Quote: al283 "Sailor had an absolute mare in the last NRL round, in for injured Reece Walsh, tons of errors & few positives.
Again a young man with loads of learning & developing to do, just doesn't seem to work when you uplift these half way across the world - away from family & friends.
Think we need to be targetting more mature types with a proven track record of giving 100% & good attitude to training , diet etc. Do the family men tend to deliver more consistency & value for money than the young prospects ?'"
Disagree. 20 years ago maybe but nowadays various factors mean we just can’t attract these top NRL players like we used too even at the back end of their careers, there will be a few exceptions but just don’t see anyone really bringing over the likes of Jason Smith (hardly the textbook pro anyway) Fitz, Swain, O’Meley and Barnett types anymore.
For me the best imports in the last 10 years or so are players with a lot to prove. The likes of Kelly, French, Field, Hastings, Croft, Lachlan Lam, Levi, Clifford all came here flawed and unproven somewhat. I don’t think Sailor is out of place amongst that company when they first came. Not stuck on Sailor, but we’ll have to take a gamble on someone.