New Winger - Jason Saab

[Sheikheagle]

Yeah FU Griffin !!!! hand him over he doesnt want to be there ,cant you see that DH ? .
If you want a like for like (ish) you can have Croker or Jorge take your pick or how about a 2 for 1 deal ?? !!

Throw in Garrick for a package deal

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

Give em Croker that's a win win!!

 

[Bring back the.... Biff?]

They can have Jorge Slowfua future immortal croker and garrick

 

[wombatgc]

Just throwing it out there. With Griffin setting up shop in a unit at Castle Hill, and doing the Wollongong drive everyday. Could he be thinking in regards to Saab, if I have to do it, so do you. Regardless in difference of coin we’re both on? Just a thought.

 

[winnyason]

Pretty ****en ordinary they get Bird via a release yet won't let the kid come bunch of ****s imo.

 

[Bring back the.... Biff?]

Pretty ****en ordinary they get Bird via a release yet won't let the kid come bunch of ****s imo.

A kid they dont want and who doesn't want to be there

 

[The Who]

That’s the prob. Griffin clearly thinks highly of him...
At the end of the day, he’s under contract so unless Manly sweeten the deal, he’ll be in the red and white reserve grade next year.

Just shows how dumb we are. We let Blake Green go without compensation, and we let Api go without compensation.

 

[winnyason]

That’s the prob. Griffin clearly thinks highly of him...
At the end of the day, he’s under contract so unless Manly sweeten the deal, he’ll be in the red and white reserve grade next year.

Clearly they want more than garrick but that's all he is worth until potential is proven

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

Just shows how dumb we are. We let Blake Green go without compensation, and we let Api go without compensation.

Api actually cost us last year , I think $100k plus !!

 

[winnyason]

Clearly they want more than garrick but that's all he is worth until potential is proven

Agree if he does not come I be looking at Harper and Funa.

 

[double hoops]

If it doesn't happen this year he'll be at MAN next. LOL Dragons.

 

[Terry Zarsoff]

If our great white hope is a reserve grade winger from SGI, we have fallen a long way.

 

[The better Robbo]

Anyone doubting Saab, Imagine Daniel Tupou could run the 100m in 11 seconds... that's Saab. He will be an absolute weapon, I have no doubts whatsoever!

 

[The better Robbo]

Playing for the Dragons ressies next year?... 😉

He'll be here! And he'll quickly become a fan favourite

 

[Deleted member 26876]

Just shows how dumb we are. We let Blake Green go without compensation, and we let Api go without compensation.

How moral we are

**** the dragons

 

[joeboy]

He doesn’t look very powerful to me, athletic for sure, but very slight and very timid.

He has potential, but with attitude problems already and the above I don’t really have high hopes and he certainly doesn’t Warrener the hype in this thread.

I will settle for better than Taufua and Garrick, but I’m not even sure he will scale those not so lofty heights.

Still, if he ends up here, I wish him luck, but he is a long way from something worth getting excited about yet

 

[Deleted member 26876]

If our great white hope is a reserve grade winger from SGI, we have fallen a long way.

To be fair there are only so many high quality tall and fast wingers in the game. Hope in securing one is small, but hope in developing one is also small as even in reserves there is still a lot of Miski types (which are great to have but not really what we need on both wings).

If we want to evolve our backline and become a threat in the air once again we are going to have to put faith in a young player like Saab (or hope we can somehow pry away a Tupou, Coates, Lumelume, Fusitua, Maumalo).

Other option is to go for speed, but I think to be a well rounded, versatile modern team you need both speed and height at least on one wing and speed on the other. Our attack has suffered from a lack of options on the 5th. Often a good backup plan is to bomb it to a tall winger or grubber behind for a fast winger. In these scenarios all Saab has to do is use his height and catch, or use his speed and plant the ball.

 

[Deleted member 26876]

He doesn’t look very powerful to me, athletic for sure, but very slight and very timid.

He has potential, but with attitude problems already and the above I don’t really have high hopes and he certainly doesn’t Warrener the hype in this thread.

I will settle for better than Taufua and Garrick, but I’m not even sure he will scale those not so lofty heights.

Still, if he ends up here, I wish him luck, but he is a long way from something worth getting excited about yet

Agree, he seems to not use his strength a bit like Garrick. Only young though and I think you could say the same for other young wingers such as Coates. Hopefully his first season here starts well and he builds some confidence.

 

[Eagle thru 'n' thru]

I thought that a club would've signed Marion Seve, who's unsigned, by now.
He's a centre, 195cm, still youngish at 25yrs. Could probably play wing too. Carn Manly, sign him up, he's a definate upgrade on Parker and Taufua.

 

[silvereagle]

To be fair there are only so many high quality tall and fast wingers in the game. Hope in securing one is small, but hope in developing one is also small as even in reserves there is still a lot of Miski types (which are great to have but not really what we need on both wings).

If we want to evolve our backline and become a threat in the air once again we are going to have to put faith in a young player like Saab (or hope we can somehow pry away a Tupou, Coates, Lumelume, Fusitua, Maumalo).

Other option is to go for speed, but I think to be a well rounded, versatile modern team you need both speed and height at least on one wing and speed on the other. Our attack has suffered from a lack of options on the 5th. Often a good backup plan is to bomb it to a tall winger or grubber behind for a fast winger. In these scenarios all Saab has to do is use his height and catch, or use his speed and plant the ball.

I would love to see Benny Turbo on the wing. He is in the 30, he is tall and he is lightning quick. Burbo and Saab on the wings would be an interesting new look to 2021!!!