What to do with Anasta?

[Johnny Tobin]

Carney isn't staying.

[Guest]

Sadly the only position Anasta can play is 5/8. He will do the least damage in that position. We all need to be ready for at least one more season of that. Hopefully our pack will be better balanced without him and 2013 we can move forward without him.

[Guest]

I'm convinced that Braith Anasta is like one of those kids who acts like a total shit in private but is a beatific angel when the parents around.

I'm beginning to dislike him more and more.

[Vasco]

If Carney is leaving then we are better off with Anasta at five eighth.

He is more use to us (only margninally) at five eighth rather than wasting a spot in the back row.

We have plenty of back rowers who will do a better job than him.

It's now time Pearce stepped up. No more "he's still learning" or "he will come good".

In 2012 he NEEDS to be a fully fledged top shelf halfback. With Anasta outside him he has no choice.

[bondi-boy]

Carney isn't staying.

Yes we know.

[BUDDY]

If Carney is leaving then we are better off with Anasta at five eighth.

He is more use to us (only margninally) at five eighth rather than wasting a spot in the bac krow.

We have plenty of bac krowers who will do a better job than him.

It's now time Pearce stepped up. No more "he's still learning" or "he will come good".

In 2012 he NEEDS to be a fully fledged top shelf halfback. With Anasta outside him he has no choice.

With Anasta and Pearce as our halves I can see us averaging 12 points a game next year.

[Guest]

The equation is simple

If Anasta plays 5/8 in 2012, we don't make the 8

[bondi-boy]

Well that's how it's going to be at 6.

We might make the 8, but I worry about our variety in attack, line breaking ability, and pointscoring ability.

[Guest]

Anasta knows no fear on a football field but I think when he plays in the back row he thinks of himself as a five eighth, and plays like one, problem is, back rowers rack up a lot of tackles five eights do'nt. If Carney is dismissed by the board Anasta does have a legitimate place in the team, we can't play two five eighths for eighty minutes for when we do we have a genuine forward missing in our team . Personally I would hate to see Carney sacked so for me its a no win situation, unless Anasta is made to play a genuine forwards role, with bench time thrown in..

[Headless Chook]

With Anasta and Pearce as our halves I can see us averaging 12 points a game next year.

We averaged the same with Carney and pearce for a good eight weeks earlier this season.

[Kingbilly]

With Anasta staying and the crap gone, the club will begin to grow.
He is not the best 5/8 in the comp but he is far from the worst. He will give all he has and forget the Funch comparisons he is 5x the player he ever was.

Unlike many that have made their minds up about he, he is a decent honorable man and thats the sort of person we need to influence the younger players at the club.

[Headless Chook]

What people tend to overlook when discussing carney and Myles and the like, is the adverse effect their indiscretions can have on our ability to recruit younger players. I know that if my 18yo son was approached to go to the Roosters I would have some misgivings and reservations about him going there due to the 'party boy/lack of discipline image the club has. As Billy said above me, Anasta is far from the best five eighth running around, but he's also not the worst and hopefully his professionalism can rub off on guys like JWH, BJ, Tasi, Cordner and the rest of our up and coming players. If this does happen, we may one day rid our club of the stigma it has earned over the last 3 or 4 seasons.

[Pass the Ball]

Maybe we can fire him out of a cannon at half-time!!!

I think this is still the best answer to our conundrum...

[Guest]

With Anasta staying and the crap gone, the club will begin to grow.
He is not the best 5/8 in the comp but he is far from the worst. He will give all he has and forget the Funch comparisons he is 5x the player he ever was.

Unlike many that have made their minds up about he, he is a decent honorable man and thats the sort of person we need to influence the younger players at the club.

Spot on - well said!

[Vasco]

The equation is simple

If Anasta plays 5/8 in 2012, we don't make the 8

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