First Grader
2023 LOSSES
Andrew Davey (Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs), Sione Fainu (Wests Tigers), Kieran Foran (Gold Coast Titans), Jorge Taufua (Wakefield Trinity), Dylan Walker (New Zealand Warriors)
Running through the list I feel this way....
Davey - Reliable, likeable and hard working, but not a star edge and the youngsters we have are better options.
Fainu - Mobile and powerful young forward - till will tell, but retaining Latu and Samuela is way Bigger imo. and Samuela could be the biggest suprise packet, rated as an absolute gun and I expect to see him push for selection in 2023.
Foran - Huge fan of this competitive leader, but his best is in the past and I really see more upside with young Schu getting the 6 in 2023 and moving forward will miss his experience, but understand the call 100%.
Taufua - Been a great Manly man, but has been a strong NSW cup standard wing in recent times and career move to England was best for him and us - but wish him well, always gave his best !
Walker - There have been mixed opinions on Walker, but i thought he has been near our best on many occasions in the past 2 years....his input off the bench added much spark and enthusiasm, need 1 or 2 rookies to step up or a big loss.
Taupau - Ambles up slowly always looking for risky offloads and his intimidation from a bloke who at 1 time had every forward scared, is long gone....defence was poor and lazy often, played like a bloke not interested for a while now and happy to say goodbye.
What's the opinions of fellow Silvertails and whether they are the same or opposite to mine, absoluely sweet as always respect others opinions on here and makes for healthy debate.
Andrew Davey (Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs), Sione Fainu (Wests Tigers), Kieran Foran (Gold Coast Titans), Jorge Taufua (Wakefield Trinity), Dylan Walker (New Zealand Warriors)
Running through the list I feel this way....
Davey - Reliable, likeable and hard working, but not a star edge and the youngsters we have are better options.
Fainu - Mobile and powerful young forward - till will tell, but retaining Latu and Samuela is way Bigger imo. and Samuela could be the biggest suprise packet, rated as an absolute gun and I expect to see him push for selection in 2023.
Foran - Huge fan of this competitive leader, but his best is in the past and I really see more upside with young Schu getting the 6 in 2023 and moving forward will miss his experience, but understand the call 100%.
Taufua - Been a great Manly man, but has been a strong NSW cup standard wing in recent times and career move to England was best for him and us - but wish him well, always gave his best !
Walker - There have been mixed opinions on Walker, but i thought he has been near our best on many occasions in the past 2 years....his input off the bench added much spark and enthusiasm, need 1 or 2 rookies to step up or a big loss.
Taupau - Ambles up slowly always looking for risky offloads and his intimidation from a bloke who at 1 time had every forward scared, is long gone....defence was poor and lazy often, played like a bloke not interested for a while now and happy to say goodbye.
What's the opinions of fellow Silvertails and whether they are the same or opposite to mine, absoluely sweet as always respect others opinions on here and makes for healthy debate.
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