if we were rebuilding id understand if we are playing crap. but we arent even rebuilding by buying the likes of cuthbertson and morris. rebuilding is signing a 17-18year old. playing them now. we might get smashed everyweek but in a year or 2 they will come good. but then you have to manage to keep the same team together.
just look at the bloody west tigers. there team is dead set ****house on paper. but somehow they keep winning!
That's not correct.
On the Tigers- Marshall, Moltzen, Tuquiri, Ellis, Farah, Heighington, Galloway, Lawrence (and when he comes back) Tuaki, plus talented youngsters like Ayshford, Fifita and Lui? That's a horrible team?
You're also wrong about whether we're rebuilding. This idea that to rebuild effectively means having a squad made up of blokes below a certain (completely arbitrary) age ***** me to tears.
You need older, experienced players for young players to develop properly. These older blokes- in our squad, guys like Morris, Barrett, Gal, Covell, Williams and Tupou- mentor the younger blokes. They set the standard at training. They pass on knowledge. They lead. And they take the heat of the younger fellas on game day by taking most of the responsibility.
Throwing 17 kids out there together is not going to aid their development in the long run. In fact for a lot of them, its going to harm them severely. You've got to be patient and bring them in when they and the team are ready.
As for Cuthbo- he's not exactly 32, he has talent and he's a forward, who don't usually develop as early as outside backs. I'm willing to give him more time. I don't think prop is necessarily his best position. What's more, it was only three weeks ago when heaps of people were giving him points for being one of our best against the warriors.
And to be honest, didn't play too bad last week either. But yeah, disappointing buy to say the least.
