That is why coaching is important and getting that rotation right. Ideally you want May (good defender) paired with Pole and Hunt coming on and paired with Twal/Klemmer (both good defenders) and ensuring that there is no overlap with Pole and Hunt ie. ensuring Pole is on with either May and Klemmer/Twal and the same with Hunt.
Back rowers hold your edge D together and one of ours while talented, is very young & showed he’s still got defensive lapses in him. Who knows who plays on the other side. Seyfarth?
If that is the case, Latu still has 2+ full months of pre-season to get himself in the shape to play #13 & impress Benji with his attitude to learn a lesson.
Yep you need way more speed through the middle, I think 13 is the best option for bird at this point, do I think he'll play 20+ games there? Of course not, but until Bateman situation is resolved play bird at 13 and John at 12, if John goes then Bird to 12 and Sione Fainu to 13. Or maybe someone falls from the tree, but you know what you'll get from bird at 13. He plays above his weight, sticks a good amount of his tackles and can ball play, sounds like a pretty good lock to me, we know it's unlikely he'll stay fit, but you can't have everything, especially not at his price
I’d say that’s why sione is training there .
For a kid who’s grown up playing a creative position, presumably on natural ability given his now recognised attitude to training and soft tissue injury history, you’d have to think a move to the middle in the NRL might be a bridge too far at age 20. Happy if he proves me wrong.
Surely with the lack of interest , not just in the nrl but there arnt exactly a bunch of SL clubs banging down his door either , that he’s having a come to Jesus moment , and punch to the face of reality . Whether it’s true or not, he now has a stigma of being a nightmare . If he hates it here , he should come back and rip in because that’s his quickest way of leaving here . If he does the opposite it’s going to be a long 2 years , that will probably either end up with him in NSW cup or , catastrophically for his career , training by himself .
I think it simply comes down to how it's configured.
John won't even if that was put to him. He's a prick
No pitchfork here…we are a stronger outfit with him here and playing well.
The coach isn't the one that is the problem out of those two. It's the bloke looking for excuses to not turn up to training
That’s a very one sided view of the situation.
It just amazes me someone can be that unprofesional and still rep their country
It’s clear Bateman dropped his bundle and became overwhelmed with the leadership of the worst team in the comp . It all became too much for him .
Yeo, Loiero, the two best teams aren't moving towards hybrids.
You gotta pay him man ! Theres no way around it . You just gotta find commonality, to get a performance from the guy . Even if that commonality is each of you thinks the other is a massive waste of oxygen .
