Guys I don't think we should be dis-heartened by the last few weeks. Injury has hit us early this year with Skelton, Toa, Pole being out on different occasions. We also need to understand that two of our starting vets aren't pulling their weight either.
I haven't seen any value from Jack bird in attack or defense, he has been emotional, slow in defense and doesnt have a sneaky off load or have any crafty passes in his game to be considered a good lock at this point.
I also dont understand why Royce hunt (the biggest guy in the pack) is playing softly. He runs off the back fence just to go down as soon as he touches a denfender. He adds no defensive power as Api, May, Twal and Luai end up tackling almost everybody.
Dont even get me started on staines or naden.
On the other hand, many of our players have stepped up over the last 10 weeks. Our defense has been a lot tighter then the last few weeks. Keep in mind, we have only been flogged twice, brisbane & melbourne who have the two best teams in the comp.
Hopfully we get Latu back in, I also would try and fit Sukkar and TDS into the starting side moving forward.
Drop Glavin, Bird, Naden and Stains, replace seyfarth and twal with new recruits next year.
Overall, we actually haven't done as bad as everyone is saying. We are miles better than last year, we just have a few cracks that can be patched up over this season and the next.
Claws out tigers, im still confident in a top 8 finish this season.
