The man who will keep perret leilua graham and linnet fighting for there spot!

[Guest]

BJ will also be very strong running the ball up on the 1st or 2nd after a kick. Will run the ball up like th 2nd rower he is. Looks like this is a trait Smith definitely wants from his wing men.

Good bye Phil Graham

Carney as a winger ticks all the boxes, linnet n carney left perret and skd right. leilua back row /utility, sounds good!!!!!!!

[Guest]

The NRL are attempting to slow down the play-the-ball. I can't see our small men wreaking havoc from dummy half as they did last year.

I thought they were attempting to clean it up.

[Guest]

i thought they were attempting to clean it up.

top of the class funky rooster !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Chookies74]

THis year, the fact we have depth is what's awesome, and it's almost across the park.
We know BJ isn't a longterm winger, but he's very talented and he's only a kid so he'll go alright.
Graham/Carney/Perrett - proven first grader wingers.
Linnett - the smoky, he looks like a quality centre to me, so I hope he puts it all on the line to secure that position.
If not, we could easily see Maubs or BJ there, and that's what I love when you have depth.
P.S Can't belive we are $9 at the Tabatha

[Guest]

THis year, the fact we have depth is what's awesome, and it's almost across the park.
We know BJ isn't a longterm winger, but he's very talented and he's only a kid so he'll go alright.
Graham/Carney/Perrett - proven first grader wingers.
Linnett - the smoky, he looks like a quality centre to me, so I hope he puts it all on the line to secure that position.
If not, we could easily see Maubs or BJ there, and that's what I love when you have depth.
P.S Can't belive we are $9 at the Tabatha

the thing i like about Linnets of season is He,s bulked up a bit which hopefully will allow him to break the line with power.....

[Guest]

I hope he punishes those snot coloured ****ers when we play them..........

[Guest]

I thought they were attempting to clean it up.

A few years ago it was the interpretation of the surrender tackle that was the difference between touch footy in 2005, and they "cleaned it up" to make a forwards game in 2006.

The same thing is happening with the ball-player moving moving off the mark. Like they had no chance to "clean it up" last year when the likes of Perrett were taking an extra few metres with every single hit up.

[Guest]

Do people really think Leilua will keep a wing spot when Carney is challenging him for it?

Leilua was a liability on the wing at times last year, particularly on our line in defence. He couldn't read the attack at all.

Linnett you'd hope is safe. He's got the makings of a quality first-grade centre, and I'm hoping in his second year with some confidence and more size he will kick on and show the tryscoring ability he did as a junior and for Newtown.

[Guest]

Do people really think Leilua will keep a wing spot when Carney is challenging him for it?

Leilua was a liability on the wing at times last year, particularly on our line in defence. He couldn't read the attack at all.

Linnett you'd hope is safe. He's got the makings of a quality first-grade centre, and I'm hoping in his second year with some confidence and more size he will kick on and show the tryscoring ability he did as a junior and for Newtown.

I don't know if i'd go as far as to say Linnet has the makings of a quality centre.

I would have used a term like 'solid' first grader......Nothing special, but will do the job!

[Guest]

Don't get me wrong, I don't expect Linnett to play rep. That's why I stopped short at saying he could be a quality first-grader.

However I do think he could be a good centre option for us for years to come. His defence is great, he looks like he has a good footy brain, and he has the speed and height to turn into a handy try-scorer. He showed this in the lower grades, hopefully he can do it at the next level now.

[Guest]

Don't get me wrong, I don't expect Linnett to play rep. That's why I stopped short at saying he could be a quality first-grader.

However I do think he could be a good centre option for us for years to come. His defence is great, he looks like he has a good footy brain, and he has the speed and height to turn into a handy try-scorer. He showed this in the lower grades, hopefully he can do it at the next level now.

Yep, Agreed!
He's certainly no superstar, but he gets the basics right and he's pretty safe....that's what we need in the other centre position because we have the flair and unpredictabilty of Skids on the other side.

[fletch]

a few being a bit critical of Leilua, he never trained last year as a winger and will benefit greatly of a full off season defending out wide.

[Guest]

a few being a bit critical of Leilua, he never trained last year as a winger and will benefit greatly of a full off season defending out wide.

Do you really expect Leilua to be a winger in the long-term?

[fletch]

Do you really expect Leilua to be a winger in the long-term?

I don't think he will be a winger longer term, he is to talented to be wasted on the wing, but Smith has obviously decided this is where he is going to start the season.

[Guest]

I just don't think it would make sense for Smith to manufacture Leilua into a winger when we have a perfectly good winger sitting in reserves, and Leilua is only a stop-gap.

I hope to see Carney in early in the year.