franklin2323
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After the GF James Graham said he is coming to the NRL and wants a club. I think we should sign him. He goes good a strong showing in the 4n and he can name his price
I want him.
I've been wanting him for a long time to come play here.
Hard nosed, athletic, imo better prospect than Burgess.
In the future we could have Graham & Grant props with McKendry and Vaurasii off the bench. lol. Dominant!
If you think having Matt Bell and Frank Puletua as front rowers is a better option than Graham you are in wonderland he is brilliant against aussies everytime he plays us and he is young a typical front rower and those two for mentioned are just first graders who wouldnt get a run at any other club fullstop..and have a look at all the other front rowers in other teams please and petero wont be there forever......signup grahamGraham is a quality player, unfortunately front row is one position where we are very strong. But if he came to the NRL i have no doubt he would be one of the best prop's easily. I would still take him.
leary has already stated we are after only second tier players
If you think having Matt Bell and Frank Puletua as front rowers is a better option than Graham you are in wonderland he is brilliant against aussies everytime he plays us and he is young a typical front rower and those two for mentioned are just first graders who wouldnt get a run at any other club fullstop..and have a look at all the other front rowers in other teams please and petero wont be there forever......signup graham
We could have a front row rotation of Petero,Grant,McKendry and Graham but we still wouldn't win the competition whilst we have Luke Walsh and Travis Burns in the halves.
leary has already stated we are after only second tier players
Firstly...to address this point...yes we could.
We proven this year we can win when our forwards are going forward. No halfback looks decent when playing behind a beaten pack. Look at Mitchell Pearce in the GF. Everyone was jizzing in their pants about ohhh Mitchell Pearce is god...looked worse than Walsh in the GF and was more of a speed hump with 8 missed tackles.
With Graham, it'd provide an instant piece for success now and into the future.
With Petero, I disagree. I think he is starting to show his age and that showed in the back end of last year. The last 6-7 games he played, he was coming off the field 5 minutes earlier than usual. He didn't seem to have that same gusto. I dunno why that is...but it rubbed off onto the team.
I'd rather have Graham as a ready made replacement with the ability to play backrow next year and push forward to prop in 2012 than I would hold onto Petero 1 year too long imo.
I will agree however about Kyle Eastmond and Sam Tompkins but I feel they are way to young to be able to adjust to an NRL level. They'd look worse than Walsh. Chris Thorman was meant to be the second coming of Sterling coming out of the ESL whilst dominating for Huddersfield. Came out here and was a massive bust. Big difference between backs and forwards coming out here to play, than Halves.
I agree with your last line...we need to change the five-eight.
IMO Walsh made great strides in the last 12 months with this team that he prior to this season never had an off-season with.
He will improve.
We need a better five-eight that takes pressure off Walsh so he doesn't need to do everything.
That's why we should have kept Graham.