Didn't Tim Watsford say in the podcast that his top priority is to sign an elite halfback? I suspect Luke Metcalf may be his target, although he is not available until 2027. If the target is Metcalf or another player in 2027, our half for 2026 is likely to be young Flanno, LKT or Ilias.So we are dropping LKT to make way for Anderson? Who is gonna be the halfback?
LKT has to work on his defence but no way I'd be dropping him or having him play halfback.
Atkinson will be interesting for next year. He doesn't have great speed but he is a good reader of the game and can back up and defend plus has a good kicking game. Anderson needs to get us some props and a marquee of any sort for next year.
Atkinson, not Anderson RedV01.So we are dropping LKT to make way for Anderson? Who is gonna be the halfback?
Atkinson, sorry! It is so easy to mix up Anderson with Atkinson.
Great analogies Dave03 and good points you raised. Yes. JDB has slowed down noticeably and I am thinking the same that the recruitment/retention staff have made the right decision about him. But the big thing you mentioned was the need to get players with great mobility. With them we would certainly improve our defence.
Lets cut to the chase Dave, so what we are saying is we are relying heavily on our juniors to fill the mobile forward void for next year. Thats fine, but both JH and LPT will have to have big pre seasons, they both struggled in defense against the panthers, throw in LKT to get his defense right and we maybe a show, I think we can all forget about getting that Alpha prop, pretty sure Klemmer is going to be the one.
Again, it could be a case of chasing our tails Justa. We continued that going in circles and not really getting anywhere syndrome this year and like the past 10 or more years. If things don't come good and we stay in that rut for next year with the juniors not really reaching the heights that we have placed on them, something drastic has to happen and we will be disappointed yet again.
Yep agree we do have a lot of 'mobile forwards' most of them 20-22yrs of age, but they still need atleast 1 big dawg to lead them around.. I know Klemmer isnt gods gift at his age, but if we are arent going to sign any more props for 2026.. then 1 more year for Klem.. so be it... again 'manage his minutes' that has been his problem end of season, he did huge minutes in that warriors game and i think 1 or 2 others around that period...
There would be no question Dave that we would be smoked by either of those 2 teams. I am always worried about blooding juniors into teams that are struggling and expecting them to be the Saviour. Have a look at the good teams their juniors come in and its seamless. Please tell me what ours would have learnt over the last few weeks getting thumped by 40 pts each game. Sure they will need to improve their defense, and how many years in a row have we been waiting for that to happen. ? We needed to be further up the ladder to at least attract some good prospects, we're not, as a matter of fact we are worse than last year. I would be imagining that DA would know that recruiting for the Dragons is not an easy task.
100% Justa.
Thats the thing Rev, no one knows what the Dragons are up to, good thing or bad thing ? I imagine that DA with what he had available to him at the Roosters didn't have to pull too many strings to get players there, we of course are a different story, lets hope he can weave his magic.
Turned out we could have used him due to the injuries to both Couchmans but when he wanted out, I thought Flanno should've jumped at the chance to get rid of him. Klemmer is better and Gular about as good.