Recruitment and retention

[Red]

Read somewhere that he trained at 5/8

I read he trained there as well but not consistently.

 

[Red]

Was thinking cobbo to centre fuller to wing and permission to rove around in attack

Not a bad idea but it's not as if our wingers have been letting us down. And Bostock will be back shortly. I can only see dropping Averillo or Kodi. Or dropping Hammer......

 

[Blockade]

n funny that knowles is going well

Going well? 0 T, 0 LB, 0 TA, 0 LBA, 72 Avg RM, 4 OL, 9 P/RI given away. A 91% TR is good, but they need a lot more from their lock forward. I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt as he adjusts to the NRL. But, the Dolphins are much more effective with Donga or Plath wearing the #13.

 

[Liverbird with Phins up]

Going well? 0 T, 0 LB, 0 TA, 0 LBA, 72 Avg RM, 4 OL, 9 P/RI given away. A 91% TR is good, but they need a lot more from their lock forward. I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt as he adjusts to the NRL. But, the Dolphins are much more effective with Donga or Plath wearing the #13.

I agree and assume he is talk about knowles.

As you highlight the stats, i tend to use the eye test. With Plath and Donga, hr is 3rd based on what I have seen. Hr is nonexistent in attack, defensively solid with errors and penalties in him (not up to the speed of the Aust game).

And with 2 lock/Utilities why would you recruit a 3rd. If Woolf wanted him, I question his ability to be effective in the cap mgt game.

Knowles early on is no where near the other two, and id hazard a guess, if you tried to offload him, youd get no NRL takers. I have similar fears for Williams. To me a dumb move.

If anyone is telling you he is going well, they need to start watching netball. Because thr have no eye for NRL.