I think perhaps the way the last number of months have gone, there may well be a higher percentage of those asked in next year willing to commit?
I’d say several fellas are going to be fairly sick of sitting around playing with their soldiers by January? The only thing is, and maybe he needs to adjust a little to us on this one, I do believe there is little chance of being asked a second or third time if you don’t jump the first time.
Hopefully a full deck to pick from. There’s room for evolution in the game plan and with a strengthened panel where we could add 3-4 “finishers” to take over with 10-15 mins to go I’d be reasonably excited.
We should be aiming high, why not, but ultimately maintaining our current competitiveness over a few years could also be regarded as progress. As long as the work is being done below at 13s, 15s, 17s and 20s.
And particularly that we make some effort to do something with the transition group when they leave 17s. I wonder would someone like Pat Critchely be interested in such a gig? Has the contacts, reputation and strength of character to do a good job in what would be a very part time role. Seems to enjoy focusing on player development and systems of play (should be aligned to our senior & u20 teams). Just a thought.
