Will be ready in 2028? But this is February 2026.
So that would mean going into 2027 with old man Cook and with (the excellent) Liddle and with the same lack of #9 options that are causing us serious problems at this very moment. At this very moment!
If that is the plan, I sure hope that Kyle...
1. Kurt Mann has played plenty of lock for the dogs. He is reported at 184 cm and 88 kg. I think it is a matter of the style of lock play.
2. I agree that LKT's strengths are passing and backing up. And he has some neat short kicking. Suitable to develop as a #9?
Utilty could be LKT's entire future. And that is not necessarily a bad thing. It has certainly given Kurt Mann a respectable career when the future may have looked dark for him at one stage.
I think that Sloan was never taught how to tackle. In cover defense or any kind of lateral moving defense, his speed should allow him to get close to the target, get hands, chest or shoulder contact and bring him down. He doesn't have to leave the ground or do anything dangerous. Oh well.
Luke Keary is the guy in recent years who has amazed me. If you see him with his shirt off, he looks like a schoolkid waiting to be bullied. Plenty of guts there.
When players and player managers start publicly offering negative opinions about the team and selections, it's over. We have all seen it so many times. We don't want those kinds of people around a team. In fact, I was surprised to see Ilias and Glover take that route. Poorly-advised young men...
I try not to kid myself. First grade would have crushed me. But enjoying the contact sets players like Tsougranis apart. Got to have them in your team. The bulldogs and broncos have players like that across the park. It seems to be a (n understandable) failing in Sloan and has held him back.