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Message: [QUOTE="BroncsFan, post: 3448650, member: 9052"] With the way things are heading for 2023 I think we will be needing inexperienced players to become legitimate first graders over the preseason. We've lost a bunch of experienced guys between this year and next, but heading into next year we'll be needing Piakura, TC, Willison, Cobbo, etc. to become legit week-in/week-out first graders overnight. 1. Walsh (needs massive defensive improvement) 2. Oates (has he even signed on yet?) 3. Staggs (inconsistent and had more lows than highs this year... need him to be a leader next year, but can he) 4. Herbie (consistent and vital for the team's general play... only signed for 12 months though) 5. Cobbo (exciting, but raw and inconsistent) 6. Mam (rookie six and heading into next year his competition for the position will be gone (Gamble, Albert, etc) and replaced with Madden) 7. Reynolds (only experienced player in the spine, but will be leaned on heavily and broke down last year) 8. Flegler (has patches of good form, but is inconsistent... need him to become a week in week out first grader that can be relied on heavily... can he do it whilst having NSWRL watching his every tackle?) 9. Paix/Billy/who the **** knows (Billy unsigned for next year and Paix barely experienced in running an ISC team on his own... Paix also unsigned beyond 2023) 10. Haas (is he even going to be here next year?) 11. Capewell (experienced and willing footballer, but broke down last year after origin duties and could barely finish out the year) 12. Riki (solid, but we need more than solid... looks to be developing more into a Proctor than a Dfif, Kikau, etc. Would prefer he move into the middle / bench role, but would need Piakura or TC to step up massively over the off season) 13. Carrigan (about the only player that is consistent, healthy and knows their role, but will be heavily involved in origin and rep teams moving forward, and will be a huge focal point of our team next year and beyond... i.e. huge workload expected of him next year... I think his mind is able to handle it, but will his body) 14. same as 9 15. Kobe (needs to become consistent overnight... was bashed and broken by the end of last year) 16. Jensen (consistent, solid and knows his role, but unsigned beyond 2023... we really need to lock him down) 17. TC/Piakura/Palasia/whoever (this position needs to become a bigger role moving forward next year) Depth [B]Spine [/B](Madden??, Mozer, Tesi)... literally no depth in spine positions outside of inexperienced players and apparently Kelly is being let go as well [B]Backs [/B](Pereira, Arthars, Quai-Ward, Mariner, Hoeter (still unsigned??))... outside of Pereira and Arthars it's basically inexperienced youth [B]Edge forwards [/B](TC and Piakura)... is there anyone else?? Palasia I guess, but he should not be relied on as depth for edge backrowers. I'd like to see Kobe evolve his game to also be able to cover the backrow if needed. [B]Middles [/B](Palasia, Willison and Bayliss)... is there anyone else here as well?? Palasia can do a role, but outside of that we're relying on youth and inexperience again. [/QUOTE]

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