What happens when Latu starts to put pressure for a starting role?
Then Benji has a Luai/Doueihi/Latu/Twal/May/To'a/Turuva/Lualili'i/Tavana/Skelton/Pole/Hunt/Seyfarth dilemma.
Being an NRL coach must suck.
Lucky he has Madden though. Irreplaceable! :p
Ok. So Doueihi to #13 to fit Luai back in, because we must keep the backup #7 in obviously.
That moves Twal to prop?
Then we have a Pole/Hunt/Seyfarth/Skelton/To'a/May/Lualili'i/Tavana/Luai dilemma.
Personally, I'm amazed Benji can sleep at night.
We are so unaccustomed to doing well we need to find a problem getting our star player back..
Getting Luai back will be great. Nobody talks about the dilemma of Taylan May coming back & having to decide on a winger to miss out.
There is no dilemma.
Luai to #6
Doueihi to #7
They didn't just extend Doueihi 3 years in order to move him & accommodate Madden.
Madden has been good. He's the back up.
With the NRL about to be 2 teams deeper in the next couple of years, Jock Madden is ensuring his next contract is a healthy one.
He could start for 2-3 teams now. His kicking game is better than anyone at the club.
That said, he's the 4th half at the club & will be selected as such.
We are in...
Dragons lack strike power. Only player on that roster right now I'd have interest in, and only if the coaching staff thought they could salvage him from himself, is Tyrell Sloan.
How he isn't on the field for a team that can't score points is beyond me.
First try...sure- he could have helped Mak more.
No other try was scored outside Luke or due to a defensive play from Luke. Tries were scored through Mak/Madden inside him.
2nd try was between Madden & Mak off a forward pass too.
He's just trying to squeeze out the last bit of juice from the old thinking of the club. Used to be easy click bait picking on the Tigers. He's just slow reading the room.
Give us 5 more wins & he'll be talking us up like potential premiers.
Honestly- Taylor might be the best option of that group.
Hiring Peters now that he is confirmed as PNG coach is suicide. He can get his eyes over every Sea Eagles junior he might want in PNG & convince them to follow. Same with Arthur.
You have to go with someone unaligned for the future...
Agreed. As bad as the worst of the Tigers rosters.
The problem I see is- most of their promising young players are already mercenaries.
Where is that clubs progression plan?