think you could run with May or Doueihi at 13 and it would be fine, the issue is we need a pig that can scatter defenders on play one. we don't have that currently.
Thoughts on Terrell May as a 13 TS? He gets through a lot of work and can ball play a little bit but what the team is lacking is a real physical presence in the middle. Give me an aggressive 50-60 minute pack leader at prop and I think we can cover lock.
100% that is where the deficiency lies. I outlined in the deep dive how I see the May/AD thing working. May could well play 13 as he has all of the skill but looking at the way our "style" is coming along I see AD as a link to get both JL and Latu wider as required and May as the cue for ad lib second phase play with Api up his bum and Luia trailing.
Beat me to it. Not many fitting the profile coming off contract for 26 though. Pick of the bunch who are gettable are probably:
genuinely incredible analysis mate and really breaks it down beautifully. the key is ensuring AD is big enough and ugly enough to make 50 tackles at 95% efficiency in the middle. we get that sorted and he will revolutionise our attack in the way you describe.
Surely promising WT youngsters and their parents/guardian with half a brain would look at the Galvin debacle and steer well clear of it unless something massively changes.
I like Hughes but I worry about his motor, although Ciraldo tends to use a big forward as a human shield in the first 15 before making way for the smaller forwards when the sting's been taken out of the game. he is 24 and has the physical tools to make good. I'd certainly be having a chat.
Whilst Doueihi was good again, with Latu also playing well despite being shuffled a bit because of the To'a injury. I saw Fainu as somewhat limited/wasted when playing as the 13 in attack and particularly when we were in their 20 for so long.
Josh Papalii
For me it’s one more NRL run on prop. We have one in our squad, we need at least one more so all the other bench props we have can fulfill their roles as bench props.
ahhh okay thank you !
That’s our secret Arthur Beetson, we keeping under wraps so he doesn’t catch that new NRL virus going around Pus and Measles.
In the current setup definitely agree. I think the transition will happen over the offseason. I share jrtigers concerns about AFs ability to absorb the defensive requirements so it may need to be a role.shared with Twal until he is capable.of.handling the grind.
Spot on
Perhaps this is the model, you have AD who is a weaker defender, however, surround him with middles that have a high work rate and tackle percentage like Twal & May, this could be why Royce is not really working for us and perhaps why we seem to be selective about the middle we could be targeting. Problem is you have Api as a weak link (ordinary effective tackle %), would probably work better with a Reece Robson style 9.
