Exactly right! Benji's in a tight situation right now. Why would he replace all those under-performing players when there is literary none that can replace them. Competitiveness starts from bottom up. not top down. Develop our talent pool instead of buying second hand players. Replacing Benji is...
Tigers>
Best Performance: Api
Worst Performance: Olam
Dragons>
Best Performance: Hunt
Worst Performance: De Berlin (Selfishness adapted from playing with Kumuls).
Cody Walker will do a better job than Hynes and Latrell Mitchell have more origin experience than Suaili. 30K is a long-term origin contract that most nsw coaches forget.
Just because the rabbits are not up the ladder does not mean they cannot nibble at the QLD carrot. Give a loser a winning...
Alaimalo and Olam combo is good in terms of Attack because of their unexpected offloads and thier ability to draw in players when carrying the ball.
But if defense is our priority, then Alaimalo should pair with Staines on the RHS (2 and 3 respectively) and Olam with Lobb (4 and 5 respectively)...
Seeing the Replay carefully (Round 9 vs Bulldogs), I see that we have lost due to missed opportunities in the second halve. Otherwise we are doing quite well, honestly.
Try-scoring opportunities: 1. Galvin Line break and not spotting Olam on the LHS...