What do the Tigers lack at the moment? Yep, several things, but the main commodity missing is speed and French has a lot of it. It's impossible to know what's really going on at Parra. We hear that there's a problem with the culture over there and we can't be surprised with prima donnas like Hayne and Moses or party boys like Norman in their camp… The point is, is that French's lack of form is probably a symptom of the Eels woeful lack of cohesion. He is a talent and, if harnessed properly by Cleary, could become a game breaker for us. At the right price, I would snap him up.
The problem with French is thats its reported he wants out of Parra because of lack of game time at fullback. Wests are trying to build a team. Any player, including Holmes, who's playing 1st grade and wants to leave their current team because they want to play another position don't really fit the team mould.
It's been 'reported'. There is a lot of disharmony at the Eels. I would get fed up with the Moses, Hayne and Norman egos and probably would want to get the hell out of there!