tub wrote
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Lets be honest Bondi, to get to the level of finals aspirants and beyond, Adrian Deluca was never going to be the big man to help us get there.
I said what I had to say on the matter., and I'm sticking to it.
One thing about what I've stated is that I've been consistent in what I believe and have said the same message since 2004 when he started. I took into consideration that he would have ups and downs and that 2004 was remakable and I didn't think he would repeat it in the next couple of years...he didn't...but I was targeting the age of 26 for him to break through.
Did you doubt him always tub?...and you reckon he had no hope for improvement in the next 2 years?
You maybe right or wrong...we'll now never know.
I just hope supporters give Russell and Hartlett encouragement whenever they play, train or are seen on the streets...and if we take Gibbs, I hope all supporters treat him with respect and remember that he's only an 18 yo kid, and not a 25-28 seasoned champion (yet).
Don't set too high expectations too early and don't kid yourselves they will make mistakes..but better in 2007 and 2008 rather than the 2010 GF.
The difference i see between a hartlett, russell and deluca is the afformentioned 2 actually have talent. A 202cm HFF who can't ruck (nor mark the pill) isn't what we need. He's been given all the one on one coaching anybody could possibly hope for and still come up well short.
But good luck to him in the accounting field, its obviously something he's really good at.