It is probably the most used line about our club when we lose games because Deledio, Rance, other star player isn't playing....
"We have no depth"
A statement that suggests we can't cover injuries and therefore struggle as a result.
The truth is no team can cover the loss of a top end talent player. Instead most teams just have enough talent across the board that the loss of a key player doesn't have as much impact on their overall performance.
This is our issue, not just when we get injuries but also when other teams limit our gun players or they have an off game.
We have 5* gun players that pretty much determine the outcome of every game we play. If 4 play well, we usually go well, if all 5 play well we look a million dollars. But when a couple or more go missing or are injured we struggle.
*On occassion another player steps up into the role of key player but this doesn't happen very often.
In terms of depth I actually think we have plenty of players capable of fitting into that second half of our best 22. The problem is we don't have enough quality in the first half of our best 22.
That's why to improve we need multiple big fish at all costs to cover injuries and/or poor performance.
This could be someone as good as one of our big 5 or someone just below. Either way, we need to relegate the likes of Grigg, Houli, Miles into the second half of our best 22 otherwise we will not be a good enough side to win a flag.
"We have no depth"
A statement that suggests we can't cover injuries and therefore struggle as a result.
The truth is no team can cover the loss of a top end talent player. Instead most teams just have enough talent across the board that the loss of a key player doesn't have as much impact on their overall performance.
This is our issue, not just when we get injuries but also when other teams limit our gun players or they have an off game.
We have 5* gun players that pretty much determine the outcome of every game we play. If 4 play well, we usually go well, if all 5 play well we look a million dollars. But when a couple or more go missing or are injured we struggle.
*On occassion another player steps up into the role of key player but this doesn't happen very often.
In terms of depth I actually think we have plenty of players capable of fitting into that second half of our best 22. The problem is we don't have enough quality in the first half of our best 22.
That's why to improve we need multiple big fish at all costs to cover injuries and/or poor performance.
This could be someone as good as one of our big 5 or someone just below. Either way, we need to relegate the likes of Grigg, Houli, Miles into the second half of our best 22 otherwise we will not be a good enough side to win a flag.
