Round 1 Lineups

I'm heaps stoked with his selections.

 

Hit the nail on the head! Parra are jokers, Haynerain was a one season (or should I say half a season rofl!) wonder. Tongia is showing that much promise it makes my head spin, barring injury should be rookie of the year and go onto bigger things, his positioning probably brings him on par with Hayneplane but due his potential I'd have to give the edge to Tongia.

Then there's one of the most mistreated and misused players I've come across, Taulima 'the leader' Tautai. I had to turn my television off when I saw him come into grade and that bum Hagan stunted his development by putting one of the most damaging tight runners of the modern era into the backline. THE BACKLINE! and for what? to persist with that old man Hindmarsh! The bloke hasn't bent the line in 7 seasons! No wonder Hagan hasn't coached since, doesn't really matter anyway as it only strengthens our squad.

Then there's 'The Rook' Smith, classic Parramatta letting him slip through their fingers! The guys been a god send, just such a shame we've got such class halves standing in his way of first grade, his kicking game second to none and I think he's really matured since debuting in '05. He'll definitely help the young blokes like Tongia hit their straps in reggies, plus he's already got a combination with Tautai has a good 10+ points a game in it.


It is good to see though, our strength in reggies is only going to help our first graders. Our starting pack is definitely the strongest in the comp and our bench has explosive written all over it but people question our depth? I must admit I was a little worried about how we'd handle origin time given Snowden and Douglas are shoe in's to be in rugby league's second most prestigious sky blue.

That was of course I glanced over the masses of talent and experience spewing from reserves, if Adam Woolnough isn't NRL quality depth I don't know what is!!! A few games under Flanagan is all he'll need to be an origin contender himself! Then we've got the next Mal Meninga (if mal was more versatile) in Bobby Blair to cover Gal at lock when he skippers the blues. I think we're sweet.

People talk about how we struggle to attract players and we're in 'financial disarray' You know what I say to that? Yeah right!

I'd say we're pretty set, prospects like Blair don't come to clubs going nowhere and you think Woolnough came out of retirement for peanuts? Forget about it.


2011...Sharkies heaven!