@Blacknwhite said in [Latrell Mitchell Contract Discussion](/post/1098799) said:
I pray he doesnt come.... or if he does we screw him down on price.
900k is for players who can turn a game regularly, this bloke doesnt even turn up to captains runs consistantly. Gun players dont come here because they dont think they are the final cog in the machine to make us contenders. Mitchell isnt the final cog to make us a success.
Respect your opinion, what do you think is the final cog? I think it's a 9 a 1 and an outside back
sounds silly but a real damaging second rower is a piece we need more than a back. Matterson hurt us. Frizell, Cordner, Taumalolo et. al. add both extra starch to the pack, yet also unlock the backs when running numbers. I think Brooks can read the numbers, just we lack the venom to sell the cut outs so we dont profit from indecisiveness. Matterson out wide was more dangerous than when he was in the middle.
Mitchell benefitted from having Keary inside him and then Cordner. Defensive lines dont slide hard when Cordner is an option, though any defender in the league would hedge their bets on stopping Lawrence one on
one for example. Mitchell would become our new Teddy pass when nothing is going on. If Mitchell was a fullback with all his skills, of which he has a fair toolkit, he wouldnt have lost the job long before Tedesco rocked up.
I think you’ll find Big Luci will fill that role nicely, big body with some ball playing ability!!
Im a fan of his.... but what are we going to do for the other 72 mins of the game
Come on buddy he is a young forward that is developing and hadn’t been given a chance as a starting player, he will blossom this year I think.
Luciano is a freak, i really like him, truthfully, but expecting more than half a game from his is insanity. He has been a fringe first grader for years now, every coach he has ever had has tried to get him fit and failed. Even an amazing pre season would only allow him to play that half a game he has in him with less time trying to catch his breath, hands on hips sucking in the big ones. Im not even talking trash here, 10 mins on the park has him looking like he has emphasemia, ***cold hard truth***.
Every game he started last year he played 80mins. **Cold.Hard.Truth**
plenty of players can stand out there for 80 and be ineffective... He doesnt have the gas tank. Dont think he ever will... I really hope Im wrong though. If I am be sure to let me know I doubted him, but his game suffers at 80 and like Sue becomes weak around the ruck when he is blowing.
Hi mr black and white I thought I’d let you know that in the games mr Luciano played 80 mins he went like this
2018
Rnd 24 v bulldogs 47 made 0 missed
Rnd 22 v eel 49 made 2 missed
Rnd 19 v cowboys 31 made 1 missed
Rnd 17 v storm 33 made 2 missed
2019
Rnd 22 v sharks 26 made 2 missed
I think because mr Luciano is plump it gives the perception his work ethic isn’t good when it Infact is highly effective