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@sleeve said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:
Buying mansour helps Penrith keep Critchdon,can;t you guys see that ?
Do you think we are a realistic chance of signing him? We offered more money for LM and JAC than any other club could and came up empty. I can’t see anything changing until we start to have some success on the field.
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@twentyforty said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:
@AJ1 said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:
If Panthers heavily subsidised the deal and release Laurie early I’m onboard with taking Mansour. He won’t hurt our depth. There is bound to be injuries or players dropped for under-performance. It also sets our roster and with the leftover money in the bank we can front end some contracts giving us an amazing advantage coming into 2022, especially when more money becomes available.
With the abundance of young talented players, Panthers had no choice but to start shedding older players. WT need to be careful which of them are a good fit. Mansour may be an inspirational guy to have around the joint but atm we need AJ or Crichton more imo.
I’m not sold on AJ like the rest of you are and Crichton is a fantasy signing. In contrast Laurie is a natural FB and not a makeshift one and Mansour is a proven international.
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@AJ1 said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:
@twentyforty said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:
@AJ1 said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:
If Panthers heavily subsidised the deal and release Laurie early I’m onboard with taking Mansour. He won’t hurt our depth. There is bound to be injuries or players dropped for under-performance. It also sets our roster and with the leftover money in the bank we can front end some contracts giving us an amazing advantage coming into 2022, especially when more money becomes available.
With the abundance of young talented players, Panthers had no choice but to start shedding older players. WT need to be careful which of them are a good fit. Mansour may be an inspirational guy to have around the joint but atm we need AJ or Crichton more imo.
Mansour is a proven international.
5 years ago maybe.
It’s like signing Tim Grant and saying he’s a proven origin player
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@Russell said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:
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@Hangonaminute said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:
@pawsandclaws1 said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:
@Hangonaminute said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:
@Russell said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:
@Hangonaminute said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:
@Russell said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:
@Hangonaminute said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:
Getting B.Smith will be the difference between us being a top 4 side or being a bottom 8 side for the next 10 years.
Imo we can’t wait 3yrs to see if one of our current 9s is a rep player then go looking for one if they’re not.This is the biggest get the club could pull off for a long time
Disagree - he is not as good a DH as Liddle - good at a lot of other things but his passing from the ruck is rank.
Thats why he plays for NZ and Liddle struggles to make a side that has finished out of the 8 for 2 decades
If you think Smiths passing from the ruck, or speed from the ruck is better than Liddle - you are delusional.
Besides Liddle can’t play for NZ - he is not a NZ’er.
If you think Liddle is a better player you’re beyond delusional
So why has he played for the jr Kiwis, New Zealand and New Zealand Maori if he’s not a Kiwi?
Liddle was an Aust Schoolboy star. He has been sought after by Manly, Canterbury and ironically the Storm but always stuck with WTs. Smith is a fine player but more a running and impact forward. Liddle has a great pass from dummy half and is super quick.
Lot’s of Australian schoolboy stars now laying pipes on the side of the road. Schoolboy stars are a dime a dozen and don’t matter once you hit the NRL.
I have a great pass and I’m super quick too.
I’ll take Smith over Liddle in any position, different league of player.But Liddle isn’t laying pipes or digging ditches. To come back from such a severe injury and perform so well is a high achievement. Comparing Liddle and Smith won’t get you far as they are different types of player. If Smith were at our club there is every indication he would be played from the interchange as a running impact forward. Liddle and Simpkin would still be our hookers.
For me, Liddle is a future Captain. He is articulate and in every interview I have heard, he is impressive.
I’m not seeing it with Liddle. In my opinion hd has been prone to injury and shows flashes at best. Haven’t seen him play an 80 minute game where I’d say he was man of the match. Mbye is good in front of a microphone too.
You’ll eat your words with Liddle. Every great attacking move this season will start from a 10/10 spiral pass out in front to the first receiver from dummy half. He’s not quite Aaron Smith (All Blacks) good on the ground pass, but he’s as close as I’ve seen in this era of NRL.
He had good service but so does any half decent hooker. I hope he can do a whole lot more than just pass off the ground, all the best hookers in the game right now are all over the field.
I think Liddle is a good player. I also think he gets over hyped a lot on the forum. His defence is a little iffy and he has an error in him, want to see more of his running game too. In saying that if he stays on the field this year he’ll be good for us I reckon. He’s got all the attributes to be a real good hooker just needs to put it all together, hopefully he learned off Harry
Me too and Melbourne are hoping he taught Harry how to assess and pass (he is one of the top 5 in the NRL at this imo).
Harry’s passing is fantastic. Plenty of times he creates tries with nice cutout passes to our backs
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@AJ1 said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:
@twentyforty said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:
@AJ1 said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:
If Panthers heavily subsidised the deal and release Laurie early I’m onboard with taking Mansour. He won’t hurt our depth. There is bound to be injuries or players dropped for under-performance. It also sets our roster and with the leftover money in the bank we can front end some contracts giving us an amazing advantage coming into 2022, especially when more money becomes available.
With the abundance of young talented players, Panthers had no choice but to start shedding older players. WT need to be careful which of them are a good fit. Mansour may be an inspirational guy to have around the joint but atm we need AJ or Crichton more imo.
I’m not sold on AJ like the rest of you are and Crichton is a fantasy signing. In contrast Laurie is a natural FB and not a makeshift one and Mansour is a proven international.
Benji is also a proven international. Why should we not sign younger faster , more enthused players looking to establish their career? A player like Laurie is a great signing, there should be more Laurie’s signed. Crichton is one of those. He can play FB while we wait for Laurie and our centres to sort themselves out?
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@twentyforty said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:
@AJ1 said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:
@twentyforty said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:
@AJ1 said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:
If Panthers heavily subsidised the deal and release Laurie early I’m onboard with taking Mansour. He won’t hurt our depth. There is bound to be injuries or players dropped for under-performance. It also sets our roster and with the leftover money in the bank we can front end some contracts giving us an amazing advantage coming into 2022, especially when more money becomes available.
With the abundance of young talented players, Panthers had no choice but to start shedding older players. WT need to be careful which of them are a good fit. Mansour may be an inspirational guy to have around the joint but atm we need AJ or Crichton more imo.
I’m not sold on AJ like the rest of you are and Crichton is a fantasy signing. In contrast Laurie is a natural FB and not a makeshift one and Mansour is a proven international.
Benji is also a proven international. Why should we not sign younger faster , more enthused players looking to establish their career? A player like Laurie is a great signing, there should be more Laurie’s signed. Crichton is one of those. He can play FB while we wait for Laurie and our centres to sort themselves out?
If it meant getting Laurie a year earlier I would take Marshall back
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My two cents.
If you can get cheese you do but you don’t morgage the farm. We have two good hookers woth potential but neither is cheese yet. So if we can get him with in our budget you do if not oh well.
I like mansauce but feel like if we take him we will lose talau. His spot imo is wing this year and centre if one of of two biggens fails. He has shown he is good enough and shouldn’t spend the year in reggies.
Leaders lead and tamou has shown that already turning up 3 weeks early cap no question for mine -
You would only possibly consider Mansour if it meant Chrichton and Laurie which would mean Mansour would be even further down the pecking order than he is at Penrith.
Doesn’t matter he is a specialist winger, imagine playing both Nof and Mansour on both wings. Every single team would have a field day with kicks either side of the field. Everyone was complaining about our lack of height all year and now we want two short wingers?
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who is AJ?
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@sleeve said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:
who is AJ?
Kepaoa the winger fullback centre that we signed from rorters
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@Speed2burn said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:
@AJ1 said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:
@twentyforty said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:
@AJ1 said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:
If Panthers heavily subsidised the deal and release Laurie early I’m onboard with taking Mansour. He won’t hurt our depth. There is bound to be injuries or players dropped for under-performance. It also sets our roster and with the leftover money in the bank we can front end some contracts giving us an amazing advantage coming into 2022, especially when more money becomes available.
With the abundance of young talented players, Panthers had no choice but to start shedding older players. WT need to be careful which of them are a good fit. Mansour may be an inspirational guy to have around the joint but atm we need AJ or Crichton more imo.
Mansour is a proven international.
5 years ago maybe.
It’s like signing Tim Grant and saying he’s a proven origin player
Not really mansour had a good year this year
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@tony-soprano said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:
@Speed2burn said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:
@AJ1 said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:
@twentyforty said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:
@AJ1 said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:
If Panthers heavily subsidised the deal and release Laurie early I’m onboard with taking Mansour. He won’t hurt our depth. There is bound to be injuries or players dropped for under-performance. It also sets our roster and with the leftover money in the bank we can front end some contracts giving us an amazing advantage coming into 2022, especially when more money becomes available.
With the abundance of young talented players, Panthers had no choice but to start shedding older players. WT need to be careful which of them are a good fit. Mansour may be an inspirational guy to have around the joint but atm we need AJ or Crichton more imo.
Mansour is a proven international.
5 years ago maybe.
It’s like signing Tim Grant and saying he’s a proven origin player
Not really mansour had a good year this year
I think Rob Jennings would have looked good on the end of that backline to be honest.
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@tony-soprano said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:
@Speed2burn said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:
@AJ1 said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:
@twentyforty said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:
@AJ1 said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:
If Panthers heavily subsidised the deal and release Laurie early I’m onboard with taking Mansour. He won’t hurt our depth. There is bound to be injuries or players dropped for under-performance. It also sets our roster and with the leftover money in the bank we can front end some contracts giving us an amazing advantage coming into 2022, especially when more money becomes available.
With the abundance of young talented players, Panthers had no choice but to start shedding older players. WT need to be careful which of them are a good fit. Mansour may be an inspirational guy to have around the joint but atm we need AJ or Crichton more imo.
Mansour is a proven international.
5 years ago maybe.
It’s like signing Tim Grant and saying he’s a proven origin player
Not really mansour had a good year this year
I agree, it’s not like he’s garbage.
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@TigerVinnie said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:
You would only possibly consider Mansour if it meant Chrichton and Laurie which would mean Mansour would be even further down the pecking order than he is at Penrith.
Doesn’t matter he is a specialist winger, imagine playing both Nof and Mansour on both wings. Every single team would have a field day with kicks either side of the field. Everyone was complaining about our lack of height all year and now we want two short wingers?
I haven;t seenany rumours from the other clubs around Mansour.You know why? They are not DUMB!
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@AJ1 said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:
@twentyforty said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:
@AJ1 said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:
If Panthers heavily subsidised the deal and release Laurie early I’m onboard with taking Mansour. He won’t hurt our depth. There is bound to be injuries or players dropped for under-performance. It also sets our roster and with the leftover money in the bank we can front end some contracts giving us an amazing advantage coming into 2022, especially when more money becomes available.
With the abundance of young talented players, Panthers had no choice but to start shedding older players. WT need to be careful which of them are a good fit. Mansour may be an inspirational guy to have around the joint but atm we need AJ or Crichton more imo.
I’m not sold on AJ like the rest of you are and Crichton is a fantasy signing. In contrast Laurie is a natural FB and not a makeshift one and Mansour is a proven international.
Mansour was this and that years ago. He is not the player he once had been. That is nature and that is why the Panthers want him gone.They have better coming through their juniors. So do we and that is why his acquisition would be a huge setback for the Club.
