i dont bag em for the heck of it. its purely based on performance time in system and weaknesses in their game.
white, nahas, mcguane, king, jackson, edwards, and houli and possibly derickx are all senior players who i would look to trade out and attempt to upgrade on them. they are clearly the next group in the gun because of over all performances age and time in system and last but not least they all have chronic deficiencies.
seems most would include post in there as well. me while concerned i actually think hes tracking okay. for sure he needs to take steps next yr.
Sorry Claw but Houli offers a hell of allot more to the side now than post does, have or will. I'm not Houli's biggest fan but he plays his roll and players it better than allot of others. If we can get a kid in that over takes Houli then so be it but at worst he will finish up as a depth player and the day we have to use Houli as depth is the day were well and truly heading toward the top of the ladder. Until then he is entrenched in or best 22, Post isn't and I doubt he ever will be.....
chalk and cheese tft. post is a kpp houli a flanker.
while i agree houli has performed a role well at times hes also very limited in 1/ the roles he can perform and 2/ the way he plays.
it is only my opinion but i think we do have other better options than houli to play across hb. and i believe it would not be hard to find a young upgrade on him either.
i agree he would be decent depth but hes limited in what roles he could come in and perform.in fact what i have seen of him he has one role and that is as a loose running defender.
post well when i compare him to players its our tall defenders..
rance, grimes, post. with griffiths and astbury and now chaplin. that is it we need at least this many tall defenders. i keep saying it the two utilities griffiths and astbury do play as forwards and that is their natural and best position post is very much a needed player.
unlike most people i think when he came in in rnd 17 and got a continual run at it for the rest of the yr he grew and grew and had some real good games in rnds 21 and 22, unfortunately his season became a bookend when he had a poor one in rnd 23.
he played better footy than both rance and griffiths at times yet these two seem to be golden boys who cop no criticism at all.they make regular mistakes and its over looked post makes one and every man and his dog jumps on it.
i know most will laugh at this but next yr depending on opposition id be tempted to play
b/ morris - chaplin - grimes
hb/ rance - post - batchelor/conca/houli.?????
i think we could do this because rance and grimes are both very good movers. give them more running roles than pure defensive roles.
i think post will continue to grow and improve with opportunity but he is on a knife edge he needs to work on his weaknesses.
