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Roger the alien

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I would pick all of these guys for our backline in first grade before Okunbor.
Jake Averillo
Josh Addo-Carr
Jacob Kiraz
Paul Alamoti
Aaron Schoupp
Jeral Skelton
Braiden Burns
Corey Allen
Declan Casey
Jordan Samrani
Blake Wilson
 

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I would pick all of these guys for our backline in first grade before Okunbor.
Jake Averillo
Josh Addo-Carr
Jacob Kiraz
Paul Alamoti
Aaron Schoupp
Jeral Skelton
Braiden Burns
Corey Allen
Declan Casey
Jordan Samrani
Blake Wilson
Of those , Skelton could be an option. Kiraz would be a better winger, but I also think he might be one of our best centre options. But the rest aren't much more likely than Okunbor, obviously you only have the Foxx on 1 wing ?
 
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YeS, I WiLl Go AnD rAjAb WiLl PlAy HaLfBaCk.

FFS you guys just don't think, do you?

a) We have no option to play halfback if Flano leaves and there is nobody better on the market.
We have plenty of options. At least 29 other options. We could literally put anyone that either plays in that position or not in the 7 .

a) we improve since we’ll have someone that actually can play some attacking footy

b) we don’t notice any difference since the current half doesn’t have any attacking footy anyway so replacement can literally stand there
 

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We have plenty of options. At least 29 other options. We could literally put anyone that either plays in that position or not in the 7 .

a) we improve since we’ll have someone that actually can play some attacking footy

b) we don’t notice any difference since the current half doesn’t have any attacking footy anyway so replacement can literally stand there
Great ideas, la familiar. Why don’t you share your ideas with Gus on Twitter? I’m sure his mind would be blown.

#herpaderp
 

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Davey could be a safe option to replace Jackson on the right edge. With Vaughan gone we might have to use rfm as a middle forward.
8. Tpj
9. Mahoney
10. Thompson
11. Kikau
12. Davey
13. King

14. Topine
15. Sutton
16. Rfm
17. Pele ?
 

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29 names so far:

Aaron Schoupp
Andrew Davey
Bailey Biondi-Odo
Braidon Burns
Brandon Clarke
Christopher Patolo
Corey Allan
Corey Waddell
Declan Casey
Franklin Pele
Hayze Perham
Jackson Topine
Jacob Kiraz
Jacob Preston
Jake Averillo
Jayden Okunbor
Jeral Skelton
Josh Addo Carr
Kyle Flanagan
Luke Thompson
Matt Burton
Maxwell King
Paul Alamoti
Raymond Faitala-Mariner
Reed Mahoney
Ryan Sutton
Samuel Hughes
Tevita Pangai Junior
Viliame Kikau
 

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29 names so far:

Aaron Schoupp
Andrew Davey
Bailey Biondi-Odo
Braidon Burns
Brandon Clarke
Christopher Patolo
Corey Allan
Corey Waddell
Declan Casey
Franklin Pele
Hayze Perham
Jackson Topine
Jacob Kiraz
Jacob Preston
Jake Averillo
Jayden Okunbor
Jeral Skelton
Josh Addo Carr
Kyle Flanagan
Luke Thompson
Matt Burton
Maxwell King
Paul Alamoti
Raymond Faitala-Mariner
Reed Mahoney
Ryan Sutton
Samuel Hughes
Tevita Pangai Junior
Viliame Kikau
Decent squad
 

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29 names so far:

Aaron Schoupp
Andrew Davey
Bailey Biondi-Odo
Braidon Burns
Brandon Clarke
Christopher Patolo
Corey Allan
Corey Waddell
Declan Casey
Franklin Pele
Hayze Perham
Jackson Topine
Jacob Kiraz
Jacob Preston
Jake Averillo
Jayden Okunbor
Jeral Skelton
Josh Addo Carr
Kyle Flanagan
Luke Thompson
Matt Burton
Maxwell King
Paul Alamoti
Raymond Faitala-Mariner
Reed Mahoney
Ryan Sutton
Samuel Hughes
Tevita Pangai Junior
Viliame Kikau
Someone do the rough calculations that seems way below the cap to me
 

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Guess their taking a punt, we're light on for props hopefully he gets fit and steps up over summer.

Sam Hughes straight in too.
Yeah we are a bit light on props. I just don’t think he’s shown enough for a top 30 spot.
 

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So you mean to tell me we only have 2 dummy halves, 2 5/8 (one Averillo), 2 halfbacks (one BBO who is out for half the season. Doesn’t look good
 

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Yeah we are a bit light on props. I just don’t think he’s shown enough for a top 30 spot.
He has had a lot of injuries hopefully can stay fit. At flegg level he was dominant carrying the ball, but very few games. Same with jack Todd.
 

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Going by that top 30 I really hope Gus is looking at player trades and hitting 2024 guns hard
 

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So you mean to tell me we only have 2 dummy halves, 2 5/8 (one Averillo), 2 halfbacks (one BBO who is out for half the season. Doesn’t look good
Perham is a utility back. Plays anywhere from 1-7 and plays pretty decent for that. And all other plays play at R11, so that frees up Rajab, Gray, Hayward etc
 

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29 names so far:

Aaron Schoupp
Andrew Davey
Bailey Biondi-Odo
Braidon Burns
Brandon Clarke
Christopher Patolo
Corey Allan
Corey Waddell
Declan Casey
Franklin Pele
Hayze Perham
Jackson Topine
Jacob Kiraz
Jacob Preston
Jake Averillo
Jayden Okunbor
Jeral Skelton
Josh Addo Carr
Kyle Flanagan
Luke Thompson
Matt Burton
Maxwell King
Paul Alamoti
Raymond Faitala-Mariner
Reed Mahoney
Ryan Sutton
Samuel Hughes
Tevita Pangai Junior
Viliame Kikau
Is this accurate? I thought someone said declan Casey was on a nsw cup contract, also Ava must be gone which is surprising.
 

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Is this accurate? I thought someone said declan Casey was on a nsw cup contract, also Ava must be gone which is surprising.
Man true where’s Ava. No news of retirement or anything wow
 

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Man it's hard to get too excited about that top 30 squad. I can't wait until this time next year. It'll be the first time in 10 years we'll have had a top 4 squad.
 

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Very surprised to see Samuel Hughes elevated to the top 30, Ciraldo must rate him highly, he had a solid year in Flegg/cup this year but I still would've expected both Jayden Tanner and Phillip Makatoa to be ahead of him.
 
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