I think you're all way too harsh on Mbye. He shouldn't be captain and doesn't deserve the dollars he's on, but he's nowhere near the problem with this side and has been playing fine at centre. I'd have him in my side easy every week. He's a class above other options. He's not an impact player, and we desperately need those sorts of players, but you don't drop solid players if you don't have someone better. Really think this is over the top for what he's doing.
Our issue is our defensive fortitude when it counts. We simply get sloppy and passive at crucial times. Parramatta opened up the game late in the first half last week when we started to get intimidated and Warriors did the same in the second half. We just don't match teams when they lift. Talking about who is playing centre or not has nothing to do with how we go about winning games.
We need a Gareth Ellis, Boyd Cordener, Rueben Wiki, Ben kennedy, Jesse Bromwich sort of player that our forward pack can be led by. We had that with Ellis in 2010 and 11, and we tried to get that in Adam Blair, but we've not had it since. Ellis was a player who would change the momentum of an attacking or defensive set with a big hit-up or a really strong tackle which would slow the speed of the opposition. No one in our team can do that. In my opinion, that's all this team needs to be a top 8 team. Talk about backs all you want, but they're the frilly stuff at the bottom of the dress.
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