@The_Doc said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1286371) said:
Pearce hey could it be
Pearce 7
Brooks 6
Douiehi back to 1
and Mbye moving up north?
I would prefer Abbey at 1 than Doueihi. Doueihi is a 13 or 6. Imo.
Doueihi is a centre that may be able to transition to 5/8th
He played almost 'all' of his junior footy at 6.
He has barely played 'any' center.
There won't be a transition.
AD is a 6.
Where he played his junior footy is irrelevant, Curtis Sironen played a lot of his junior footy at 6 as well. He was not a 1st grade 6.
On Doueihi's 1st grade games he played his best footy at centre, he looked very good at 6 but that was only half a game and he has only shown he can pass consistently from left to right. I want to see him develop a spiral pass from right to left and improve his defense before I am convinced he is a 5/8th.
He is a 5/8th, the only question is can he do it at first grade. He did solid at fullback so I’m sure he’ll be fine it’s not like he has to learn the position all over again. His defence in the front line needs work but he’s a solid runner of the footy and has some nice passing, he’ll be on the right edge majority of the game so he won’t really need a consistent long ball to his left.
I like my 5/8th to be able to pass both ways, his passing left to right in the Eels game was outstanding, he now needs to replicate that on a weekly basis and develop the same on the other side.
I'm confident he can develop into a strong 5/8th but he hasn't shown he is a 1st grade 5/8th yet. Hopefully he makes it as we are very short of other options at 6.