The Russian

[stuie 7,374]

It would help if he could manage to get out of the centre square at some point in the game other than when plodding to the bench....

[daisycutter 29,606]

It would help if he could manage to get out of the centre square at some point in the game other than when plodding to the bench....

thats a bit harsh stuie, but i agree he is a long way off his AA form

let's hope misson's conditioning pays off this year and we see a revitalised russian

maxy and jake are not quite there yet so we need to see more from the russian

[Longsufferingnomore 1,631]

Saw the big Russian today in Office Works and even though he was in civvies he looks decidedly slimmer especially around the chest. From other reports it would seem that a few of the players have slimmed down from last year so maybe we can expect a faster exit to the bench instead of the "plodding" last year.

[dpositive 1,663]

The rule changes may even assist the russian as it could mean the centre tap ruck man does that and drifts only to chf and chb playing the extra attack or defend option while one defender and one forward is asigned the ruck duties when quick transition occurs. It may however make us regret the trade of Martin who showed that he wqas able to cover a lot of ground.

Whatever it is going to be interesting to watch how the coaches and players handle this I reckon we have afar better complement of both to really benefit this year. I expect some very exciting supporting.