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Message: [QUOTE="BroncsFan, post: 3700228, member: 9052"] Yeah the big ones are which guys have the respect in the team... presumably Reyno, Bhunt, Patty and Haas at minimum. I'm unsure on Staggs despite him being in the leadership group. I feel he has gaps in his game he needs to sort out before he can bark orders at others. You can't be a guy with 9 carries yelling at others to take hit ups... or a guy that sprints out of the defensive line to solve something himself also be a guy that yells at others for missing their mark. Walsh is likely respected for what he brings to the team, and if he backs that up with total professionalism during training, etc. which by all reports he does (extras, fitness, etc.), then he likely also has a big voice across the group. It then becomes needing those guys to all be moving in the same direction and if you're not coming with us you can leave. I think Walsh is potentially the key moving forward... he seems the most likely to be verbal and call guys out if they're not going to the same standard he sets for himself. Patty and Payne seem a bit quiet in that regard, and Reyonlds and Bhunt are probably only here for the next 18 months. In saying that Patty did look like he had his angry face on for a lot of last year... he didn't look happy about how shit was playing out, so potentially he does become the guy who is respected across the league (would already be there) but also brings the voice that will call guys out for cutting any corners. I think those guys are at the point where enough is enough and they want success. They wont like being dominant players coming through the grades just to be a laughing stock when they hit the NRL. They've got a coach that has a gameplan on how to succeed and if you're not coming with them I reckon they would be calling guys out for it. At that point you look to the next guys coming through that have rep footy potential, like Mam, Mariner, Piakura, Willison, Mozer, BTK, Cobbo, etc. Mozer and Willison look all business in the same way Patty, Payne, etc. do, but the others look a bit carefree to me and need to sharpen up (BTK an unknown though)... which is where you need the leaders to bring them into line so they are also setting the standards and calling out the guys below them. At that point you have a self sustaining leadership group that keeps standards up and keeps bringing new leaders through. Other guys like Kobe, Riki, Jensen, etc. are more like workers and may not get the respect to have a big enough voice, because of their standing in the game. They're not really rep players or guys that are top 10 or so for their position in the league. You still need those guys, and there are lesser guys at succesful clubs that have a big voice and are respected but not seen from the outside. For them it would come down to how much respect they get within the squad to know how much weight they carry. [/QUOTE]

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