Why. Have heard he tends to be lazy, goes missing at stages, not heard that about Tino.Their stats are similar with Tino just edging our Fifita in most. We need to call the Bullgrubs bluff and offer a swap deal with Hunt, match their salary and seal the deal by bringing Tinos brother here on a DC or Top 30.
I think his form hss been good this year. Just Couchman :x 2 and Coric mean we won't need any expensive imported props.
Flanno wont want them as props, at least I hope he wont.
Why? A position the club is really short in and playing in the middle appears to be where they are best.
Can we make that assumption when we have not seen them on the edge as yet. Do we even know what he and Ryan weigh as our useless website does not say.They look built more like back rowers than props to me.
I think they were both tried in the middle and on the edge in the lower grades. It was decided they are better in the middle. IMO the way they play is similar to JDB. Even though they excelled wherever they played in the lower grades, they always seemed to me to more naturally suited the middle.
Musgrove, Coric, Tino, Thompson?, Viliami Fifita, juniors Webster, Johnson.
As we rarely ever see lower grades that may be only speculation. I'd like to see Flanno give them, or at the least Toby a run on the edge as Carr has not, but he is playing Toby in the back row is he not. Ryan has been at lock in Ressies.
The way players other than middle forwards generally get all the accolades is my pet hate. You ask
jodragon40, the middle forwards are the foundation on which the rest of the team can build.
Tino? Jumping the gun a little. Musgrove, I agree he should have been in first grade more but he's hardly killing it. The rest are a mystery. Will they ever make it in first grade? I hope so but the Couchmans appear to be a sure thing.
Not against it but it really seems to me, their games are suited to playing in the middle. I don't think they'd be anywhere near as good on a edge. But I certainly support giving it a try and some point over the next 7 games. Problem is, I think Carr wants to get wins, not try out new things with an eye to the future. It might require Flanno calling him and telling him what's what if he wants to retain a position at the club next year.
Edge backrowers are shaping up as a real problem unless someone is brought in from the outside. Like Fifita for example
. I like the idea of Suli being retrained to play in the backrow. He plays a backrowers game now just without all the tackling. Gets the ball, rarely passes and runs hard. If he has or can gain the stamina to tackle much more, I think he'll make a much better backrower. Just my views.
Bud is going nowhere.
Yes, snap out of it Carr.
I've been a fan of Buds for a while but it seems to me, he's a better running 5/8 than the organising half we need. I think it's a shootout between Junior and Bud for the 5/8 spot.Bud is going nowhere.
Flanno won't let him go.
So Hunt is leaving & Bud wants out just when the #7 becomes available.
I don't think so Tim !
There is something everyone is overlooking as far as Amone goes. He had the charges downgraded so he was no longer over the (criminal) "no fault stand-down" limit but he's still facing serious criminal charges which will likely see him jailed for around a year if found guilty.Yes he could be. Don't worry Flanno will sort it out.
He's a 5/8, isn't he?
