If we run out next year with two serviceable centers sitting in NSW cup I will be finally satisfied that the short sighted Warriors of old are dead and buried.
Center is as we all know the most important defensive position in a rugby league team when full width attack is launched against you - these guys are the freaking Knights on a Chess board.
It shits me that this club hasn't understood that fundamental of this sport since Dean Bell.
The thing that really shits me, is that there are two of them! the maths is really straight forward, you need four players to cover those two spots - and if you respect and understand the role of a center (my real gripe with Warrior mindedness) then you bloody well have two genuine top centers with two tradesmen in reserve at all times!
If I get what I want, we would have Ali Leiatua sorted for one slot, the club would sign another exciting Junior on the cusp Center, and we would see Pompey and Anderson as their cover.
This is why I wasn't bummed out when we signed Anderson, because we need an Anderson plus one strategy - not no Anderson and window shopping for birds in the bush.
