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[Guest]

I had a long conversation with Ryan today and he sounds great. He is still training hard in country where the minimum temps at the moment are about 33 degrees. He has droped back to 100kg's and feels a lot better for it. I would say the odds of him being back at the Roosters in a good frame of mind are better then good. Expect him back within a month.

Tell him to stop being a sook,harden the **** up and have a decent go!

[Chris]

I had a long conversation with Ryan today and he sounds great. He is still training hard in country where the minimum temps at the moment are about 33 degrees. He has droped back to 100kg's and feels a lot better for it. I would say the odds of him being back at the Roosters in a good frame of mind are better then good. Expect him back within a month.

Fantastic news mate! I really do hope he comes back.. would love to see him in the Roosters Jersey!

[Cockadoodledoo]

Tell him to stop being a sook,harden the **** up and have a decent go!

My feelings too but I will go with whatever Brian Smith thinks is best.. Maybe take Ryan to meet some people who have recovered after some real major trauma (some para-olympians) and see how they rebounded from those setbacks..

[Cockadoodledoo]

I had a long conversation with Ryan today and he sounds great. He is still training hard in country where the minimum temps at the moment are about 33 degrees. He has droped back to 100kg's and feels a lot better for it. I would say the odds of him being back at the Roosters in a good frame of mind are better then good. Expect him back within a month.

Thanks Murry.. I know you would have the best mail.. There is a real opportunity for him this year if he really wants it.. He is going to have to work extra hard when he comes back so I hope when he comes back he will have the right frame of mind.

[Guest]

Respectable defence in Qld/NSW Cup maybe, where they've played the majority of their careers. Both of these blokes have limited consistent first grade experience, especially Conn who is injury prone to boot.

I don't recall Symonds' defence being a problem in the games he played.
And he's probably played just as many NRL games as Conn.

To me the bench named is far too one dimensional. And it leaves the team in a real hole if one of the backline is injured unless, wait for it, we use yet another second rower in the centres. Or even aim for a front rower.

NC

I'm a fan of Symonds, I'm more in favour of him starting in the centres or even 2nd row. As for koup and conn, I can guarantee they have more quality minutes in them than any other alternatives.

I'm just really frustrated with Nick being used as a back up hooker as I know the potential he has if he gets game time in the backrow.

[Guest]

Tell him to stop being a sook,harden the **** up and have a decent go!

I'll let you tell him that, you sound tuff enough.

[Guest]

Thanks Murry.. I know you would have the best mail.. There is a real opportunity for him this year if he really wants it.. He is going to have to work extra hard when he comes back so I hope when he comes back he will have the right frame of mind.

I'm confident Ryan will perform to his potential this year.

[TheLoneRooster]

I'm confident Ryan will perform to his potential this year.

Ryan's situation reminds me a little of Jamie Lyons' in that Jamie had to get away from Big Smoke to clear his head and re-evaluate his life which can sometimes be difficult to do when you're in the daily grind. If Ryan had just ignored what was going on and "hardened up" he would not have played to anywhere near his potential this season so I applaud both Ryan, for having the guts to say he needed time away, and the club for being accommodating of Ryan's wishes. Murry, I would say to Ryan to take all the time he needs.

[Guest]

SKd has been training at centre. He hasn't exactly been setting the world on fire in that position so far but he is lucky that there aren't a lot of other options.

Cherro is going great and like the rest of the players he loves smith. Look for a big year from him.

Young Fine has really impressed apparently. He is still not ready for first grade, is starting his final year at waverley but looks a good prospect for the future.

Williamson will be back.

[Guest]

SKd has been training at centre. He hasn't exactly been setting the world on fire in that position so far but he is lucky that there aren't a lot of other options.

Cherro is going great and like the rest of the players he loves smith. Look for a big year from him.

Young Fine has really impressed apparently. He is still not ready for first grade, is starting his final year at waverley but looks a good prospect for the future.

Williamson will be back.

who is "Young Fine"?

[Guest]

who is "Young Fine"?

I cant spell his last name so I just use his first name "Fine". An outside back going very well at training, a local junior too.

[novice chook]

Hope young Ryan is doing some tackling practice on those wild pigs before he shoots them.

Having niavely accompanied my father on a pig shooting trip in my very early teens, I have to say that pig shooting is definitely a 'boy thing'.

I couldn't wait to get back to civilisation.

Only hope that Ryan's trip doesn't involve the alcohol intake my father and his mates imbibed, otherwise he may need a few weeks to dry out. It was bloody scary how men could get so pissed and then get behind a wheel with guns.


NC

[Guest]

SKd has been training at centre. He hasn't exactly been setting the world on fire in that position so far but he is lucky that there aren't a lot of other options.

Cherro is going great and like the rest of the players he loves smith. Look for a big year from him.

Young Fine has really impressed apparently. He is still not ready for first grade, is starting his final year at waverley but looks a good prospect for the future.

Williamson will be back.

I agree completely with the bit on Shaun Kenny-Dowall. He is very lucky there are many other options at the moment, except for some young guns coming through in BJ Leilua and Cheyse Blair who will give him a run for the centre position.

Anthony Cherrington has been in great form at training and forgot to mention before that he apparently seems to have his head in the right place due to some mentoring from Coach Smith, which is great to see.

Young Fine? I was told to watch out for Fine Moeakiola if that's who you are talking about. He has apparently bulked up next to the 100 kgs mark which is very impressive for a winger. There is another kid though Asipeli Fine who is turning heads at training. He is young but has been impressing the right people. He will start in SG Ball I assume but will naturally work his way into the NYC team after SG Ball is finished.

There's been a lot said about Ryan Williamson needing to harden up but I can only understand how hard it is to move to the big smoke on your own. He is a very talented player, and he maybe just needed some time to clear his head, much like Jamie Lyon. If he couldnt give 100% effort, it's a very mature thing to ask the coach to have some time to deal with the issues he is coping with. Hopefully in time he'll be back to us and ready to fulfil his potential.

[Guest]

I agree completely with the bit on Shaun Kenny-Dowall. He is very lucky there are many other options at the moment, except for some young guns coming through in BJ Leilua and Cheyse Blair who will give him a run for the centre position.

Anthony Cherrington has been in great form at training and forgot to mention before that he apparently seems to have his head in the right place due to some mentoring from Coach Smith, which is great to see.

Young Fine? I was told to watch out for Fine Moeakiola if that's who you are talking about. He has apparently bulked up next to the 100 kgs mark which is very impressive for a winger. There is another kid though Asipeli Fine who is turning heads at training. He is young but has been impressing the right people. He will start in SG Ball I assume but will naturally work his way into the NYC team after SG Ball is finished.

There's been a lot said about Ryan Williamson needing to harden up but I can only understand how hard it is to move to the big smoke on your own. He is a very talented player, and he maybe just needed some time to clear his head, much like Jamie Lyon. If he couldnt give 100% effort, it's a very mature thing to ask the coach to have some time to deal with the issues he is coping with. Hopefully in time he'll be back to us and ready to fulfil his potential.

yes i got myself confused with the two Fines whilst trying to do work in between typing on here. I was referring to Asipeli Fine, he's a top yound kid who is going great at training, very explosive attacking game, just needs to improve his defence but he is getting specialist training in that area (something that smith and his staff are very good at doing and something that freddy and his staff were utterly useless at doing). We wont see him for much of the first half of the year due to his waverley committments but he is making a big impression already at training. He's a local junior who loves our club so that is another positive.

[Guest]

I can see the comparisons between Williamson and Lyon but the big difference is that Lyon hd been in Sydney much longer, had represented at Origin and Test level.

Lyons was brought to Parra by Noel Cleal and ended up at Manly.

Hopefully Ryan is getting some mentoring from Easts people.