Originally Posted by
Mexican titan
Geez mate, with the greatest of respect, I can't fathom your ongoing reasons to us not signing Reynolds. I recall you said that at the time so I admire your consistency with this one. In my opinion he is exactly what we needed and still do.
In his 4 games late last year, every man and his dog could see that Sexton was as slow as a wet week. He was/is so slow that no amount of speed training was going to fix this part of his game. I said it last last season that in the 4 games he played, Sexton showed little. Harsh at the time but nothing has changed.
Our season could have gone two ways this year. One, was start a track like the Panthers and with young spine players and experience. The players they started with though, had obvious ability. The other way was take a huge risk and hope it doesn't blow up in your face. I've made my views on the half position above and mentioned in an earlier post, our recruitment strategy around the hooker position was tragic. No back up plan when the Brandon Smith option fell over. It pains me to see a bloke like McInnes, a very good hooker, playing another position for the Sharks as they have a wealth in this position. We have nothing. While I'm on the negative rant, I'll say it here and now, that JC will struggle to make an NRL fullback due to his size. Not his fault, but his size prevents any contribution to defence.
So, in summary, we took a risk with our spine, it has blown up badly and the coach and recruitment staff are copping the heat.
Rant over.