Agreed. He was our best player (or very close to) in rounds 1 and 2.
My Point is that Dennis won't want to be the fill in when others are not fit, he will want to be a starter, and I'm sure that will be an option at other teams.
Also I didn't suggest Palu was poor I just said he was no where near his best , I think most would agree.
Are you happy with your openside options?
I'm happy with McCutcheon, Alcock and Jenkins, obviously we don't have Cutch now but that's some pretty good depth there imo. I'm hoping Hooper comes home soon.
Hooper doing well at the Brumbies, why go to the Tah pool? Again Tahs talked up all preseason and under deliver...
I disagree with any one player being blamed a particular loss, his missed tackles are a issue. But is replacing him with someone who essentially only tackles the answer?
The challenge for the Tahs at the moments is the lack of attacking threat across the part.
I expect that to change markedly with some more direct runners being available this week.
Timami, Palu, Alcock, Carter and with Timani the younger on the bench all should add some thrust as well as making the bench more of a threat.
Actually the Tahs themselves never talked themselves up, other than to say they were looking forward to the season and had faith in the plans in place.
Your confusing the media together with their most one-eyed supporter and the team there.
They way people talk of Rod's speed I thought he was quicker than that. 10.9 isn't all that quick.Rocket Rod ran an electric* 10.9 at school.
Expect it to be better next year
An electric 10.9 is equivalent to a hand timed 10.66.One would expect that with a year or so of specific sprint training only,there would be improvement on that time.They way people talk of Rod's speed I thought he was quicker than that. 10.9 isn't all that quick.
Lachie Turner had a very similar 100m time as a schoolboy (correct me if I'm wrong, but I think he was GPS champion).
It is claimed that Doug Howlett ran somewhere between a 10.68 and a 10.8 as a schoolboy. Aside from the USA flyer Takudzwa Ngwenya, he is probably the fastest rugby player there's been (in my opinion).
I would hazard a guess that Jenkins is one of the fastest, if not the fastest loose forward in the comp. Obviously he has put on a kg's since his school days but I have been told from a reliable source that he used to run sub 11 second hundreds when at school. Give him a few games to find his feet before we start rubbishing his attack.
Alcock missed 25% of his tackles in 2011 so his woeful effort against the Red's isnt just a one off...
Lachie Turner had a very similar 100m time as a schoolboy (correct me if I'm wrong, but I think he was GPS champion).
he had the same style of stats last year as well