Not even judging him yet.
Until we have a professional set up instead of a circus act I can't judge anyone in our forward 50.
Until we have a professional set up instead of a circus act I can't judge anyone in our forward 50.
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I am happy to wait for a professional set up. If he fails he fails nothing we can really do about it now. But I'm not writing him off yet until I see it.
His performance mirrored pretty much everyone especially the fwd line.
Look the guy's got some weapons but another soft Todd type isn't worth what we paid especially if we finish
down the table. Ollie Lord has obviously bulked up a bit so get him in there for a string of games and let him
throw his weight around
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That's fine, it is what it is.
If we are waiting a long time for a professional set up, whether jack is good or not really is irrelevant and the least of our worries.
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A 3 time premiership coach could not get rid of him quick enough, what’s that tell you?
What do mean couldn't get rid of him quick enough? I don't know the whole story behind it did he push him out the door?
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If that is true it is at great odds to what was given up to secure him, including obligingly acquiring Rory Atkins and his salary. The truth, as is often the case, will be somewhere in the middle.
So because the trade happened the inference is Hardwick booted him out the door.
I guess that's one interpretation.
Maybe Jack wanted to come home could be another.
I dont know the details and insider information.
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Port losing Houston likely triggered the move. It created cap space to make an approach. I don't buy the rhetoric that Hardwick wanted him gone, but as soon as Hardwick knew Luko was being pursued by Port and would leave the SUNS, he dropped him.
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Lord played damn fin against the crows trial. He’s on our list ffs, play him !
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We needed to fill the void of Chuck as well.
I dont know if Luko is correct weight yet, but until that circus act we call a forward set up changes that is probably more of a concern than Luko.
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Lukosius is not an aggressive player, that’s a given. A player like Jack Gunston is similar, but had a pretty good career as a complimentary forward. Much of the blame comes down to Hinkley’s game plan. Proven to be ineffective with all types of players and talent, year after year after year.
I get why people are saying this but it also becomes a bit of a logical blackhole when you think about it for too long.
There are plenty of players to the contrary of this.
The idea that a premiership coach simply wouldn't trade out a good player, and also wouldn't trade in a bad player is demonstrably false.
For example, Alistair Clarkson traded out several excellent players in his time, but Alistair Clarkson also traded in Ty Vickery..
The likelihood is that Lukosius wanted to move, and GC were willing to move him on considering they have a number of talented academy players and especially tall players that they could focus on instead.
Its not even really Hinkley's game plan thats the problem. Its the fact that for years, when our midfield has been put under the slighest pressure, they've had the escape of just bombing long into the forward line and Dixon will do the grunt work to either mark the ball or bring it to ground.
We only ever see Plan A in the few games where the midfield isn't put under pressure and their allowed to just run around as they please. Bomb it in Charlie's general direction is our plan B forward entry. Its just we revert to it really easily.
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