The future of Victor Radley

[NorfolkStreetKid]

Not really related to what we should do with him, and never going to happen, but I was really curious about how he would go at 5/8 if given the chance.
I always wondered if he could've played a similar style to Wighton and just be a running 5/8. He's pretty quick off the mark and passes well, and wouldn't be a defensive liability. If he could have developed a little kick, I wonder how he would have gone.

Interesting little thought experiment.

I reckon lock is his spot if he can get his head right, not quick enough for 5/8, no kicking game that I have seen, I absolutely thought he was the best lock in the comp back in 2019, he showed plenty of ball skills, toughness etc, if he han forget trying to be the INFLICTOR and just play footy he will be a star again.

[Qld Chook]

Not really related to what we should do with him, and never going to happen, but I was really curious about how he would go at 5/8 if given the chance.
I always wondered if he could've played a similar style to Wighton and just be a running 5/8. He's pretty quick off the mark and passes well, and wouldn't be a defensive liability. If he could have developed a little kick, I wonder how he would have gone.

Interesting little thought experiment.

Good shout. He is a better option than Manu IMO. But my preference is Keary/Walker combo.

[TumutChook]

Option 5. Reggies for as long as it takes to to get his discipline sorted.

I'd be happy for the Cheese to find another club. Money better spent elsewhere.

Couldn’t agree more regarding the Cheese. I think Turpin has been every bit as good as the Cheese this year, isn’t a flog & saves us about $500k. I rated Lodge last year but he’s a perennial perform when chasing a contract then stinks it up on big coin, it’s happened at all his clubs so far. I’d punt him & again save $500k on a younger bloke, or keep that money for N.Brown,Whyte etc. Then happily led Rads go as $700/800k for a dozen average games a year just ain’t worth it. Then by moving the Cheese/Rads/Lodge we would have $1.5 mill spare to chase some other blokes that couldn’t actually play worse. A backup hooker to Turps, for cheap, keep some young lads or see who’s available.

[Sentimentinel]

Agreed. Cheese ain't an 80 minute hooker. Fark him off. Cheese is a fat, stupid, powder sniffing goose.

Email the titans as regards a player swap. Bring our Grand Final Hero home.

[Dr. Voodoo Man]

Email the titans as regards a player swap. Bring our Grand Final Hero home.

Works for me

[Tennessee Tornado]

So in the last two weeks of posting the collective chookpen wants to get rid of the following players:

• Teddy
• Hutch
• Suaalii
• Keary
• Paulo
• Allan
• Crichton
• Cheese
• Lodge
• Tupouniua
• Radley
• Nat Butcher
• Momorovski
• Connor Watson
• Terell May

And on top of that bring in Hasler as head coach.

Thank fuk none of us are anywhere near the management team

[NorfolkStreetKid]

so in the last two weeks of posting the collective chookpen wants to get rid of the following players:

• teddy....... Stay
• hutch........go go go
• suaalii.......stay, play wing or go
• keary......... Stay
• paulo........... Can stay, but will probably go
• allan.............can stay but will probably go
• crichton.......stay
• cheese..........stay and play bench or go, no huge loss
• lodge............stay but will probably go
• tupouniua......stay at 2nd row
• radley............. Stay and grow up, hate to lose him
• nat butcher..... Stay, but bench only
• momorovski.....stay, but will probably go
• connor watson.... Stay, good cover
• terell may.............stay

and on top of that bring in hasler as head coach.

Thank fuk none of us are anywhere near the management team

go go go

[Bates]

Email the titans as regards a player swap. Bring our Grand Final Hero home.

That's a yes from me.

[Qld Chook]

Works for me

Can we get Liu too?

[Ray Stehr]

What is your preference?

Don't get me wrong, there is plenty I like about Victor.

But with Watson, Cheese, Nat Butch and now Sitili able to do very good jobs in the lock role (without perpetually getting sent to the bin or penalising us out of the game), is there room for Victor moving forward?

He has turned into an incredible liability re the prospects of the team.

I once thought he could be a future captain, but it's clear he doesn't have the temprament....he cannot keep his head. He almost makes Luke O'Donnell look like a calm cool headed choir boy in comparison.

As was pointed out by a couple of observers, and which I somewhat agree with in the context of this season, we don't seem to lose much by not having him playing (and some argue its a positive by not having him on field).

Is there a future for him?
Is it just a bad patch and he'll settle and come good somehow?
What needs to happen to ensure his viability in the starting 17?

I'm a bit torn on this.

Stupid post.

[Steakface]

Stupid post.

You are a true intellectual aren't you Ray? Bucketloads of depth in all of your posts

[Steakface]

This thread serves no purpose Not much good can come out of it

If this thread serves no purpose, then you could comfortably extrapolate that out to include 95% of what gets posted on this forum

If you believe my post is a waste of time, then surely you've got to question your own participation here.

[zac]

we've just signed him until the end of 2027 and he wants to stay here and that's what will happen. i'm more than happy with that

[Vasco]

We are a much better team when he is wearing the no.13

He's just a victim of the way he plays the game. Unfortunately he is struggling to come to terms with the changes he needs to make to his game.

[Bates]

We don't need the games best rake with the roster we have. I was surprised Robbo let Verrills go. He ticked all the boxes that were important to our playing system. Robbo now has another opportunity with Jake Turpin who would cost less than The Cheese with potentially more output.