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Rumoured and Confirmed signings - Part 4

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herbert henry1908

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Abacus said:
So did Wesser early on. Needs to learn (or be coached) how to use his speed to get to ground for quick play the balls.

I'm interested in how his strengths can improve our side. And guys with his speed are few and far between. Or we can keep playing safe/conservative.
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Honestly don’t see him as a better option than what we’ve got. If we want to spice things up a little then Crichton to fullback is the way I’d go. Or maybe even Burton. Both are quick, but they’re big too.
 
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Panfa said:
Staines Laurie and mcgrady all 6 foot fast indigenous boys coming through at fullback no 1 is not an issue for us going forward but aekins has to go.
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Probably not PC, but why does it matter that they're indigenous?

And hasn't McGrady had 2 knee reco's now. I just worry that we're falling into the trap of over-hyping our juniors....again.
 
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Abacus said:
Not sure that 2 out of 5 is enough. And neither of those 2 are real speedsters.
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What do you class as real speedsters? Crichton showed plenty of speed v Dragons.
Naden an 80m try v Warriors last year
No but To’o is decent enough speed wise. Burton smoked RTS on the weekend so that gives more speed
 
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We don’t have any out and out speedsters. But To’o, Burton, Crichton, Naden, Edwards & Staines are all fairly quick. Mansour, Aekins & Whare is where the problem is.
 
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franklin2323 said:
What do you class as real speedsters? Crichton showed plenty of speed v Dragons.
Naden an 80m try v Warriors last year
No but To’o is decent enough speed wise. Burton smoked RTS on the weekend so that gives more speed
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Both Naden & Crichton got run down by a couple of opposition players. I'm after someone like we had with Wesser (Amos Roberts too) where once they were in space it's shut the gate. None of our squad appears to have that type of speed.
 
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Abacus said:
Both Naden & Crichton got run down by a couple of opposition players. I'm after someone like we had with Wesser (Amos Roberts too) where once they were in space it's shut the gate. None of our squad appears to have that type of speed.
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Who has that speed though? Canberra are favourites to win the comp and have not much speed.
Knights beat them today only Ponga and Lee have speed
 
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Abacus said:
Both Naden & Crichton got run down by a couple of opposition players. I'm after someone like we had with Wesser (Amos Roberts too) where once they were in space it's shut the gate. None of our squad appears to have that type of speed.
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There is quick and there is blistering speed. Wesser and Amos Roberts has blistering speed. No one amongst our current backs are anything close to possessing blistering speed.
 
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franklin2323 said:
Who has that speed though? Canberra are favourites to win the comp and have not much speed.
Knights beat them today only Ponga and Lee have speed
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Coming full circle, I put Dufty in that category. Not the quickest in the comp but probably among the quickest FBs & (more importantly) quicker than any of ours.
 
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