Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion
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Tbh, wouldn't be opposed - at the right price only.
Need a bit of spark on our edges, and with a point to prove he could provide that.
weststigerman
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Very easy to look good on that right wing for Penrith, their wingers get the ball with so much space.
I can count on one hand the amount of time our wingers have received the ball in space so far this year.
Turuva is also 21, at 19 he was carving up nsw cup & he has been very good at NRL level since making the jump up.
The kid has a high work rate and knows how to finish at nrl level. He is a walk up starter everyday of the week for us.
No doubt he can play, but it appears he’s asking for centre type money and ideally wanting to play as a centre if he cannot play in his favoured fullback position.
He’d know there are next to no clubs looking for a fullback, so playing as a centre would be his best option to maximise his salary.
I don’t doubt his attacking ability if he played as a centre, I do have doubts how he’d go defensively up against much bigger and stronger centres such as his current Panthers team mates in Tago and May.
Andrew Johns has mentioned a few times recently that the current role of a centre is like a battering ram who is fast enough to hit holes, make line breaks and score tries.
Much like an edge forward only they defend wider of the ruck, so don’t have to do as much tackling.
Not at $800k s year he’s not-in my opinion
weststigerman
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Speaking of centres. The Roosters are currently running with Pauga (struggled in NSW cup when at WT) and 35 year old Michael Jennings.
If you have a good spine and decent forwards you can get by with almost any centres.
If you have a good spine and decent forwards you can get by with almost any centres.
Knight is useless. I like Tass
weststigerman
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I mean historically we’ve brought the worst out of players like Blair, Packer, Reynolds, BJ, Robert’s etc so I used to think the opposite.
Hopefully times are changing.
Todd Packer
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It wouldn't be at 800k.
Manly will probably try to have a revised price placed on him by the NRL so a potential suitor could get him at a cut price and they wouldn't have to contribute anything.
Tito Santana
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I saw Knight the other week with Danika Mason. That was at Centennial Park so I hope he’s prepared to travel.
AdelaideTiger
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Penriths back 3 benefit MASSIVELY from Penrith brutal defensive structure. They force teams to kick long from inside their own half and whoever gets it just sprints it back for an easy 30m.
Don't get me wrong I think Edwards is an incredible player, so smart and likely one of the fittest blokes in the league. To'o is a gun, and Turuva can certainly play too. But I think the success these guys have is a symptom of their success, not the cause of it. Their defence is relentless, everything else feeds off that.
jrtiger
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super impressive. unfortunately though the better he plays the more likely he is to stay in the East.
Kaito
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Danika fell off since she started dating that yob lol
I was in a marquee with Danika at Randwick on Saturday. Knight is punching so far above his weight it's not funny
Tiger_Yoshi
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It could be she is just a bimbo…
KCTiger2
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Guy misses more then he hits but could be true
But if we were to get Schuster, it means we are signing another player that we 'hope' will be the real deal.
Haven't we signed to many of them in the past and they've been anything but the real deal.
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