Crossroads.
2-3 with Melbourne to come.
Soldo must play as ruck #1 because Nankervis is trying - and failing - to get by purely as a battering ram.
We must jettison unskilled labourers - Parker, Aarts, Ross - but these are easy changes and will not in isolation salvage our 2022 campaign.
Jack must go. It’s time. Can’t jump, can’t burst, can’t separate. Can hyena a goal or two but is getting in the way of Lynch and Balta whilst applying zero defensive pressure.
If we are to play Soldo and thus get more leather moving at the coal face against the top side in the comp, Jack must make way to give his comrades more space and to allow for the resting ruck to drift forward.
Crossroads call. Coaching staff integrity call. Are the assistants a bunch of yes men or can they advocate for renewal?
Are we still in the fight for 2022 or are we humouring faded stars with an extended victory lap with one eye firmly on the national draft?
Or, worst of all, are we once again crippled by poor decision making?
We will find out in the next month.
2-3 with Melbourne to come.
Soldo must play as ruck #1 because Nankervis is trying - and failing - to get by purely as a battering ram.
We must jettison unskilled labourers - Parker, Aarts, Ross - but these are easy changes and will not in isolation salvage our 2022 campaign.
Jack must go. It’s time. Can’t jump, can’t burst, can’t separate. Can hyena a goal or two but is getting in the way of Lynch and Balta whilst applying zero defensive pressure.
If we are to play Soldo and thus get more leather moving at the coal face against the top side in the comp, Jack must make way to give his comrades more space and to allow for the resting ruck to drift forward.
Crossroads call. Coaching staff integrity call. Are the assistants a bunch of yes men or can they advocate for renewal?
Are we still in the fight for 2022 or are we humouring faded stars with an extended victory lap with one eye firmly on the national draft?
Or, worst of all, are we once again crippled by poor decision making?
We will find out in the next month.