Asu Kepaoa #236

[the_third]

Only thing that concerns me me is his highlights reel was very Jennings esque. Diving over from 5m out.
Does he actually have any pace. Ability to step, bat on the ball etc? From reports he does, but I can't say I recall seeing him in CC nor has he had any big wraps on him as a future star for the chooks.
Let's hope he's not Chance Peni...

He took an intercept and ran 80m at good pace. Reportedly he is strong with good ball skills. Plays right side centre.

Yeah but Bradley took an intercept and ran 90m last year but I wouldn't exactly call him fast.. Above average perhaps. This kid looked as fast Doueihi from those highlights. How fast were the guys chasing him? Is he quick over 20, 50 or 100? Etc we need pace greater than what we currently have. He may be, we just don't know yet.

Unfortunately we're unlikely to get a look at him ourselves this season with no lower grades.

Pretty sure the recruitment guys and Madge had a look at his pace and were ok with it. No need for the forum to ok the signing

 

[JC99]

Great to be signing all these "potential" players but if we don't stick leaders in the side to point these kids in the right direction ........look at Brisbane ...that's the direction we will end up heading in

Penrith are the youngest team in the competition and are killing it. Like you said it’s about having leaders, and a lot of the guys Madge have signed seem to fit that bill. Luciano, Doueihi, Blore all have great leadership qualities. We’ve got Aloiai, packer and Twal leading the way in the forwards. Benji most likely playing another year, Mbye and Reynolds have big match experience too

So Tamou , Koroisau and the two back rowers aren't good leaders

I never said that, I said on paper they’re the youngest team in the competition. They have a few experienced leaders but having a team full of a lot of young guys can work. Madge is very big on every player being a leader for themselves and others

 

[Russell]

Let's put he on the wing next week. Talua to centre. Lawrence takes Chee Kam spot on bench

Not a great idea Mags, wouldn't be that fit, adn a good idea to have a few training runs with the team first to my mind.

Besides all that, these are must win games, one player can lose you the game as we saw Mbye do against the Mongrels.

Plenty of time for Asu - let him acclimatize first.

 

[avocadoontoast]

And we will have a lot of money to fill out the roster in the next few years.

Slowly clearing out the dead wood. Fingers crossed we can find another club for Mbye or Reynolds

I can't see it ay. Reynolds would be good in NZ imo but otherwise he's going to be expensive depth for one more year.

Mbye needs to be dropped though or at least Maguire needs to get a way for the bloke to fire up permanently when he's on the field, because we don't get his best nearly enough.

I don’t think he plays that bad at centre, while he doesn’t stand out he normally does a solid job and has the most try assists in the league for an outside backs.

Problem is he’s on ridiculous money. He’s only worth probably half of what he’s on now maybe less.

With only one year left on Reynolds and packers contract they’ll probably just be held on to. Hopefully we sign a young half as a development player for next year

I think the issue with Mbye is the salary vs return. He's not an inherently bad player and frankly he's playing out of position.

$950k buys you a top line centre with change for another player, so it's hard to justify so much cap money to him.

Salary aside, Mbye is actually a pretty good ball player, and we've seen him sum up attacking situations and give a clean pass for his outside man to score. I think he's more suited to the halves and I think he has a place in our team, but on a significantly reduced contract. At half his current salary, he's probably a keeper given his versatility and the halves shortage in the NRL. Anything more and we get better value elsewhere.

I would have Mbye in the halves before Walters and Reynolds.

 

[Russell]

And we will have a lot of money to fill out the roster in the next few years.

Slowly clearing out the dead wood. Fingers crossed we can find another club for Mbye or Reynolds

I can't see it ay. Reynolds would be good in NZ imo but otherwise he's going to be expensive depth for one more year.

Mbye needs to be dropped though or at least Maguire needs to get a way for the bloke to fire up permanently when he's on the field, because we don't get his best nearly enough.

The only way Mbye is going to fire up is to put him on the BBQ.

 

[Speed2burn]

And we will have a lot of money to fill out the roster in the next few years.

Slowly clearing out the dead wood. Fingers crossed we can find another club for Mbye or Reynolds

I can't see it ay. Reynolds would be good in NZ imo but otherwise he's going to be expensive depth for one more year.

Mbye needs to be dropped though or at least Maguire needs to get a way for the bloke to fire up permanently when he's on the field, because we don't get his best nearly enough.

I don’t think he plays that bad at centre, while he doesn’t stand out he normally does a solid job and has the most try assists in the league for an outside backs.

Problem is he’s on ridiculous money. He’s only worth probably half of what he’s on now maybe less.

With only one year left on Reynolds and packers contract they’ll probably just be held on to. Hopefully we sign a young half as a development player for next year

I think the issue with Mbye is the salary vs return. He's not an inherently bad player and frankly he's playing out of position.

$950k buys you a top line centre with change for another player, so it's hard to justify so much cap money to him.

Salary aside, Mbye is actually a pretty good ball player, and we've seen him sum up attacking situations and give a clean pass for his outside man to score. I think he's more suited to the halves and I think he has a place in our team, but on a significantly reduced contract. At half his current salary, he's probably a keeper given his versatility and the halves shortage in the NRL. Anything more and we get better value elsewhere.

I would have Mbye in the halves before Walters and Reynolds.

Mbyes ball playing abilities are wasted in the centres, some of his touches at fullback on Thursday were class

 

[earl]

Great to be signing all these "potential" players but if we don't stick leaders in the side to point these kids in the right direction ........look at Brisbane ...that's the direction we will end up heading in

But Donkey's have Milford and Darius..

It's not the leaders that are the problem at the Broncos. The problem is they don't have a good squad especially when they get injuries.

 

[JC99]

And we will have a lot of money to fill out the roster in the next few years.

Slowly clearing out the dead wood. Fingers crossed we can find another club for Mbye or Reynolds

I can't see it ay. Reynolds would be good in NZ imo but otherwise he's going to be expensive depth for one more year.

Mbye needs to be dropped though or at least Maguire needs to get a way for the bloke to fire up permanently when he's on the field, because we don't get his best nearly enough.

I don’t think he plays that bad at centre, while he doesn’t stand out he normally does a solid job and has the most try assists in the league for an outside backs.

Problem is he’s on ridiculous money. He’s only worth probably half of what he’s on now maybe less.

With only one year left on Reynolds and packers contract they’ll probably just be held on to. Hopefully we sign a young half as a development player for next year

I think the issue with Mbye is the salary vs return. He's not an inherently bad player and frankly he's playing out of position.

$950k buys you a top line centre with change for another player, so it's hard to justify so much cap money to him.

Salary aside, Mbye is actually a pretty good ball player, and we've seen him sum up attacking situations and give a clean pass for his outside man to score. I think he's more suited to the halves and I think he has a place in our team, but on a significantly reduced contract. At half his current salary, he's probably a keeper given his versatility and the halves shortage in the NRL. Anything more and we get better value elsewhere.

I would have Mbye in the halves before Walters and Reynolds.

Mbyes ball playing abilities are wasted in the centres, some of his touches at fullback on Thursday were class

Let him run as fullback in our attacking plays down the left edge. His passing is very good there’s a reason he has the most try assists in the team

 

[avocadoontoast]

And we will have a lot of money to fill out the roster in the next few years.

Slowly clearing out the dead wood. Fingers crossed we can find another club for Mbye or Reynolds

I can't see it ay. Reynolds would be good in NZ imo but otherwise he's going to be expensive depth for one more year.

Mbye needs to be dropped though or at least Maguire needs to get a way for the bloke to fire up permanently when he's on the field, because we don't get his best nearly enough.

I don’t think he plays that bad at centre, while he doesn’t stand out he normally does a solid job and has the most try assists in the league for an outside backs.

Problem is he’s on ridiculous money. He’s only worth probably half of what he’s on now maybe less.

With only one year left on Reynolds and packers contract they’ll probably just be held on to. Hopefully we sign a young half as a development player for next year

I think the issue with Mbye is the salary vs return. He's not an inherently bad player and frankly he's playing out of position.

$950k buys you a top line centre with change for another player, so it's hard to justify so much cap money to him.

Salary aside, Mbye is actually a pretty good ball player, and we've seen him sum up attacking situations and give a clean pass for his outside man to score. I think he's more suited to the halves and I think he has a place in our team, but on a significantly reduced contract. At half his current salary, he's probably a keeper given his versatility and the halves shortage in the NRL. Anything more and we get better value elsewhere.

I would have Mbye in the halves before Walters and Reynolds.

Mbyes ball playing abilities are wasted in the centres, some of his touches at fullback on Thursday were class

Let him run as fullback in our attacking plays down the left edge. His passing is very good there’s a reason he has the most try assists in the team

With the right structure I think Mbye could be a very good half.

 

[happy_tiger]

And we will have a lot of money to fill out the roster in the next few years.

Slowly clearing out the dead wood. Fingers crossed we can find another club for Mbye or Reynolds

I can't see it ay. Reynolds would be good in NZ imo but otherwise he's going to be expensive depth for one more year.

Mbye needs to be dropped though or at least Maguire needs to get a way for the bloke to fire up permanently when he's on the field, because we don't get his best nearly enough.

I don’t think he plays that bad at centre, while he doesn’t stand out he normally does a solid job and has the most try assists in the league for an outside backs.

Problem is he’s on ridiculous money. He’s only worth probably half of what he’s on now maybe less.

With only one year left on Reynolds and packers contract they’ll probably just be held on to. Hopefully we sign a young half as a development player for next year

I think the issue with Mbye is the salary vs return. He's not an inherently bad player and frankly he's playing out of position.

$950k buys you a top line centre with change for another player, so it's hard to justify so much cap money to him.

Salary aside, Mbye is actually a pretty good ball player, and we've seen him sum up attacking situations and give a clean pass for his outside man to score. I think he's more suited to the halves and I think he has a place in our team, but on a significantly reduced contract. At half his current salary, he's probably a keeper given his versatility and the halves shortage in the NRL. Anything more and we get better value elsewhere.

I would have Mbye in the halves before Walters and Reynolds.

Mbyes ball playing abilities are wasted in the centres, some of his touches at fullback on Thursday were class

Let him run as fullback in our attacking plays down the left edge. His passing is very good there’s a reason he has the most try assists in the team

With the right structure I think Mbye could be a very good half.

Smith ,Thurston and Slater .......

 

[JC99]

And we will have a lot of money to fill out the roster in the next few years.

Slowly clearing out the dead wood. Fingers crossed we can find another club for Mbye or Reynolds

I can't see it ay. Reynolds would be good in NZ imo but otherwise he's going to be expensive depth for one more year.

Mbye needs to be dropped though or at least Maguire needs to get a way for the bloke to fire up permanently when he's on the field, because we don't get his best nearly enough.

I don’t think he plays that bad at centre, while he doesn’t stand out he normally does a solid job and has the most try assists in the league for an outside backs.

Problem is he’s on ridiculous money. He’s only worth probably half of what he’s on now maybe less.

With only one year left on Reynolds and packers contract they’ll probably just be held on to. Hopefully we sign a young half as a development player for next year

I think the issue with Mbye is the salary vs return. He's not an inherently bad player and frankly he's playing out of position.

$950k buys you a top line centre with change for another player, so it's hard to justify so much cap money to him.

Salary aside, Mbye is actually a pretty good ball player, and we've seen him sum up attacking situations and give a clean pass for his outside man to score. I think he's more suited to the halves and I think he has a place in our team, but on a significantly reduced contract. At half his current salary, he's probably a keeper given his versatility and the halves shortage in the NRL. Anything more and we get better value elsewhere.

I would have Mbye in the halves before Walters and Reynolds.

Mbyes ball playing abilities are wasted in the centres, some of his touches at fullback on Thursday were class

Let him run as fullback in our attacking plays down the left edge. His passing is very good there’s a reason he has the most try assists in the team

With the right structure I think Mbye could be a very good half.

He did okay there at bulldogs but had a lot of issues. I would be willing to give him another shot at 5/8.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Great to be signing all these "potential" players but if we don't stick leaders in the side to point these kids in the right direction ........look at Brisbane ...that's the direction we will end up heading in

Just because you're an old head doesn't mean you're a calm head or leader. Conversely, a young.player can be a leader and
maintain calm. Blore is the best example as he demonstrated controlled aggression against Brown. Brown lost it as Blore Knew he would. Smart play and you can bet young Burton and other young players stuck behind established stars will have taken note.

 

[851]

Great to be signing all these "potential" players but if we don't stick leaders in the side to point these kids in the right direction ........look at Brisbane ...that's the direction we will end up heading in

Penrith are the youngest team in the competition and are killing it. Like you said it’s about having leaders, and a lot of the guys Madge have signed seem to fit that bill. Luciano, Doueihi, Blore all have great leadership qualities. We’ve got Aloiai, packer and Twal leading the way in the forwards. Benji most likely playing another year, Mbye and Reynolds have big match experience too

So Tamou , Koroisau and the two back rowers aren't good leaders

Cleary is the leader, a dominant half who takes control, something we do not have, Cleary took control with his defence last week, the team just follow

 

[finnzo]

What has this thread turned into hahahah

 

[tony soprano]

Great to be signing all these "potential" players but if we don't stick leaders in the side to point these kids in the right direction ........look at Brisbane ...that's the direction we will end up heading in

Penrith are the youngest team in the competition and are killing it. Like you said it’s about having leaders, and a lot of the guys Madge have signed seem to fit that bill. Luciano, Doueihi, Blore all have great leadership qualities. We’ve got Aloiai, packer and Twal leading the way in the forwards. Benji most likely playing another year, Mbye and Reynolds have big match experience too

So Tamou , Koroisau and the two back rowers aren't good leaders

Cleary is the leader, a dominant half who takes control, something we do not have, Cleary took control with his defence last week, the team just follow

Yep it’s benji for us atm although he was average against parra

 

[JC99]

What has this thread turned into hahahah

People already complaining about the signing before he’s even been to concord 😂

 

[851]

Great to be signing all these "potential" players but if we don't stick leaders in the side to point these kids in the right direction ........look at Brisbane ...that's the direction we will end up heading in

Penrith are the youngest team in the competition and are killing it. Like you said it’s about having leaders, and a lot of the guys Madge have signed seem to fit that bill. Luciano, Doueihi, Blore all have great leadership qualities. We’ve got Aloiai, packer and Twal leading the way in the forwards. Benji most likely playing another year, Mbye and Reynolds have big match experience too

So Tamou , Koroisau and the two back rowers aren't good leaders

Cleary is the leader, a dominant half who takes control, something we do not have, Cleary took control with his defence last week, the team just follow

Yep it’s benji for us atm although he was average against parra

Unfortunately Benji who may be 12 years older than Cleary is no where near the game manager Cleary is, and he never will be

 

[tony soprano]

Great to be signing all these "potential" players but if we don't stick leaders in the side to point these kids in the right direction ........look at Brisbane ...that's the direction we will end up heading in

Penrith are the youngest team in the competition and are killing it. Like you said it’s about having leaders, and a lot of the guys Madge have signed seem to fit that bill. Luciano, Doueihi, Blore all have great leadership qualities. We’ve got Aloiai, packer and Twal leading the way in the forwards. Benji most likely playing another year, Mbye and Reynolds have big match experience too

So Tamou , Koroisau and the two back rowers aren't good leaders

Cleary is the leader, a dominant half who takes control, something we do not have, Cleary took control with his defence last week, the team just follow

Yep it’s benji for us atm although he was average against parra

Unfortunately Benji who may be 12 years older than Cleary is no where near the game manager Cleary is, and he never will be

He did okay against broncos

 

[tony soprano]

Great to be signing all these "potential" players but if we don't stick leaders in the side to point these kids in the right direction ........look at Brisbane ...that's the direction we will end up heading in

Penrith are the youngest team in the competition and are killing it. Like you said it’s about having leaders, and a lot of the guys Madge have signed seem to fit that bill. Luciano, Doueihi, Blore all have great leadership qualities. We’ve got Aloiai, packer and Twal leading the way in the forwards. Benji most likely playing another year, Mbye and Reynolds have big match experience too

So Tamou , Koroisau and the two back rowers aren't good leaders

Cleary is the leader, a dominant half who takes control, something we do not have, Cleary took control with his defence last week, the team just follow

Yep it’s benji for us atm although he was average against parra

Unfortunately Benji who may be 12 years older than Cleary is no where near the game manager Cleary is, and he never will be

He did okay against broncos

Think the reshuffle hurt them in Walters interview on the web site saying he was playing as a forward when brooks came on.

Not sure if benji shifted to 6 and and brooks 7.

 

[Fade.To.Black]

And we will have a lot of money to fill out the roster in the next few years.

Slowly clearing out the dead wood. Fingers crossed we can find another club for Mbye or Reynolds

I can't see it ay. Reynolds would be good in NZ imo but otherwise he's going to be expensive depth for one more year.

Mbye needs to be dropped though or at least Maguire needs to get a way for the bloke to fire up permanently when he's on the field, because we don't get his best nearly enough.

I don’t think he plays that bad at centre, while he doesn’t stand out he normally does a solid job and has the most try assists in the league for an outside backs.

Problem is he’s on ridiculous money. He’s only worth probably half of what he’s on now maybe less.

With only one year left on Reynolds and packers contract they’ll probably just be held on to. Hopefully we sign a young half as a development player for next year

I think the issue with Mbye is the salary vs return. He's not an inherently bad player and frankly he's playing out of position.

$950k buys you a top line centre with change for another player, so it's hard to justify so much cap money to him.

Salary aside, Mbye is actually a pretty good ball player, and we've seen him sum up attacking situations and give a clean pass for his outside man to score. I think he's more suited to the halves and I think he has a place in our team, but on a significantly reduced contract. At half his current salary, he's probably a keeper given his versatility and the halves shortage in the NRL. Anything more and we get better value elsewhere.

I would have Mbye in the halves before Walters and Reynolds.

Mbyes ball playing abilities are wasted in the centres, some of his touches at fullback on Thursday were class

He is hopeless under the high-ball though, drops plenty. If we could play him at FB in attack and centre in defence it'd work out ok.