2023 who do we blood in

[winnyason]

Everyone opinions on kids in our ranks

Zach Fulton - put 10 kgs on him bring him into squad.
Gordon chan kum tong - with our 9 issues is he an option ?
Samuela Fainu - big wraps from reports seems he be in roster next season
Alec Tuitavake - not seen much of him
injuried alot
Jamie Humphrey's- had clubs chasing him not sure if we retained him ??

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

Everyone opinions on kids in our ranks

Zach Fulton - put 10 kgs on him bring him into squad.
Gordon chan kum tong - with our 9 issues is he an option ?
Samuela Fainu - big wraps from reports seems he be in roster next season
Alec Tuitavake - not seen much of him
injuried alot
Jamie Humphrey's- had clubs chasing him not sure if we retained him ??

Well we can’t attract anyone else so may as well !!

 

[robbiea]

Im ready to blood any red hot young #7 who cant get a run in 1sts.
Time to start from scratch starting from the Halfback out.
Get on the phone mr Ceo ,get him out of here.

 

[Andrew..]

Well we can’t attract anyone else so may as well !!

And that's one of my gravest concerns; I'm worried we are heading into Titans and Tigers territory. A situation where we will have to pay extra to get good players, hence our salary cap becomes even more askew and we end up trapped in a loop.
I only hope Tony Mestrov is a smart operator and he can get us pointed in the right direction.

 

[JakeyB789]

Why not start blooding some of these guys now with our season over? Can't do any worse than the current team, and we are gaining literally nothing playing guys that are leaving in Marty, Walker, Davey and yes even Foz. It's essentially 3 free trial games only actual NRL experience.

Look at Cowboys, last year debuted blokes like Nanai, Neame, Luki and are benefitting from that now. Des's hesitance to play younger players and sticking with pretty much the same team each week is his biggest problem IMO and why we need to go in a new direction.

 

[double hoops]

If there is no experience and on field leadership brought in, any young kid blooded next year are just lambs to the slaughter.

 

[winnyason]

Well we can’t attract anyone else so may as well !!

Absolutely

 

[The Who]

Let's blame our Centre of Excellence for the poor performances this season.
Our players are too pampered. Hot baths, spas, fridges full of snacks and chilled drinks, comfy seats....
Bring back the cold showers and garden furniture.

 

[Eagle 1]

Everyone opinions on kids in our ranks

Zach Fulton - put 10 kgs on him bring him into squad.
Gordon chan kum tong - with our 9 issues is he an option ?
Samuela Fainu - big wraps from reports seems he be in roster next season
Alec Tuitavake - not seen much of him
injuried alot
Jamie Humphrey's- had clubs chasing him not sure if we retained him ??

Fulton and Tuitavake, love to see these guys get some 1st grade game time next year. Also Sam Fainu not yet, but could be our best next thing the following year.

 

[winnyason]

Fulton and Tuitavake, love to see these guys get some 1st grade game time next year. Also Sam Fainu not yet, but could be our best next thing the following year.

Yeah was thinking the same those 2 boys

 

[Tragic Eagle]

Why wait until next year. Now is the time to start giving them a shot. We gain nothing using the players that are leaving when they couldn't help us beat the team coming last.

 

[davohan123]

No one if we have des as coach he doesn't do it. We may see one or 2 get a game but very unlikely.

We will have more young talent walk away from our club if we are not careful.

 

[MW66]

We have already had Sione Fainu, Feledy and Dunford get poached. Feledy and Dunford are spoken of highly. I know we cant keep them all but surely more could have been done. Latu Fainu's contract potentially acts the same as Tom/DCE's contracts - put pressure on remaining $$'s. Gee I hope he is a gun and can play FG next year.

 

[winnyason]

Why wait until next year. Now is the time to start giving them a shot. We gain nothing using the players that are leaving when they couldn't help us beat the team coming last.

Yeap what's the point of waiting. Can't understand picking Davey to start

 

[Kalvin]

Alec Tuitavake - does this guy even exist? I don't recall ever seeing him play in any grade recently?!

 

[WiseyEagle]

Some think the Burbo experiment is going well?

 

[mickqld]

We need 4 new props. Marty gone, Keppie dud, Sipley dud, Paseka injured too much. Until that happens we aren't going anywhere higher than bottom 4.

 

[Disco]

We have already had Sione Fainu, Feledy and Dunford get poached. Feledy and Dunford are spoken of highly. I know we cant keep them all but surely more could have been done. Latu Fainu's contract potentially acts the same as Tom/DCE's contracts - put pressure on remaining $$'s. Gee I hope he is a gun and can play FG next year.

I doubt Latu plays first grade next year....think he only turns 18 next year

 

[Disco]

We need 4 new props. Marty gone, Keppie dud, Sipley dud, Paseka injured too much. Until that happens we aren't going anywhere higher than bottom 4.

We are higher than bottom 4 this year with those props....

And were top 4 with those very same props last year.....

 

[XV-1]

I have heard this guy called Turbo is pretty good