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[QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 3585972, member: 1899"] I'm really beginning to chomp at the bit now for the season. Over the past week I've been looking at the Eels circa 2007-09, Wentworthville Magpies 08, Eels NYC 08-09, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2012 etc. etc. There was a lot to take away, but one point that stood out to me was how much separation there was between NSW Cup and U/20s. It's something you don't see in the modern game with clubs usually withholding their star juniors from the U/21 competitions until they're ready for seniors. However back then they'd hold players like Tony Williams and Tim Mannah back and the only NSW Cup games they'd play were the ones where the U/20s were on a bye. Tony Williams would go onto sign with Manly but they clearly had big plans for both players and despite finishing outside the 8, there was no real effort to rush Mannah along despite Cardoba, Paulo, Hauraki, Oake etc. not panning out. It got me thinking about how stringent clubs used to be about their 25 Man squads and how things have been skewed over the years. It got me thinking about the Broncos 2020 squad and how it all went wrong. If you allow me to put my Sproj hat on, this was how the squad was shaping up when you limit it to 25: 1. Jack Bird 2. Corey Oates 3. Kotoni Staggs 4. Darius Boyd 5. Jamayne Isaako 6. Anthony Milford 7. Brodie Croft 8. Payne Haas 9. Jake Turpin 10. Matt Lodge 11. Alex Glenn (c) 12. Tevita Pangai Jr 13. Patrick Carrigan 14. Andrew McCullough 15. Joe Ofahengaue 16. David Fifita 17. Thomas Flegler 18. Jesse Arthars 19. Xavier Coates 20. Tom Dearden 21. Herbie Farnworth 22. Jordan Kahu 23. Rhys Kennedy 24. Sean O'Sullivan 25. Keenan Palasia With the rest of the squad looking like: Ethan Bullemor, Tyson Gamble, Kobe Hetherington, Jamil Hopoate, Josh James, Tesi Niu, Cory Paix, Izaia Perese, Pride Petterson-Robati, Jordan Riki, Reece Walsh, Ilkena Vudogo As your extended/development squad. Even taking into account the mediocre spine, the imbalanced depth etc. that's still a team well in the mix for a Top 8 spot with plenty of talent coming through. Then you look at the injuries and before a ball was even kicked - Bird, Lodge, Glenn, Kahu, O'Sullivan & Palasia were all missing in action. Outside of Alex Glenn, all those players had long term injuries and were set to miss the entire season. Then Ofahengaue got himself suspended for two weeks for a drink driving related offence just prior to the season launch, so you're down to 18/25 with Pangai Jr set to get himself suspended with his first tackle back after already serving a hefty suspension prior. Then to add insult to injury, Perese gets himself sacked and a few of those players in the extended squad also have long term injuries. Riki suffers a horrible foot injury and Walsh had a shoulder reconstruction, so pandemic or no, he was never going to play QCup. Typically when you look at extended squads you're lucky if there are 2-3 players who become regulars. I see seven players who have played 20+ games. It really goes to show how much coaching nous and good fortune comes into the mix. In the end the only players in that 17 who didn't have long stints on the sideline (let's say 6+ weeks) were Boyd, Carrigan, Haas & Ofahengaue. [/QUOTE]
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