Jake Trbojevic offers nothing in attack

[frank stokes]

If people want to question value for money as well as administrative twittery may I introduce you to ...
Josh (I'm terrified of rainbows and playing NRL with intelligence and intensity as I am always injured and spend most of my time sitting on the sidelines soaking up salary cap) Aloiai

Slight tweak… and good point, in Jake we at least have a bloke who EARNS every dollar we pay him… tackles relentlessly, plays the link-man role well and rarely injured (for a bloke doing all the heavy lifting)

 

[Rafferty]

Yes Jake is on what Jake is on, his not the only one earning overs at our club, the result is our pack is our pack and we have to hope they can handle the direction of the game, which is about speed and keeping the ball in play, that’s what Penrith do and how they grind teams out of the contest.

We are going to need our halfback to become more of a game manager, we are going to need stoppages and plenty of them to assist our pack by slowing the game down, if that’s possible, while others sides work at building their game speed, we’re going to have to work in the opposite direction. I’m not a coach, but if it’s easy enough for me to see, then it’s not that hard for opposition coaches to see, gas our forwards out of the contest, won’t matter how much talent we have out the back.

 

[manly al]

Looks like Jake will be used similar to recent seasons , starting as a 13 then some big minutes at prop and every reason again , to expect again a generally very valuable input in defence with the also generally accepted limitations attacking wise .
More concerned who will take over at 13 for whatever time during a match and what they may have to offer .
Worked out O K when Dylan Walker had that role and Nathan Brown had been able to bring in some real punch but not sure now with Nathan over the full season duration .
Still maintain again that Jake was subject to just too big a workload last season which did result in him becoming quite jaded towards season "s end .
Have to take into account also that Jake was still considered S O O level last season even if he was used a bit sparingly at times .
Package deal with Turbo did definitely result in overs , realistically , probably should have been more in the 700 - 750 range and a further impediment on the overall cap helpful situation but have had our two Josh"s now even being more of a negative so everything in perspective i guess .
Not helpful for title quests , not the only club affected but certainly does not help .
Fortunately in Jake"s case , never can be any doubt with his total effort commitment and at least to date , reliable durability