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Message: [QUOTE="theshed, post: 3441596, member: 2290"] The big issues of coaching aside, and the total lack of a first grade hooker, there are some other big concerns still present that I think partly explain our season. 50 games is roughly the amount of experience players require to start being consistent first graders - we saw Patty hit that mark and reach new levels as an example. Similar with Herbie. However, 100+ games is when you start to see players reach their peaks. Battlers like Shaun Lane(142) and Joe O (150) are having the best seasons of their careers since reaching 100-150+ games. Gun young players start being in the ‘best players in the comp’ discussions around this mark a la Joey Manu(136), Cam Murray(115), Nathan Cleary(134), and Latrell Mitchell(140) as examples. 2020 we all agreed the team was too young and inexperienced - too many debutants. Now most those young players are hitting the 50+ mark and are starting to become stabilised first graders -eg Staggs, Patty, Haas, Riki, Herbie, etc. The issue is, imo, we brought in Capewell and Reyno who are highly experienced but their is a real lack of players in that 100-150 game mark in our team. I think we won’t see consistency unless we a) sign players in this bracket or b) persist with the current guys for another 2 seasons. Below is the amount of games played by the most likely starting 17 next season (this is just an example, don’t bother arguing team lists please): 1. Walsh (37) 2. Oates (191) 3. Farnworth (53) 4. Staggs (73) 5. Cobbo (24) 6. Mam (13) 7. Reynolds (250) 8. Jensen (76) 9. Walters (34) 10. Haas (80) 11. Capewell (114) 12. Riki (45) 13. Carrigan (59) 14. Paix (29) 15. Flegler (73) 16. Hetherington (36) 17. Palasia (34) average: 71.8 games I think we need to sign a minimum 100+ game hooker and 100-150+ game prop (who isn’t past it), if we want more consistency next year. I would be moving Haas and doing all I could to get experience in those 2 positions. Examples would be Prop: Jo Tapine(159) off contract 2023 Jai Arrow(125) off contract 2024 Jordan McLean(176) available now Hooker: Ben Hunt (288) off contract 2023 Damien Cook (165) off contract 2023 …that’s pretty much it. I know McLean has been mostly a bust for North Queensland but he’s back in decent form and has the experience our team is lacking - and he’s available now. It would be great to grab him rather than guys like the James, and Teo’s we tend to go for. Tapine is a pipe dream, as is probably Hunt and Cook, so we’ll likely need to grab a less experienced hooker. But the below is a much better balanced side: 1. Walsh 2. Oates 3. Farnworth 4. Staggs 5. Cobbo 6: Mam 7. Reynolds 8. Jensen 9: Hunt 10. Flegler 11. Capewell 12. Riki 13. Carrigan 14. McLean 15. Hetherington 16. Palasia 17. Piakura / Willison [/QUOTE]

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