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  1. maple_69

    2024 Panthers

    Nathan’s biggest strengths are his kicking, defence and game management. His running game is patchy but sometimes lethal and his passing is just fine. It’s the dictionary definition of a halfbacks skill set, not a five eighth. It’s really only in attacking sets that the Yeo/Cleary first/second...
  2. maple_69

    5/8 options

    On topic I would be really interested in seeing a spine of Iongi, Laurie, Cole, Schneider and Sommerton on the bench for the first half a year in cup. Give Cole some time working on his kicking game and first receiver, Schneider in at dummy half and Sommo into the impact bench role he could fill...
  3. maple_69

    5/8 options

    The FTA guys all happen to be in non crucial roles. We can’t overspend against those roles and they can make bucketloads and play a bigger role elsewhere. I don’t know why anyone needs to be aggrieved about any of the guys that have moved on. They did our club proud and handled themselves very...
  4. maple_69

    Rumoured & Confirmed Signings - Part 5

    When you have the foundation that we do (barely ever concede more than 2 tries and play with 55% possession/60% territory) it doesn't take many tweaks to make our attack effective enough. This year it was basically doubling down on the attack with defence and Edwards finally taking a step...
  5. maple_69

    5/8 options

    The club wouldn’t have signed Cole to a long contract if they didn’t have big plans for him. Same goes for McLean, Henry and Iongi. Schneider and Laurie are guys that can plug a gap immediately and offer competition but it’s Cole’s role. He keeps our defensive line watertight, has the mongrel...
  6. maple_69

    Rumoured & Confirmed Signings - Part 5

    I reckon the really interesting part of this whole Luai thing is how it could make Penrith significantly better. Sure we built this juggernaut with Luai as the 5/8 and I still think he could be that special sauce, but our stype has also changed drastically in the last 5 years. Slotting a boom...
  7. maple_69

    Rumoured & Confirmed Signings - Part 5

    No way in hell we let Hosking go for 2024. Even if the club are confident in Hassett/Geyer, it’d be madness to go into a contention year with 2 proven NRL second rowers in Martin/Garner and Sorenson who may well be needed to cover the bench prop role if another rookie (Henry) isn’t up to it. Id...
  8. maple_69

    Rumoured & Confirmed Signings - Part 5

    So if we miraculously do retain Luai, what do we think is next? Kenny surely? Hard to see us retaining any of May, Turuva, Hosking or Garner on top of them. Surely we’d have to be doing some planning this season with Cole/McLean/Alamoti/Geyer/Hassett/Lisati to come in and get a few blocks of...
  9. maple_69

    2023 Grand Final Panthers vs Broncos

    Give that much quality ball to Penrith and they beat you 9 games out of 10. The points came in an odd order but the game otherwise went to script. I reckon Suni deserves a bigger wrap than he’s got out of that game. Some of the desperation jams where he literally threw himself at Walsh...
  10. maple_69

    Rumoured & Confirmed Signings - Part 5

    I agree he rounded out as a player despite looking less threatening himself but taking Kikau out of that edge isn’t going to be fixed overnight when our whole left hand shape was built around his presence. We go years without our right working at all and there’s a limited amount Jarome can do in...
  11. maple_69

    Rumoured & Confirmed Signings - Part 5

    We were always going to concede a few tries like the 3 Mam tries. There’s no way you can contain the strike of guys like Mam/Walsh completely when they have multiple points of attack. We shut Turbo down because he is it for Manly and Munster for Melbourne lately. The Flegler try was the kicker...
  12. maple_69

    Rumoured & Confirmed Signings - Part 5

    I don't think the Dogs need a quality 7 at this point of their rebuild, just an experienced, competent one, similar to what Townsend brought to the Cows 2 years ago or the SOS signing for the Phins. If the Chooks move on from Keary I think he could be a good option for a couple years on 4-500K.
  13. maple_69

    Rumoured & Confirmed Signings - Part 5

    I think 24 will be as good as, if not better than 23. 22 will remain a big step ahead of all of them until I see otherwise. Critta/Leniu out but Hosking/May is not a drastic step down while we will hopefully have Tago for most of the season, Cleary is hitting his prime, Kenny is constantly...
  14. maple_69

    2024 Panthers

    Plenty of room for improvement in our attack for sure. Full season with Kenny in the groove and I think Kenny has improvement left in him. Potentially a reliable run first dummy half option off the bench in Sommerton who can defend/offer decent service. Edwards continuing to improve his...
  15. maple_69

    Rumoured & Confirmed Signings - Part 5

    It's Cleary & Edwards for me, Edwards is our defensive 'halfback' and that's our foundation, along with being the best last line of defence, best positioning, best supporting player and best metre making player in the game. It's not a sexy package but the sheer quantity he contributes is totally...
  16. maple_69

    Rumoured & Confirmed Signings - Part 5

    Any retention amongst Tito/May/Garner/Hosking/Kenny has to be a strong signal that Luai is going to be moving. We’ve parked big money in our spine understandably but our pack also with Yeo/Leota/Fish/Martin all being extended recently. Throw To’o in and I can’t imagine we can be handing out...
  17. maple_69

    2023 Grand Final Panthers vs Broncos

    Yeah exactly right. The club has hand picked the squad for this attribute over all others. Most of the guys we keep and back, of all the talented kids that come through, are those that have ridiculous work ethic, brilliant attitude and insatiable hunger. They’re the guys that knocked back $400K...
  18. maple_69

    2024 Panthers

    I personally think Moses deserves a shot at the 6. Walker is great at times but he’s dreadful at times and he’s 34. Maybe it’s slack on him but peaking at that age just doesn’t help give people confidence in you as an option to invest in at the start of a new era. Hynes needs to prove it in big...
  19. maple_69

    Rumoured & Confirmed Signings - Part 5

    Wonder if he’s regretting choosing league now or if there’s time to reconsider that choice.
  20. maple_69

    Most underrated to play for penrith

    I reckon Kevin Kingston deserves a shout here. Pretty average player but he was a great leader of this club through the start of our rebuild. There was a few guys in that 2012-2014 side like Kite and Sika Manu who came to a dud club and probably didn't achieve a stack on the field but helped...

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