Loved how he was like "I don't like you anymore Hughesy" all coz of the Tool he got haha! He said he should most likely be back next week, but will be taking it slowly to get back into match fitness.

What????Taking it slower than he has been before he got injured???

thats where the club falls down....

Kouta will come in and pinch 50 minutes of game time from a kid.... and he wont be here next year.... but hes still going to STEAL development time away from an Edwards or a Bower or a Joey Anderson....

Thats the Pagan way.....

And there I was thinking that one of the objectives is to win ...

Seems that if we play youngsters and we lose, heads have to roll. But if we bring guys like Kouta into a midfield light on for experience and bulk and jag a win, then heads have to roll again. You've got 'em coming and going Synbad

Wjhy is that???
Im not following you or you canbnot join the dots of logic.
Regardless of whether we play Kouta or Anderson/Bower we lose... it doesnt change.
The difference is playing Kouta robs a kid of game time... the kind of games the kids need under their belts for their development.. in the meantime Kouta will retire and the club gains nothing by playing him.

Is that more clear????

Kouta playing - lose cos he doesnt chase...doesnt run..playing with 2 men less.. (Lance too)
Playing with Bower/Edwards/Anderson... - we lose.. cos theyre young... but you win in the long term because youre trying to get 50 games under their belts.... and we can get 18 more in one of them this year yet....

We need some experience Synbad especially around the contested football. Murphy will be happy to have some support around the packs. No secret you have no time for Lance or Kouta but once again think big picture they are not our sole problem at the moment. We are playing the kids and we do need some hard bodies around the ball for support. Now the coaching strategey is another thing

I agree.. we do need experience.. now if that experience was a Robert Harvey or a Brad Johnson.. a Chris Johnson... or a Shane Crawford it would be welcomed... but when its Lance and Kouta.... i reckon it has the opposite effect....
They dont put in ... they dont put in , in the physical stakes.. and they dont work hard enough.... so everyone else is under the pump.

Agree that I wouldn't mind the experience of a Brad or Chris Johnson but I disagree with your thoughts on Lance and Kouta. Maybe they may not be as defensive as they should be but when the ball is their to be won they will have a dip and more often than not they will win the contest.

Sorry big fella agree with most of your thoughts but not on the Kouta or Lance issues

What????Taking it slower than he has been before he got injured???

thats where the club falls down....

Kouta will come in and pinch 50 minutes of game time from a kid.... and he wont be here next year.... but hes still going to STEAL development time away from an Edwards or a Bower or a Joey Anderson....

Thats the Pagan way.....

Where was Lance the last 2 weeks in the 2nd half when these games were up for grabs?

It's a tough one with Kouta.

We already have one of the youngest teams on the field ever, so we can not afford to get too kid hungry and risk burning them.....

Seriously how many kids can we play and get away with it long term???

I am really worried that we might burn some of our good draftee's out...

Need Kouta to look after some of these kids, there's too many thugs out there like baker....

It's a tough one with Kouta.

We already have one of the youngest teams on the field ever, so we can not afford to get too kid hungry and risk burning them.....

Seriously how many kids can we play and get away with it long term???

I am really worried that we might burn some of our good draftee's out...

Need Kouta to look after some of these kids, there's too many thugs out there like baker....

Need Kouta to look after some of these kids, there's too many thugs out there like baker....

Where was Lance the last 2 weeks in the 2nd half when these games were up for grabs?

Firearm Fevs wrote:
It's a tough one with Kouta.

We already have one of the youngest teams on the field ever, so we can not afford to get too kid hungry and risk burning them.....

Seriously how many kids can we play and get away with it long term???

I am really worried that we might burn some of our good draftee's out...

Need Kouta to look after some of these kids, there's too many thugs out there like baker....






Rambo Stallone wrote:

Not really we not asking the first year players at all any games it's just a bonus if they can, but someone like Hartlett who is on the crossroads,he knows it as he should have got a 2 year contract and maybe giving Bower or Edwards a game and dropping back one of the kids or player out of form.

Terrible list management means we have few senior players that are any good.
That does not mean we keep players cos they have been at the club for a long time even though they have little impact.
Kouta and Lance do very little to protect the kids or to stop them from being exposed.
In my opinion get them off the list at the end of this season.
and go full out to bring a player who can contribute to this football club from another club.

But a frontliner... we dont need players who are not frontliners...