For the money he is costing we need Maloney like performances. Not comparing him with Benji - neither are long term options - but like others have said Benji costs us nothing and when the coach has got him ahead of Josh something has got to give. If he gets another shot - he has to offer more to the team than enthusiasm and energy which we all know he has bucket loads of.

NSW were great, but gee QLD were less than ordinary. Well done to Freddy - I thought he was nuts to drop Latrell - but by adding Tommy T we really lost nothing.
Cant see QLD winning the next game with that forward pack - Kev may need to make some changes if his own.

I cant see how he fits in. Can’t have him and Liddle on the bench, and he wont take Benji’s place. Reggies for Josh at the moment.

Geez Melbourne have some gun players coming through. What an eye for talent they have.

Corey wants more than we are prepared to offer. Fair enough if you have someone better to replace him but considering our recent strike rate doesn’t instill great confidence.

Well I guess if we had something more exciting to talk about than waiting to see if Tim Mannah is going to sign - reflecting on why we cant manage to retain and recruit the good players we have had and lost wouldnt be an issue.
To go forward we have to figure out why we are poor in this area instead of making excuses for why other clubs do it better.

@balmain-boy - is that not Melbourne being proactive? Negotiations were reportedly held off while our CEO went on holidays! He was in our system and if anyone had the upper hand in securing him we did, and we screwed up. You can keep making excuses, and blame player managers, but the facts remain we have a record of poor recruitment and retention and JAC is an example of that.

Fittler discovering that selecting SOO sides a lot more challenging, once you are responsible for it, than sitting on the outside looking in with all the answers.
His predecessor copped plenty for his selections yet was able to win a series against a QLD side that was arguably the best of all time, and only fell short by the smallest of margins in another series.
Injuries have hampered the selection process no doubt, but 7 changes from the first team that he selected makes you question his judgement.
The pressure is definitely on him.

He had energy and got through it but it was a terrible game.

If L Mitchell is dropped Fittler has lost it.