Been thinking about our forwards going forward, and the position really worries me.
Marty Taupau: We are losing statistically our best metre maker over the past 4-5 years. Leader on and off the field.
Dylan Walker: Playing as an ex-fsctor lock, that creates spark and creativity. He's gone too.
So what's left ?
Josh Aloiai: complete rocks or diamonds. Gives away dumb penalties. Always injured or missing. Creates drama off the field. Frankly, I think Gallen was right, and he's an ordinary player.
Lachlan Croker: Tough one , because I love his character, ticker, resilience. But he lacks a good kicking game, attacking spark, a running game, but also tackles like a machine. Unfortunately we have 0 other options this year or next.
Taniela Paseka: I'm kind of tired of the old , does he realise how big he is calls. He's now struggling to make our horrible first grade team. At times , he can be devastating, but that's so rare. I personally think Des is breaking him mentally.
Haumole Olakau'atu: Could and should be anything. He can literally own a game. His combination with DCE is awful. His end of season fades are worrying. His speed and aggression at everything has very much slowed from his early games (often getting a run from a stopped start) while DCE crabs like a goose.
Kelma Tuilagi: the LAST forward type we needed. More slow. More plod. More lack of intensity. I'm not sure his consistent 30 odd metre games will help us, particularly given our lock also makes very little metres.
Jake Trbojevic: he is NOT a lock. He lack the speed, lacks the intensity , lacks the mobility. Frustrating to see him dominate as a prop in SOO (finally making metres) only to see Des revert to what he knows at clubland - Des is going to break him
Karl Lawton: was a very trimmed , explosive Hooker at The Warriors. Des is forcing him to play backrow now, and he's been habitually injured since , getting pumped game after game. Des is breaking him.
Sean Keppie: A player who actually has a ticker (rare for us), but just lacks the execution. Gives away far too many penalties, drops far too many balls. Is very much a slower, power forward (similar to most others we have).
Toff Sipley: wouldn't make most other rosters, and is always the first dropped out when we are healthy. Very much embodies the plod (although tries very, very hard). Lumbering. Often injured. Limited minutes.
Ethan Bullemor: Had so much potential and wraps from Brisbane. Des has broken him. He's not making one tenth the impact he made up north. He's young and could improve (my hopes), but has regressed badly under Des.
And that's it. What we need are Reuben Cotter, Liam Martin types. Characters. Leaders. Up tempo , fast, hard , explosive players that refuse to take a backwards step. We keep bringing in plods, from bottom rung teams, and that's getting us nowhere.
The scary thing is, it's Foz who makes us direct , sharp and crisp, but these plods at forward we have, can anyone imagine them getting ball from the human crab (concentric circle DCE) and Schuster going forward ? We are ****ed.
