According to Mooney tonight we aren’t talking to Finucane
According to kent and geyer last night Finucane was close to a done deal and very likely to follow Nico to the sharks
it could simply be a matter of the club putting out some misinformation to down play our interest and talks with Dale or that we have actually kept it under raps the entire time and some media commenators are just putting 2 and 2 together and taking a punt that we are a good chance to sign Dale with no actual evidence of this.
I wonder if SJ liked Bomber because he let him get away with things whereas Fitzy won’t.
SJ played some good footy under bomber and SJ publicly stated JMO helped him with his game / supported him ect.
Yep, if we could get one experienced middle then a strike outside back we'd be in a good spot. I don't think there are any genuine speedsters out there but someone like Gagai could look real good in the centres for us.
Gagai would be a good get to partner Ramien and keep Chambers on as depth
Yep true.
We're still lacking raw speed in the backline, we need to address that imo.
I wonder if stats for tries scored from inside your own 50 are available? I'm betting we're bottom 2 or 3.
I know what your getting at as we rarely put away chances where we make a break from within our half ect but does it matter when I would take a punt we score alot of points with the oppositions 20?
Article from the courier mail.
I thought Fitz was keen on SJ - did he get cock blocked by the board/club on this decision . isn't he supposed to be the head coach putting together the team he wants?
Wow, just wow.
I really hope we have something in the pipeline for a halfback.
Moylan will not ****ing work, people think Chad has a bad kicking game.
Bad kicking game vs. no kicking game is an interesting proposition
honestly though Moylan's kicking in 2018 was pretty nice, he can do it. as a 'game controlling' half no I dont think so. but is it coaching or confidence preventing him kicking from the 6? props a bit of both
Is there anyone here who actually thinks a Hynes/Moylan combination will work??? I know Hynes has an ok kicking game but it’s not at the point that he could take on the primary kicking duties and steer the team around. Moylan’s kicking game is like my abs. Long gone. I just don’t get what Fitz is thinking here.
I really don’t like the idea of giving up on Uele. He had a rough start to the year but there’s too much upside there to throw it away. As a bench prop he might excel.
I wonder if Moylan is being kept on the cheap to keep Kennedy honest? more likely to fill that 14 role as I think Mozzas FB days are done. surely Trindal / Hynes makes more sense as the long term halves plan.
Agree on Uele, no way do you release that player , not on the basis of a couple average games for a bloke who has shown so much potential ability wise and commitment to turn things around. you cut Billy M, Woods ect there is no reason not to keep Uele around. at worst is depth
Quick work to fix Flannos mistakes. Great stuff.
easy to say in hindsight - Mozza, SJ and Duges have all been overpaid relative to their output but that's the nature of the market, they have all performed for us at one stage or another mixed with disappointing injuries and form slumps. the age we signed them at in theory they should have been in their prime with the mix of experience and young enough to still perform at a high standard. if we didn't sign them would out position be that much superior to where we are right now? Yes maybe Flanno got a bit cocky splashing the cash and expecting to make it work but he kinda earned that and had runs on the board for the club.
Mozza had a good 2018, SJ a good 2019 and Duges post 2019 has been a solid consistent performer until just recently
Maybe if Flanno he didn't get the punt for JMO to take over Flanno could have done more with the squad and found some success but horrendous luck with injuries crueled us either way and you just cannot replace players like Ennis, Lewis ect
Woods was a good signing considering dogs were paying most his wage initially and turned out to be a pretty good forward for us
