Sitili set to re-sign

[Serenader]

I think I’d like to see JWH come off the bench.

I think Robbo’s pack would include Nat Butcher.

Yep. No way NButch misses out under Robbo.

[Serenader]

Firing = good form, injury free and no silly suspensions.

You can guarantee with JWH, Radley and Sitili in the pack, there is going to be suspensions!

[Steggles]

Sitilli is the most potent attacking forward the Chooks have & people who think he can’t tackle or gets caught out in defence are kidding themselves. Every player at times misses tackles or gets caught out in defence or drops the ball but overall Sitilli is rock solid.

It astounds me that Sitili isn’t highly rated here on the Chookpen. In my opinion, he offers more than Nat Butcher, who is no doubt a good bloke, a hard worker and shows leadership qualities, whatever that means. When fit, he’d be my 3rd forward picked each week after Collins and Smith.

[Bates]

You can guarantee with JWH, Radley and Sitili in the pack, there is going to be suspensions!

The opposition will be sledging JWH. He needs to grow a thick skin and fast

[theGman]

It astounds me that Sitili isn’t highly rated here on the Chookpen. In my opinion, he offers more than Nat Butcher, who is no doubt a good bloke, a hard worker and shows leadership qualities, whatever that means. When fit, he’d be my 3rd forward picked each week after Collins and Smith.

Steggla
Inconsistency and poor ball control are the areas I believe he must improve.

He's also prone to shirt grabbing under fatigue.

For mine, Sitili is our ace in the pack coming off the bench and terrorising the tired opposition on the edges.

[Serenader]

The opposition will be sledging JWH. He needs to grow a thick skin and fast

Sure will. Hopefully he has learnt after the brain snap late in the season

[Steggles]

Steggla
Inconsistency and poor ball control are the areas I believe he must improve.

He's also prone to shirt grabbing under fatigue.

For mine, Sitili is our ace in the pack coming off the bench and terrorising the tired opposition on the edges.

Some good points, but he won’t get to play much footy on an edge with Butcher in the starting team. With regards to ball control, Sitili is more often or not getting the pass at the same time as he’s hitting the line; maybe we need to look at how our ball players are feeding him the ball with him receiving it say a stride or two before the line. Not too many players can consistently hold the pill when it hits them at the same time as the defender. Our ball players put our guys under too much pressure in attack and it’s one of the reasons our completion rate is often not that great.

[theGman]

Some good points, but he won’t get to play much footy on an edge with Butcher in the starting team. With regards to ball control, Sitili is more often or not getting the pass at the same time as he’s hitting the line; maybe we need to look at how our ball players are feeding him the ball with him receiving it say a stride or two before the line. Not too many players can consistently hold the pill when it hits them at the same time as the defender. Our ball players put our guys under too much pressure in attack and it’s one of the reasons our completion rate is often not that great.

Fair point.

I suppose we didn't see Sitili and B.Smith combination this year due to injuries.
We'll wait and see.

[roosterchook]

We need to work out urgently what is causing so many players to get injured during training. Our injuries are holding us back from being at our best and some of these are occurring during training.