hoping for the best.
One of our centres in a natural winger.. while we have a centre on the bench (who didn't even get on the field)
One of our wingers is a natural Fullback
One of our halves in a natural... something else
Honestly I'm surprised we didn't get belted last week.
The issue we have is that we need to play close to our best, at least defensively, to perhaps jag some wins. Unfortunately if we are a little off our game there is every chance we get murdered. Other teams could be a bit off and still be good enough to win games, we dont have that luxury.
I also dont want to hear any more BS from Pay about how proud he is about the boys "trying hard". The players dont need a mate, they dont need a father, they need a coach.