The Hard Road To The Premiership

[sydneybluesfan]

The next time you see Casboult missing a set shot, 30 out, right in front, sunny day, no breeze etc. , you will, in a very well practiced move, reach, in a pique of fury, for those three remaining strands of hair on our head. As your hand maneuvers this way and that, desperately searching those "no so green shoots" you will realize that they were in fact ripped out the last time you saw Casboult kick. Just like Saul on the road to Damascus, you will experience a blinding flash of light, of such terrifying force that it will propel from your sofa to a place you never knew existed. In this moment, you will cast your mind back to Pauly's Paddock, and you will think to yourself, "you know what - that good for nothing, hairy ar$ed primate may be onto something."

Great mental picture there, and something to varying degrees we can all relate to I'm sure..........

The point is maybe 20 years ago you could have gotten away with 'Levi in the goal square' but the game has changed too much since then. You can argue the merits of that change until the cows come home, but the fact is all forwards have to be able to press up high when they don't have the ball and be able to make a contest on the wing and then double back into the free space.

Actually last week Cas looked good when he led up to the HFF and took a few nice marks. He is an elite contested mark, so many would argue he is most useful to the team when he marks the ball up the ground and not i50 - letting others finishing off his work.

That would all make sense if we had another marking target and goal kicker who could consistently take advantage of his work. To become a good team you need 3-4 genuine forward targets who can kick multiple goals and give your attack variety. In 2-3 years we might be there if all the draftees come off [but we know statistically that less than half of them will in reality], but this year we rival only Brisbane in our lack of offensive threats. This means that teams are always in the game against us, and they only have to shut down Levi and Wright and then we don't have many other threats. It also means that Levi is going to continue to spend a lot of time up the ground, not camped i50.