Official Wade Graham

[Gards]

Personally I feel we should show Wade as much respect and understanding as Fifita and I am not one for pushing Andrew or Wade out of the club early but there are some practicalities and health aspects to consider. Ideally they both get well enough to play out their contracts on the park for us but we need a decent level of form to come with that.

I think Fifs is a good captain in short bursts. over a whole season I dunno how he would handle it and if he would keep his discipline and emotions in check but its kinda irrelevant if isn't on the park bit like with Wade and next year Mccines and Dale are both excellent candidates already experienced captaining their clubs in the past

 

[bort]

Personally I feel we should show Wade as much respect and understanding as Fifita and I am not one for pushing Andrew or Wade out of the club early but there are some practicalities and health aspects to consider

I think Fifs is a good captain in short bursts. over a whole season I dunno how he would handle it and if he would keep his discipline and emotions in check but its kinda irrelevant if isn't on the park bit like with Wade and next year Mccines and Dale are both excellent candidates already experienced captaining their clubs in the past

Fifita does have some very selfish elements to him, I think the limited opportunities to be captain motivate him to make the most of it, I think if you just named him captain in preseason and set and forget he would probably just play his typical game and not get that 'I AM THE CAPTAIN TONIGHT' boost. TBF at times his typical game was pretty ****ing good.

 

[Sparkles]

I don't see Wade as a guy who, especially at this stage of his career, would cause trouble with someone else as captain. It'd be name only anyway. Was Gal really captain when Ennis was on the field?
Having said that, I think Wade's condition is worse than he lets on (and I can totally understand his desire to play on), so I don't expect him back... and kind of hope he gets the advice to retire. The timing just looks right, for his health and to stabilise the squad heading into 2022.

 

[bort]

I don't see Wade as a guy who, especially at this stage of his career, would cause trouble with someone else as captain. It'd be name only anyway. Was Gal really captain when Ennis was on the field?
Having said that, I think Wade's condition is worse than he lets on (and I can totally understand his desire to play on), so I don't expect him back... and kind of hope he gets the advice to retire. The timing just looks right, for his health and to stabilise the squad heading into 2022.

Quite possibly although I certainly don't know him well enough to say for sure.

As for Gal/Ennis not uncommon to have numerous players with leadership roles, both official and unofficial.

And as for Wade's condition I'd be somewhat inclined to agree other than Wade saying (yes, I know we said what he lets on) that he caught up with Boyd and that reassured him a lot he was nowhere near as bad.

 

[Paul C]

Wade has done good for us in the past but his time was up before he started to get head knocks.

 

[Thresher]

Current training staff get my tick of approval

 

[HaroldBishop]

Like looking in the mirror.

 

[bort]

That's about the fittest Wadeo has looked in a while

 

[Thresher]

I think I just heard a *boing* noise from the direction of DJ Habib's place.

 

[stormshark]

He's a Proud champ. A Fifita's a proud champ- Lets hope they both fit and firing together- Lethal!!

 

[Blix]

Saw him down the beach the other day….photos can be deceiving….he really is not looking fit for mine!!! My misses couldn’t believe he was a professional footy player when I told her, who he was!!!

Amazing what a shirt on……and a set of weights can do for ones figure !!! Hahaha

 

[HaroldBishop]

Saw him down the beach the other day….photos can be deceiving….he really is not looking fit for mine!!! My misses couldn’t believe he was a professional footy player when comparing his rig to mine.

 

[bort]

Saw him down the beach the other day….photos can be deceiving….he really is not looking fit for mine!!! My misses couldn’t believe he was a professional footy player when I told her, who he was!!!

Amazing what a shirt on……and a set of weights can do for ones figure !!! Hahaha

Don’t think he’s ever been a 6 pack/ shredded dude though
One of cams accountant mates, wades always had a little spare around the middle
Plenty of NRL forwards aren’t ripped, as long as he is strong where it counts and fit enough to do what he has to do

Rather he work on tackle than cut some meats or run a few extra kms

 

[Blix]

Whilst I agree not the end of the world, considering his prior injuries additional weight isn’t going to just slow him down it’s going to put additional unneeded load on his body !

Anyway it is what it is, just had to laugh when I saw the photo

 

[HaroldBishop]

Whilst I agree not the end of the world, considering his prior injuries additional weight isn’t going to just slow him down it’s going to put additional unneeded load on his body !

Isn't concussion the main issue for Wade though? I know he's had other injuries but I reckon they're the least of his worries atm.

 

[Sparkles]

Any pics of the old grey matter?

Isn't concussion the main issue for Wade though? I know he's had other injuries but I reckon they're the least of his worries atm.

Yep. Next session need to be Nintendo DS brain training

 

[Gumby]

Really think we should look at co captains. Take some weight off Graham’s shoulders.

Personally I’d remove him from any captaincy role but that won’t happen. Think him and either McInness/Finucane should share the role.

 

[egg]

McInness will be on the park for the full 80 mins
Gets my tick of approval

 

[Gumby]

McInness will be on the park for the full 80 mins
Gets my tick of approval

Just looks a natural leader IMO.

 

[Western Sharkie]

Don’t necessarily need co-captains but more so “leaders” on the park.
Having a “C” next to your name is more prestige, and it’s more about what they do out in the middle as leaders that counts (Aka Ennis and Lewis).

I think Graham will benefit more from the “leadership“ that we will get from the likes of Finucane and McInness (with Fifita as a spiritual leader) and I don’t think they “need” a label to perform.

Some of the Captain duties outside of the playing field could also be delegated to others so if you want to relieve pressure away from Graham, just delegate some of those duties to senior players. Just MHO!