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Big Pete
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- Mar 12, 2008
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I wouldn't have picked either Su'A or Capewell. I always thought Su'A was a curious selection in the first place. He wasn't good enough to make the 30 man squad at the start of the year and while he was playing better footy, I don't necessarily think he was playing better than those who made the squad.
Unlike other selections that panned out, Su'A made some really costly mistakes and failed on a few of his defensive assignments.
I thought Capewell had a shocker in Game II but in his defence, he worked hard in Game III and made a noticeable improvement to the side defensively. I wouldn't have picked him going into the game and would have gone straight with Fifita and Fermor but Billy had other ideas.
The Fifita omission is strange. I could understand it before Game I but if Slater wanted to up the ante and instill some belief into the team, Fifita for Game III would have been the play. I think Billy earned himself some slack in 2022-23, he's got to respond in 2025.
Unlike other selections that panned out, Su'A made some really costly mistakes and failed on a few of his defensive assignments.
I thought Capewell had a shocker in Game II but in his defence, he worked hard in Game III and made a noticeable improvement to the side defensively. I wouldn't have picked him going into the game and would have gone straight with Fifita and Fermor but Billy had other ideas.
The Fifita omission is strange. I could understand it before Game I but if Slater wanted to up the ante and instill some belief into the team, Fifita for Game III would have been the play. I think Billy earned himself some slack in 2022-23, he's got to respond in 2025.