about time Uncle Nick brings back the brown paper bags

[Guest]

[QUOTE=Vasco;218119]If that is the case why would he leave after Smith is gone?

With SBW, don't we have to wait until his manager is accredited before he officially signs any contract?[/QUOTE]
No! SBW can negotiate his own deal with advice from whoever he pleases...

[Cockadoodledoo]

I think our teams full of creativity and skill,,,its the coach not doing his job,,
E.g look at the dogs they looked hopeless untill Hasler came along

I can only think of a few creative players.. I forgot to add vision.. we lack here big time.

1. Mini, pretty limited as a playmaker.. The fact he is now more heavily involved in this area is a sad indictment but he has improved in this area admittedly.. He is though more an instinctive player.
2. Perrett.. good for hitups.. Extremely limited in almost all other areas
3: Moga.. too early to call but has plenty of upside and potential
4: SKD.. He can to an extent be creative but absolute heart attack material.. Another completely instinctive player
5: Leilua.. Love to see him in tighter, can get second phase play away.. Still raw but he is quite skilful
6: Anasta.. next
7: Pearce.. shows some promising signs but is more a structured player that appears quite limited and has been heavily coached. Vision is so so but with a real 5/8 would be better to judge..
8. JWH.. don't expect front rowers to have a lot of skill or vision
9: Friend.. Seems unfit.. too slow from dummy half and seems disoriented when running the ball..
10.. Kennedy... See JWH
11.. Guerra.. Great runner of the ball.. Like him a lot but needs to improve his work in defense.. not the topic here though.. certainly a good attacking player..
12. Maubs.. good hole runner but no vision and limited in skill..
13. Cordner.. Love him.. Absolute top shelf.. the reincarnation of Brad Clyde
14.. Mortimer.. fantastic support player and good ball runner.. but is a poor man's Pearce as far as playmaking is concerned and that is a worry.
15. Masoe.. see other front rowers
16. Taka.. Very skilful but does not get involved enough even in his very limited minutes
17.. Tasi.. see Masoe

[Guest]

Imagine we had hasler, a man who creates strategy based on what he has.

[Guest]

I can only think of a few creative players.. I forgot to add vision.. we lack here big time.

1. Mini, pretty limited as a playmaker.. The fact he is now more heavily involved in this area is a sad indictment but he has improved in this area admittedly.. He is though more an instinctive player.
2. Perrett.. good for hitups.. Extremely limited in almost all other areas
3: Moga.. too early to call but has plenty of upside and potential
4: SKD.. He can to an extent be creative but absolute heart attack material.. Another completely instinctive player
5: Leilua.. Love to see him in tighter, can get second phase play away.. Still raw but he is quite skilful
6: Anasta.. next
7: Pearce.. shows some promising signs but is more a structured player that appears quite limited and has been heavily coached. Vision is so so but with a real 5/8 would be better to judge..
8. JWH.. don't expect front rowers to have a lot of skill or vision
9: Friend.. Seems unfit.. too slow from dummy half and seems disoriented when running the ball..
10.. Kennedy... See JWH
11.. Guerra.. Great runner of the ball.. Like him a lot but needs to improve his work in defense.. not the topic here though.. certainly a good attacking player..
12. Maubs.. good hole runner but no vision and limited in skill..
13. Cordner.. Love him.. Absolute top shelf.. the reincarnation of Brad Clyde
14.. Mortimer.. fantastic support player and good ball runner.. but is a poor man's Pearce as far as playmaking is concerned and that is a worry.
15. Masoe.. see other front rowers
16. Taka.. Very skilful but does not get involved enough even in his very limited minutes
17.. Tasi.. see Masoe

Friend is a great player one of the best but again our spine isnt fulfilled with Anasta at 6 next year we'll hsve one of the best spines.
1,6,7,9 are the spine and we have Mini, Pearce, Maloney and Friend
zfreind will improve with a better team structure