shortygb said:
you have to give him a break for those because it was his first first grade game so some mistakes are expected
Don't worry.
He can never be as bad as Canterbury's new fullback, Luke Young. Second game or not, he has almost no ability to read the play and does not know how to lay a one-on-one tackle.
You could see that there were a couple of problems when Scott Prince manages to run over the top of the kid.
Dragons are missing Cooper, Poore and possibly Ryles, so it isn't as if this is one-way traffic regarding injuries. Also, Nathan Brown said in an article that Barrett's playing injury-free, so expect him to break his leg early on in the match.
There are large doubts as to whether MacRiddell will be able to run through the tunnel and onto the field for the start of the match, as the tunnel was only constructed 2.5 metres wide. Parramatta fear that he will have to sit outside on the grass until the match is about to start, and then they will be able to inject him into the game for his first four minute period, before coming onto the bench huffing and puffing for the next forty.
All hail Mark Riddell... the man that ate all the burgers.