Quote: Frenzy "Hi Spook
Caleb has been no where near the NRL with the Sharks and would have been well down in the pecking order for 2024. Hence his request for release.
He's much like Braden. A bit lazy, small engine and plays low minutes. Only topped 100 hitup metres 2 times in 25 games played in 2023. Defence is OK in the lower grades but wouldn't be NRL standard as he gets left stood still a lot and has a large turning circle. Has not so much as sat on the bench as 18th man at the Sharks since 2022.
Positives are he's big, real big. When he does run straight and hard he's a 3 or 4 man stop because he does have an offload and can get a lot of metres after contact. When he does hit in defence the other bloke stays hit.
He's a guy I always wanted to see get a run in the top grade because the potential is there. The aggression is what's missing. Gentle Giant type of guy'"
Sorry to sound curt, but who are you? You're welcome to your opinion, but I know Spook and I'll take his word over yours all day long. I've also looked at the highlight video, and although we are all aware just how selective they are, his is still a good one. Finally Newtown are one of the most prestigious Second Grade teams in the sport, they don't sign mugs, jeez they had Josh Mansour playing for them last year, he'd still walk it in the lower end of SL, let alone the Championship. I hear these opinions year after year from Oz experts of which I'm not one, sometimes they are right, mainly they are wrong, I think I know which you are on this occasion. For a start you don't gain a 94% effective tackle score if you are lazy and lack aggression, come on.
Finally he was on the fringes at Cronulla, it's not just Spooks opinion, seems to have been the opinion of the people who run Cronulla. Shall we just see how he does before binning him.