Agree 100% on all points!
Maybe if the Dogs are picking up some of his salary for next year, that'll bring the two sides closer. Because exactly, where else is he going to go?
Hope he can be recruited but more importantly, can't show desperation and overpay players. That strategy is a fast train to nowhere.
I agree with you but with JDB, the Couchmans, another few kgs heavier but just as fast and fit, and LPT, that just might be a very handy frontrow rotation.
Here's hoping but props don't usually come good until after 3 seasons of 1sts and not before they turn 25 - 27 yrs old in my experience
Be positive mate I use to be also but how can we be positive over the last 10 years of the same crap being dished out by this club and board ........ Wrong players being let go wrong players signed on ....... All I said previously was if true about the Couchman boys then the same crap continues ........ Well let's just hope we hear some good news soon with signings ........ I for one can see us slowly improving if they let the coach do his job ..........
Agree, and I also subscribe to the theory the the prop age is shifting down a little bit due to the increased speed of the game (i.e. less need for as many big bodies and more room for younger legs/agility), iirc Gus used to say props come of age between 27-28yrs of age.. but I think maybe 24-25 might be the new norm.. and I think the Couchies are atleast 1yr ahead of the norm.. they are the only kids I can recall coming through 'early' at Saints in a very long time.... Tonga is I think ahead of the curve also.. but hes still 1-2yrs of development behind the couchies, he could overtake them as an impact forward though with his size.. but he would have to dominate NSW Cup next year... i.e. its a long way to go.
I don't mind the mistakes, which to be sure, they did make too many of in the few chances they got. Faster game, harder hits, more subtle foul play, most new to first grade make more mistakes. What is important is that they showed they have all the skills to excel for a long time to come. Strong runners, footwork, can pass and JDB-like defenders.
Agree, I found the development of young forwards v young backs was completely different due to their roles and responsibilities on the field. I can always remember the forwards in banter having a go at the backs especially the wingers, so the big boxhead prop when being interviewed would say " For anyone watching the game for the first time dont worry about jumper numbers the wingers are the blokes with the clean jerseys ". If we could keep and develop the Couchman's it takes me back to the Fijian Toga brothers back in the early 70s, Inosi and Apasi who tragically died of tetanus after cutting his foot on a reef when he went back home in the off season in 1973. Both played 2nd row for us. Back then they had a cult following we need to have that again with the Couchman's if they are good enough to play 1sts.
Couldn't be more spot on.
The past is the past if you wanna keep focusing on that shit sure, or you can join us and actually enjoy seeing the first year with some positive change that we can get behind as supporters in that same 10 year period.
Agree we are heading in the right direction let's hope that it's left to the coach to take us forwards and not the influence of the drop kicks we have on the board ....... Anyway let's wait and see It has to be better than what we have been dished up previously
I don't know. Yes, there are a lot of promising juniors but to be frank, that is Griffins doing. As far as recruitment goes, Flanno still goes for every journeyman reject that comes onto the market, like Griffin, McGregor and Price.