It is an issue. The Pathways' team has been outstanding in identifying and signing the best of our young talent. We need continuous improvement in this area including additional resources because the importance of junior talent to our club was on display in the NRL game.
We don’t have enough top 30 spots to waste one on Bird
So any reporter can say ,OH the tigers are looking at xxx , then we just say sorry we can’t sign that bloke , have that as ur high horse u won’t be signing any one , it’s one way of still sitting at the bottom of the pack
It’s the player manager talking to the media part and Richo’s previous comments on same.
Over joyed , just saying u just can’t have a one rule policy, yes if it comes from ur camp , but u can’t expect to have everyone else outside ur organisation to do the same , it’s just commonsense
Hope it doesn’t go the same way as Stepo then , wonder way it’s taking so long , u would have thought it would have been done months ago
Probably due to lack of top 30 spots.
Faataape is a player , first season in a new completion, structure etc. give him an off season, I will bet my left nut he will be very good for us. Relax.
I thought our attack and defence improved when Klemmer was off and to a lesser degree [defence wise] when Stef was off.
IMO he is getting better, in particular his defence. More head on tackles.
Faatape is like a 75% tackler meaning he misses 1 in 4 tackles. that's a real problem when your a solo defender out wide. If he improves that he has a bucket tonne of potential. Like many have said a full preseason and a body build up and that could change. But I don't think he can be a first choice for us if we are serious until his defence is fixed.
I think based on how he's improved this last month that he's now well ahead of To'a, Naden and Feledy on the depth chart.
Most impressive thing is 15 tackles and only one miss.
To be honest, when he hasn't been pressured by the backs around him, he has been quite a consistent defender
