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Just a thought, considering there is real strength in a few of our youngsters (cordner, leilua, williamson, blair, symonds etc) and due to the constraints of the salary cap, smarter buys are I think where we need to be looking. Cudos so far to osullivan who has been following this formula since coming in charge and imo, he has made the correct decisions from the outset for us. Here are a couple more suggestions, Nick Kenny and Josh Miller. These two far from stick out and are extremely underrated imo. Both put their bodies on the line week in week out and have a really good go. Both would be inexpensive purchases and judging by their performances and stats, both would be welcome additions to our side. We need some resolve in our pack and these 2 are seasoned campaigners (both 27 this year) who are really really tough and aggressive.
Throw in the likes of kade snowden who has a lot of jason cayless about him and has had an extremely impressive year. The other young prop who is extremley impressive is aiden tolman who is one of osullivans recruits when he was at melbourne and would not be out of place in our side by any stretch. In terms of backrowers - an experienced one in the workhorse mold is what we need to replace fitzy short-term till cordner is ready to step up, there arent too many options tbh. The best options would be either odonnell, heighington or waterhouse. Heighington re-signed last year i think so he is out of the equation but maybe waterhouse would come for pretty good value considering the backrow depth penrith have.
Although we have plenty of good fullbacks (mini, pez) I cant help but also go past kevin locke. He is behind mckinnon at the warriors and I think he could give our backline plenty and again, not command ridiculous wage demands because of his inexperience and age. As early as it is to tell, imo he has the potential to be better than pez - his stats already show a bloke that breaks plenty of tackles (like pez), makes plenty of linebreaks, kicks goals, scores trys, makes heaps of metres and his support play and instictual play from fullback is a little better than pez as well as being extremely fast - something our backline is lacking. He also has very good ball playing skills which is almost a prerequisite these days to being a top quality fullback so I wouldnt mind throwing him into the mix as well so that when mini retires, our back 3 can consist of graham on one wing and then locke and perrett battling out for the fullback role with the latter pushed onto the wing or in perretts case, maybe even into the centres.
What would you blokes say if you saw a side like this take the field:
1. Locke
2. Graham
3. Maubs
4. Williamson
5. Perrett
6. Carney
7. Pearce
8. Kenny
9. Friend
10. FPN
11. Myles
12. Waterhouse
13. Miller
14. Paea
15. Snowden
16. Symonds
17. Jones
This side is without mini, mase and braith. Dont get me wrong, im not suggesting that we need to recruit this side exactly but im just trying to demonstrate what a few smart buys could do to our side. IMO thats not a bad side. An uncompromising pack and a pretty solid backline with two defensively strong centres and speed and strike power outwide. Experience off the bench is my only qualm with this side and our side which is why I believe that mason should play almost exclusively from the bench in 2010 along with paea as both can bring some leadership and experince onto the park.
Throw in the likes of kade snowden who has a lot of jason cayless about him and has had an extremely impressive year. The other young prop who is extremley impressive is aiden tolman who is one of osullivans recruits when he was at melbourne and would not be out of place in our side by any stretch. In terms of backrowers - an experienced one in the workhorse mold is what we need to replace fitzy short-term till cordner is ready to step up, there arent too many options tbh. The best options would be either odonnell, heighington or waterhouse. Heighington re-signed last year i think so he is out of the equation but maybe waterhouse would come for pretty good value considering the backrow depth penrith have.
Although we have plenty of good fullbacks (mini, pez) I cant help but also go past kevin locke. He is behind mckinnon at the warriors and I think he could give our backline plenty and again, not command ridiculous wage demands because of his inexperience and age. As early as it is to tell, imo he has the potential to be better than pez - his stats already show a bloke that breaks plenty of tackles (like pez), makes plenty of linebreaks, kicks goals, scores trys, makes heaps of metres and his support play and instictual play from fullback is a little better than pez as well as being extremely fast - something our backline is lacking. He also has very good ball playing skills which is almost a prerequisite these days to being a top quality fullback so I wouldnt mind throwing him into the mix as well so that when mini retires, our back 3 can consist of graham on one wing and then locke and perrett battling out for the fullback role with the latter pushed onto the wing or in perretts case, maybe even into the centres.
What would you blokes say if you saw a side like this take the field:
1. Locke
2. Graham
3. Maubs
4. Williamson
5. Perrett
6. Carney
7. Pearce
8. Kenny
9. Friend
10. FPN
11. Myles
12. Waterhouse
13. Miller
14. Paea
15. Snowden
16. Symonds
17. Jones
This side is without mini, mase and braith. Dont get me wrong, im not suggesting that we need to recruit this side exactly but im just trying to demonstrate what a few smart buys could do to our side. IMO thats not a bad side. An uncompromising pack and a pretty solid backline with two defensively strong centres and speed and strike power outwide. Experience off the bench is my only qualm with this side and our side which is why I believe that mason should play almost exclusively from the bench in 2010 along with paea as both can bring some leadership and experince onto the park.
, when you just pick a team from all 16 clubs...
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