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Danny 'Bedsy' Buderus
A young half with talent? Would make too much sense for us to try to sign him, so we won’t.
In all seriousness, the Warriors feel like the opposite of us in so many ways. They tinker with the roster and churn through players as much as we just sit on our hands lol. They have even bigger problems with attitude and cohesion than us, but because they don’t just let sit there with their thumb up their collective arse, their spine depth leaves ours for dead:
Hooker: Wayde Egan, Freddy Lussick, Taniela Otukolu
Halves: Shaun Johnson, Chanel Harris-Tavita, Ashley Taylor, Daejarn Asi, Ronald Volkman, have already signed Luke Metcalf for next year
Fullback: Reece Walsh and 3-4 guys who can fill in there if needed, Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad signed to replace departing Reece Walsh
Now, obviously the guy they thought was the future in CHT and a guy they took a punt on in Ash haven’t worked out. But they are already prepared to replace them.
Obvs Brailey is better than Egan, KP is better than Walsh or CNK and Shaun Johnson’s physical decline has made him no better than Clune or Milf atm… but Asi, Volkman and Metcalf are all much better prospects than the likes of Crossland and Hoy (and probably Clifford given what a head case he appears to be), and Lussick & Otukolu aren’t great but they’re at least genuine #9’s rather than utilities who aren’t good at the basics.
Not advocating for copying the Warriors because they also suck, but maybe a middle ground between constant wheeling & dealing and total complacency would be nice. Expecting Chris Randall to fill in for Brailey for 3/4 of a season and doing nothing at all to lighten the load is just malpractice.
In all seriousness, the Warriors feel like the opposite of us in so many ways. They tinker with the roster and churn through players as much as we just sit on our hands lol. They have even bigger problems with attitude and cohesion than us, but because they don’t just let sit there with their thumb up their collective arse, their spine depth leaves ours for dead:
Hooker: Wayde Egan, Freddy Lussick, Taniela Otukolu
Halves: Shaun Johnson, Chanel Harris-Tavita, Ashley Taylor, Daejarn Asi, Ronald Volkman, have already signed Luke Metcalf for next year
Fullback: Reece Walsh and 3-4 guys who can fill in there if needed, Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad signed to replace departing Reece Walsh
Now, obviously the guy they thought was the future in CHT and a guy they took a punt on in Ash haven’t worked out. But they are already prepared to replace them.
Obvs Brailey is better than Egan, KP is better than Walsh or CNK and Shaun Johnson’s physical decline has made him no better than Clune or Milf atm… but Asi, Volkman and Metcalf are all much better prospects than the likes of Crossland and Hoy (and probably Clifford given what a head case he appears to be), and Lussick & Otukolu aren’t great but they’re at least genuine #9’s rather than utilities who aren’t good at the basics.
Not advocating for copying the Warriors because they also suck, but maybe a middle ground between constant wheeling & dealing and total complacency would be nice. Expecting Chris Randall to fill in for Brailey for 3/4 of a season and doing nothing at all to lighten the load is just malpractice.
