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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 3467527, member: 1899"] I expect Sheens to let Doueihi play eyes-up footy. Sheens has promised an all-out attack for '23 which suggests he's taken a page from his 2005 playbook. I can see him using Doueihi to play a similar role as Benji where he'll be instructed to run first and play off the back of it. It'll be up to Luke Brooks to make that combination successful. Brooks will have to get his end of sets right and steer the team around. He's not as talented as Prince, but he's a better player than what he's shown these past few seasons and if Sheens can get that out of him it'll go a long way for Wests. Their biggest question mark is going to be fullback. I find it difficult to split Laurie and Staines - Laurie seems to be more of a team-player while Staines is the better athlete. My fear is that he'll take the easy route and play both even if Laurie isn't providing enough at fullback. It was the one weakness the Tigers had post-Hodgson. They could never find a replacement and when they eventually did in Tedesco, he did his knee 30-or so minutes into his debut game. We never got to see whether he could be successful in a Sheens system. [/QUOTE]

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