Round 5 vs Raiders

[herbert henry1908]

When Penrith won its first comp, it had two very average wingers in Mackay and Smith. They scored plenty because they had the most visionary halfback playing the game at the time, Greg Alexander. Some will disagree and say Mackay was really good, he did play for NSW 4 times and Australia once, but I think he was helped by being in such a good team. Anyway, i agree. Wingers are very rarely the key element in winning a premiership.

Kick returns are more important now. Something at which Mansour excels.

 

[herbert henry1908]

Strange we were going to regret that decision yet found Mansour in his place. No team has ever not won the comp because of letting a winger go

I would challenge you to prove that last part. I would have thought such a statement would be impossible to qualify.

 

[herbert henry1908]

I honestly think a point some people are missing here is that Mansour is no ordinary winger.


That's not to say he's better than other wingers but he has other qualities which very few wingers have.




The ability to bust tackles & make meters is very important to the team as a whole. He does much more work than your normal winger.


Traditionally wingers have simply been seen as finishes. Mansour is much more than that.


Lose his workload & meters and that's going to have to come from someone else.

 

[abpanther]

Pretty interesting that Yeo has been named as 18th man this week ahead of Peachey

 

[franklin2323]

I would challenge you to prove that last part. I would have thought such a statement would be impossible to qualify.

Look at the GF teams. how many of them have Representative wingers?