Unpopular Opinion

[Fufu Andronez]

So, I guess we kind of agree?
I'm talking about when we're fully fit next year.
So far we have BMM and Rudolph (will he or won't he?) on the cards, and with Roache fully fit thats essentially a new hooker as hes played f all for us.
I'm happy with a Hiku and Herbert centre pairing, they're not perfect but theyre a solid combo

Us fully fit next year is still a bottom 8 side as it stands I reckon. We'd need more than 2 signings to fix that.

But hey thats the beauty of this thread its all about opinions and its all subjective so play on bro

 

[SpaceMonkey]

I don’t think our backline is too bad at all, at least at full strength.

RTS: elite, no more needs to be said
Fus: great finisher, makes plenty of metres. Doesn’t have express pace but not slow.
Ken: absolute monster out of our own end, capable finisher. Does lack pace
Hiku: I’d actually rate him one of the more creative attacking centres in the game right now.
Herbert: solid, plays nice and direct. Early days still in his career
Beale: a solid journeyman, nothing special
Nikorima: a genuine attacking threat when he runs as we saw last weekend
CHT: promising, but early days again

So summing up that lot I think it’s only really one centre spot and halfback that need real improvement, though some serious speed would be nice somewhere in the picture.

 

[Fufu Andronez]

I don’t think our backline is too bad at all, at least at full strength.

RTS: elite, no more needs to be said
Fus: great finisher, makes plenty of metres. Doesn’t have express pace but not slow.
Ken: absolute monster out of our own end, capable finisher. Does lack pace
Hiku: I’d actually rate him one of the more creative attacking centres in the game right now.
Herbert: solid, plays nice and direct. Early days still in his career
Beale: a solid journeyman, nothing special
Nikorima: a genuine attacking threat when he runs as we saw last weekend
CHT: promising, but early days again

So summing up that lot I think it’s only really one centre spot and halfback that need real improvement, though some serious speed would be nice somewhere in the picture.

I'd be happy to have Fus in the centres with Hiku if we signed a speed demon winger in his place. Eg if we signed Jason Saab, I would be more than happy for Fus to be a centre.

 

[KeepingTheFaith]

No team has ever won the premiership being as slow as we are.

And if we improve our pack to the point where we're competing for the GF then we probably don't need a back 3 who get more stats than results.

 

[SpaceMonkey]

I'd be happy to have Fus in the centres with Hiku if we signed a speed demon winger in his place. Eg if we signed Jason Saab, I would be more than happy for Fus to be a centre.

That thought crossed my mind too. Fus is at least on paper better suited to being a centre, and he looked good there in his rookie season.

 

[Fufu Andronez]

Unpopular opinion. I thought SJ would be flying at the sharks. I bought into the hype that he needed a good forward pack, but even with that he hasn't set the world on fire and that the problem was our club.

I was an SJ fan boy when he was here tbh and was certain he would go over and carve up in the aussie system.

 

[JJ]

He'd be gold in the English comp...

 

[SmashEmBro]

Unpopular opinion. I thought SJ would be flying at the sharks. I bought into the hype that he needed a good forward pack, but even with that he hasn't set the world on fire and that the problem was our club.

I was an SJ fan boy when he was here tbh and was certain he would go over and carve up in the aussie system.

I had my doubts, but jeeze I thought he'd be doing better than he is currently.
Very surprising how average he's become

 

[Big Marn]

pre leg injury SJ probably worth 800k but post leg injury SJ isnt worth half that.

 

[SpaceMonkey]

pre leg injury SJ probably worth 800k but post leg injury SJ isnt worth half that.

yet he thinks he’s worth 1M

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Still it’s good that he went to the Sharks, at least if he’s underperforming over there he’s just another mediocre over the hill player, if he was doing the same at the Warriors there would still be the usual inordinate amount of focus on him as our marquee player.

 

[TheDMC]

He is a running half who doesn't run, so just half a half really.

 

[Blair]

...
Ken: absolute monster out of our own end, capable finisher. Does lack pace.

That's why Manu was so special. He had all three of those.

Unpopular opinion. I thought SJ would be flying at the sharks. I bought into the hype that he needed a good forward pack, but even with that he hasn't set the world on fire and that the problem was our club.

I was an SJ fan boy when he was here tbh and was certain he would go over and carve up in the aussie system.

We could argue that his forward pack isn't all that good this year. Those one-time 'elite' front-rowers, Woods and Fifita, look washed-up.

He is a running half who doesn't run, so just half a half really.

All these years later and, geez, it's still so frustrating to watch. I'm close to moving on with my life.

 

[Penrose_11]

That's why Manu was so special. He had all three of those

What is Manu upto these days? Maybe we could sign him upto one of those Adam Blair specials??

 

[Shaun Hewitt]

Not sure if unpopular opinion or others would agree...

RTS is the only member of the current team, that would feature in my best ever 17 for the Warriors.

 

[TheDMC]

That's why Manu was so special. He had all three of those.

Are we sure Manu was faster than Ken? Genuine question as I think I have only seen Ken make 1 long break and his top end speed seemed pretty quick, but just like Manu, not fast off the mark...takes awhile to get going.

 

[TheDMC]

Not sure if unpopular opinion or others would agree...

RTS is the only member of the current team, that would feature in my best ever 17 for the Warriors.

No-one else would come close ...

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Are we sure Manu was faster than Ken? Genuine question as I think I have only seen Ken make 1 long break and his top end speed seemed pretty quick, but just like Manu, not fast off the mark...takes awhile to get going.

I never thought Manu was that quick. Quick for his size but like most big units not quick off the mark and slow to turn. Ken seems much the same. Manus special attribute apart from workrate put of our own end was his tryscoring instinct, he was an absolute weapon at getting the ball down in minimal space with a couple of defenders on him, and very handy in the air coming onto the ball. Ken has always had the workrate but doesn’t seem to have the same natural instinct for those things as Manu, rather he’s had to learn the trade.

 

[Blair]

Are we sure Manu was faster than Ken? Genuine question as I think I have only seen Ken make 1 long break and his top end speed seemed pretty quick, but just like Manu, not fast off the mark...takes awhile to get going.

I watched Manu burn the Penrith backline in '14, he went end-to-end at Penrith Park in our last game of the season. They foolishly tried to chip over his head, he caught it flush, then ran towards the corner of the ground where we were.

No finer sight in league.

Valid points about him being slow off the mark, slow to turn, etc.

 

[Fufu Andronez]

What is Manu upto these days? Maybe we could sign him upto one of those Adam Blair specials??

Beast has his own specials apparently