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I think Paton is a very decent chance.
I expect Lloyd is on the wing as he finished last year, Mitchell in his spot in the GWS game.
That leaves two spots for Paton, Wicks and Cunningham. Which will raise the question of what Cox prioritises in those defenders. All 3 have great speed and speed and discipline are basically Cunningham's selling points, he also absolutely had kompromat on Horse. Paton is the only one of the 3 that can kick and that's a massive edge. Wicks has the most size and aerial skills and given that the group is undersized already and that both Florent and Roberts also lack size, I think that's actually going to be a big advantage for him.
I'd personally be picking Paton first as the kicking is such an asset, having only Melican as a genuine non-user in defense would be a weapon itself. I'd like to see Wicks given the chance next, we know what Cunningham is, let Wicks prove if he can be more and if he can't, then go back to the limited lock down option.
Hard to read Cox though and I can make a case that none of the 3 play, 1 of the 3 or even all 3 play, albeit I think all 3 is by far the least likely to happen.
I must preface all this with the fact that I could never understand why Saints didn't play Paton either so maybe I just rate him irrationally high
I expect Lloyd is on the wing as he finished last year, Mitchell in his spot in the GWS game.
That leaves two spots for Paton, Wicks and Cunningham. Which will raise the question of what Cox prioritises in those defenders. All 3 have great speed and speed and discipline are basically Cunningham's selling points, he also absolutely had kompromat on Horse. Paton is the only one of the 3 that can kick and that's a massive edge. Wicks has the most size and aerial skills and given that the group is undersized already and that both Florent and Roberts also lack size, I think that's actually going to be a big advantage for him.
I'd personally be picking Paton first as the kicking is such an asset, having only Melican as a genuine non-user in defense would be a weapon itself. I'd like to see Wicks given the chance next, we know what Cunningham is, let Wicks prove if he can be more and if he can't, then go back to the limited lock down option.
Hard to read Cox though and I can make a case that none of the 3 play, 1 of the 3 or even all 3 play, albeit I think all 3 is by far the least likely to happen.
I must preface all this with the fact that I could never understand why Saints didn't play Paton either so maybe I just rate him irrationally high
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I think Paton is a very decent chance.
I expect Lloyd is on the wing as he finished last year, Mitchell in his spot in the GWS game.
That leaves two spots for Paton, Wicks and Cunningham. Which will raise the question of what Cox prioritises in those defenders. All 3 have great speed and speed and discipline are basically Cunningham's selling points, he also absolutely had kompromat on Horse. Paton is the only one of the 3 that can kick and that's a massive edge. Wicks has the most size and aerial skills and given that the group is undersized already and that both Florent and Roberts also lack size, I think that's actually going to be a big advantage for him.
I'd personally be picking Paton first as the kicking is such an asset, having only Melican as a genuine non-user in defense would be a weapon itself. I'd like to see Wicks given the chance next, we know what Cunningham is, let Wicks prove if he can be more and if he can't, then go back to the limited lock down option.
Hard to read Cox though and I can make a case that none of the 3 play, 1 of the 3 or even all 3 play, albeit I think all 3 is by far the least likely to happen.
I must preface all this with the fact that I could never understand why Saints didn't play Paton either so maybe I just rate him irrationally high
I expect Lloyd is on the wing as he finished last year, Mitchell in his spot in the GWS game.
That leaves two spots for Paton, Wicks and Cunningham. Which will raise the question of what Cox prioritises in those defenders. All 3 have great speed and speed and discipline are basically Cunningham's selling points, he also absolutely had kompromat on Horse. Paton is the only one of the 3 that can kick and that's a massive edge. Wicks has the most size and aerial skills and given that the group is undersized already and that both Florent and Roberts also lack size, I think that's actually going to be a big advantage for him.
I'd personally be picking Paton first as the kicking is such an asset, having only Melican as a genuine non-user in defense would be a weapon itself. I'd like to see Wicks given the chance next, we know what Cunningham is, let Wicks prove if he can be more and if he can't, then go back to the limited lock down option.
Hard to read Cox though and I can make a case that none of the 3 play, 1 of the 3 or even all 3 play, albeit I think all 3 is by far the least likely to happen.
I must preface all this with the fact that I could never understand why Saints didn't play Paton either so maybe I just rate him irrationally high
Lloyd on a wing certainly increases Paton’s chances, especially while Cunningham is injured.
I assumed that Gulden and McInerney would be the main wingers.
A timeline on the Cunningham injury would be helpful as it’s reasonably clear that he’s highly rated internally and would expect he gets the nod over Paton once fit.
Yeah there's a lot of moving parts, we've got quite a few options in those roles. I've put Roberts ahead of the others but even he's in that mix if he plays poorly. Florent I think is picked ahead of them but I'm not convinced he should be.
Positive is we have round 0 to answer for Sydney.
Gulden will play wing and some midfield mix. McInerney didn't play wing in the first game and we used him at HF to end last season (even before he was hurt) and Lloyd was very good on the wing when pushed there. I think they like McInerney forward because he's a pretty good leading forward option. He will play some wing also for sure.
Round 0 will basically answer 3 or 4 rookie spots most likely, it's the rest that will be randomness!
Positive is we have round 0 to answer for Sydney.
Gulden will play wing and some midfield mix. McInerney didn't play wing in the first game and we used him at HF to end last season (even before he was hurt) and Lloyd was very good on the wing when pushed there. I think they like McInerney forward because he's a pretty good leading forward option. He will play some wing also for sure.
Round 0 will basically answer 3 or 4 rookie spots most likely, it's the rest that will be randomness!
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Hopefully Archer Reid gets selected, Duggan midfield role, is Hewett sub risk
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