@MacDougall said:
Lol no space for an 85k option that sits in NSW cup… It's called having halves depth. I guarantee that Jack Littlejohn is going to be in the top squad because if he isn't and one of our halves go down in round one we'll ruin our second tier salary cap. If he's in our top squad that means that he'll be earning exactly the same amount or more than Te Maire Martin would have cost us because he would have cost us MINIMUM WAGE. We could have just kept him and activated the option on him instead of signing Littlejohn.
The main problem is that he is better than Brooks and Moses. He is, plain and simple, better than them both.
The thing about him is, you can just tell his style will translate to the adult game. He doesn't standout at NYC because of the level of the NYC, he stands out because he has a complete game, he compliments the players around him and they him and his three dimensional threat makes each individual skill magnified because;
a) His ability to put his forwards through holes causes defenders to lay off him, opening up his running game.
b) His running game causes defenders to rush up on him to try to shut him down which opens holes for his ball runners.
c) His kicking game is almost the best in NYC to boot.
Like, he's the most no brainer superstar in the making I've ever seen. The way he's looked in NYC is ten times anything Brooks and Moses showed at the level. The only possible knock on him is his size, his actual defensive technique is really good and better than both Brooks and Moses.
He's a better passer than both, a better runner than both and is at least as good a general play kicker as both. How anyone can dispute it is beyond me.
In pre-season the way he links with guys like Cartwright and Dean Whare is going to have Clearly and Gould juicing from their loins.
The proof will be in the pudding and he will show us in the long run that this makes the decision to let Fifita, Koro etc. go pales in comparison to this one.
This on top of other recent posts show an alarming amount of ignorance. I've probably been martin's biggest fan for the past 3 years but there's no way he's even at the same level that Brooks and Moses were at at the same time.
Both Brooks and Moses dominated more at NYC level than Martin has. This season martin has been very inconsistent, more so than Brooks and Moses were, his kicking game has been atrocious at certain times, and his defence non existent at others. Moses has by far the best defensive technique of the three.
At other times his passing game has been superb. But Brooks and Moses setup more tries, scored more tries and kicked more 40/20's than Martin has. That's why they moved up a grade much faster.
Yes i wish we re-signed Martin as a backup, but we didn't. Broncos didn't keep Taylor as a backup either. He had a contract which they released him from.
There is a massive difference between NYC and NRL. I think Martin will make it, but still has a lot of work to do. Having a more balanced and experienced squad will help him though. Having Soward do most of the work will enable him to just chip in here and there, if he gets his chance. No certainty when competing with Soward, Wallace, Moylan, Docker Clay and Panther's own juniors.
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Kharwin could definitely be in the NRL side come round 1\. Really not many infront of him on the wings. Sirro will be even better after a full off season, as will Felise and Tatola.
Marsters looks like a great 2nd row option too. Makes good metres and offloads a lot, good offloads too not the crap we usually see from our drongos. Playing Seve on the right wing is criminal though.
