Quote speccyrhino="speccyrhino"YEP is currently running the eastwood story and claiming a swap is possible for andrew ryan.Anyone with critique on ryan this season?'"
Well he's (Ryan) played pretty much every game this season, but that's about all I can compare him with Eastwood on. Very different styles.
If we do replace Eastwood, and based on the way the likes of Ambler and Clarkson in particular have come on this year that's not a given, then we need an impact player of the bench. It's been mentioned before that we have plenty of grafters, but only one Ali. We need a player who can come off the bench and make things happen, a big hit, an offload, a big run. Eastwood has shown that in glimpses this year, but the frustration for the club is that we haven't had Ali and Eastwood avaible at the same time for any reasonable number of games.
Either that or we bite the bullet and realise that we need a top quality prop in 2012 to replace Kylie, Burgess and possbily even Peacock as he get's ever nearer his bus pass. Sign a top prop for 3 years and let Burgess fulfill his dream of playing in the NRL next year?.