I watched an NRL segment a couple of weeks ago, and they  were talking about how the great coaches can make an average player good, a good player great and a great player elite.


I think if you were to class elite as top 3 in their position in SL, I don't think we'd have a single player in that category. Maybe Ash when he was a winger. What concerns me is how many players are probably not even in the great category. 


A major problem we've had over the last few years is that we've had a lot of players with the potential to be great or even elite (Cam Smith, Newman, Oledski, Holroyd, Gannon etc.), and we've signed lots of players within those categories (Croft and Ackers and you could argue Bentley), but most are playing at a good or average level for too much of the season. 


If you were to compare each of our players against their SL counter-parts, who would be at the top end, who would be in the middle and who would be below. Is BA the right man to improve the players individually, and get them to not only play to their ability and potential, but beyond that. It takes more than just being super-fit to get there.

Not at all, i rate him highly and i think he's copped unfair criticism at times. He's a very good player. Things have been a mess around him since he signed until Arthur and Blease came in and sorted it all out, he's now playing much better. 

I really like Croft. I thought he was our best player last year and indeed still one of the best in the league playing behind a pack that got demolished every week. Now, with Connor playing as proper seven, and a much more polished version of Miller to play off, I think he's quite capable of lighting up the comp. He does the tough stuff too, off hand I'd say is one on one defence is the best (for a half) I've seen at the club since Cliff Lyons. The priority for Blease should be keeping the current spine together for the next two to three years.

Matt Frawley has gone on a month long loan to Huddersfield with Elliot Wallace staying with us on Loan (what for I'm not sure)

The Wallis one is really odd, it's hard to see how/where he would fit in. I do think it's a pretty strong indication that we are serious about winning the reserve comp though.

Yep, couldn't agree more