ANALYSIS: The road to the 2022 NRL premiership runs through the Sydney Roosters
Making the finals with a -140 points differential just isn't replicable. Unless a summer move for Luke Brooks or someone of that calibre eventually comes off, it'll mainly be on Clifford to help drive the side.
If Reed Mahoney had been fit, would they have had enough to down Penrith in the second week of the finals? Maybe.In contrast to 2019 and 2020, it felt as though the Eels left it all out there in their final game of the season and were only denied by razor thin margins.If they can again find that intensity when it matters this could very well be the team that ends the club's long premiership drought, but it has to be here and now.
Mitchell Moses proved he could do it when the heat was on in the finals, with a terrific showing in the win over the Knights and a fine effort in a losing side against the Panthers.This team has been through a lot together, and they have the scars to prove it but, if 2022 is not their time, then this version of the Eels might never have one.
It's more than intimidating, more than imposing. It's a horrifying prospect for any team to face. While other teams are frantically looking for answers in key position and hoping new things will stick, all the Roosters have to worry about for their line-up is deciding who fits into the back line out of Joseph Suaalii, the most-hyped prospect in years, premiership-winner Paul Momirovski, Adam Keighran and Kevin Naiqama, who was man of the match in the Super League grand final.
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