CLIT COMMANDER said:I think Stuart's strategy is sound with this team. There will be no razzle dazzle; the only way to win is to restrict the Qlders scoring.
He will attempt to emulate St George's style of play; kick for field position, tackle and grind em down.
You've got to start somewhere.
Agree with that, we have tried to play Queensland at their game for the last 5 years and where has it got us.....zero from five!!
I am not a huge Ricky Stuart fan BUT I can see what his plan is...and you never know it "might" actually work
Matabele said:Look at the Queensland 1,6,7,9 spine. They have ben together in Queensland and Australia for 6 years now.
Dugan has not played with Soward or Pearce ever. Soward has played one or two games with Pearce. Ennis has had maybe one game with Dugan. NSW are jolly lucky Inglis and Hodges are out as it eens it up a little bit.
BUT they have to start somewhere....this team will need to be together for say 4 or 5 SOO games before they will click on, and in that time the Toads will have lost Seventy Cents, Lockyer and some of the current cream of the crop will be starting to get longer in the tooth.
I look at Stuarts job as creating a team that can instigate a dynasty such as the Toads have done, and this is going to take a couple of years.
The hope is we are competitive....the desire should be that we are creating a team of the future.