Dave K. wrote:I reckon Griffin is to replace Yeaman, also Griffin is more long term than Micheals.
Naughton may not be as good defensively,he is 7/8 younger so you would expect that,but he is much quicker and has a bit if Xfactor about him, he has scored a coupe of try's that Micheals wouldn't.
Tough but right decision for me.
I still think we might see Fonua on the wing, one advantage of that would be to utilise his catching ability on the wing, would score loads from high kicks he played there, although I do like him stacking from centre, his defence at centre is still s concern (watched the game last night and he missed 5/6 tackles including both try's)
It would be stupid to move Fonua now. He's the biggest strike centre in the league currently. Saw paul Sculthorpe call him this year's best import
If he'd not missed those early games he'd be hulls top try scorer by a distance
Also his carries and offloading from the centre cause teams all kinds of trouble
Defence doesn't worry me. Every ones had trouble on that right side. 6s centres and wings. Plus Fonua is actually still pretty young so with another off season done actually in the centres I'd have no worries
Fully agree with naughton and michaels. At naughton age and what he's already shown he'll end up a much better player than michaels imo