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Message: [QUOTE="mitch222, post: 2777822, member: 8605"] Couple of points 1. Overall kicking needs to be worked on by the whole spine not just Hunt. Boyd has the ability to have a decent short kicking game (which can come in handy) and the halves plus macca need to work on kicking game. For way to long has Ben Hunt been our punching bag when 99/100, the opposition know Hunt is getting the ball every time to kick. We need to mix it up and we often look a lot better when Macca and Milford are helping with the kicking. I think Walters is back on board next year so hopefully he should help with this. 2. Forwards - replacing Wallace & Parker are not going to be easy. Wallace was really starting to establish himself as a weapon off the bench and someone we could trust to play big minutes. In Parker, you lose your metre eater and tackler. Arrow wont just take over immediately. I would like to think hopefully Bennett has an established forward lined up to sign before next year starts to cover these losses. TPJ, Offaengahue, Ese'ese Arrow etc are all not ready to start but hopefully next year with another year under the belt should be starting to really impose themselves in the game. 3. Outside backs - Next year I would love to see Roberts go to the wing with Kahu at centre. Kahus ability to pass the ball a lot better than Roberts could see Roberts finally find the tryline a lot more. I think Opacic is going to work out well at left centre. Oatesy needs to improve his handling skills or he will go to the forwards quicker than what he thinks. There is no doubt about his finishing but taking the high ball still remains a problem. Pearson looks like a genuine gun and should be really gunning for a spot next year to nail down and make his own. Outside of that, our backline stocks take a major hit. We really need our 20s to start kicking back up into the top 4 and producing talent to evolve into the first grade side. 4. Captaincy - Boyd without a doubt 5. Overall results on this year, its been a failure. We are inside a premiership window and the failure to win it all just isn't acceptable. The players need to realise this. With a lot of the team out of contract next year, we really need to win it in 17 or we might have to do another rebuild after due to salary cap restraints. Next year there is going to be a lot of hard questions asked of players and I think Bennett is going to make some big calls to shake us up. My top 17 team for next year as it stands now 1. Boyd 2. Oates 3. Opacic 4. Kahu 5. Roberts 6. Milford 7. Hunt 8. McGuire 9. McCullough 10. Blair 11. Thaiday 12. Gillett 13. Glenn 14. Nikorima 15. TPJ 16. Arrow 17. Offa [/QUOTE]

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