Re: Kevin Naiqama : Wed Oct 26, 2016 10:02 am  

Quickening wrote:

Blaming Saints fans is a little laughable... a great player will be a great player whether they get some boos or not. There are lots of quick players who are capable of scoring good tries, doing it consistently season after season is the hard part.

Penny had good pace and agility, outside of that he wasn't much of a rugby player which explains his career, not some opposition fans chanting his name.

If you had bothered to read the topic you will have seen that I posited that as 1 of a number of factors, I can't be bothered repeating them, people see what they want to see.

Re: Kevin Naiqama : Wed Oct 26, 2016 10:21 am  

Nice to see that a thread hasn't gone off topic for once

Re: Kevin Naiqama : Wed Oct 26, 2016 10:25 am  

The Raging Bull wrote:

Nice to see that a thread hasn't gone off topic for once

Agreed. So have we signed this guy yet ?

Re: Kevin Naiqama : Wed Oct 26, 2016 11:02 am  

Paul2812 wrote: Agreed. So have we signed this guy yet ? 18th man saying we pretty much have: http://the18thman.com/2016/10/24/fifita ... -round-up/ And apparently Gidders and Sims both just followed him on Twitter.

Paul2812 wrote: Agreed. So have we signed this guy yet ? 18th man saying we pretty much have: http://the18thman.com/2016/10/24/fifita ... -round-up/ And apparently Gidders and Sims both just followed him on Twitter.

Re: Kevin Naiqama : Wed Oct 26, 2016 11:34 am  

HA HA I was thinking the same Raging Bull
Well if we still get Jorge Taufua i'd be a happy man, but I don't know if the overseas quota would allow it. Are we at max with just one overseas signing?

Re: Kevin Naiqama : Wed Oct 26, 2016 11:53 am  

Looking at him in a bit more detail he can shift a bit and looks a great finisher. But 90% of his tries came on the right wing. Now with Lineham having a bit of form come the business end, and Evans not being the most generous of centre, how does this guy fit in ?

Re: Kevin Naiqama : Wed Oct 26, 2016 12:07 pm  

Wire wrote: 18th man saying we pretty much have: http://the18thman.com/2016/10/24/fifita ... -round-up/ And apparently Gidders and Sims both just followed him on Twitter. The use of the word apparently means you have fell for someone else's lie. They had been friends for some time. I checked both of them out as friends the day the rumour broke, they were already. Not like 18th man to let bull sugar get in the way of a story. Anyways. I heard papers were drafted last week and done. That also could be a lie, but my lies often keep coming up as not.

Wire wrote: 18th man saying we pretty much have: http://the18thman.com/2016/10/24/fifita ... -round-up/ And apparently Gidders and Sims both just followed him on Twitter. The use of the word apparently means you have fell for someone else's lie. They had been friends for some time. I checked both of them out as friends the day the rumour broke, they were already. Not like 18th man to let bull sugar get in the way of a story. Anyways. I heard papers were drafted last week and done. That also could be a lie, but my lies often keep coming up as not.

Re: Kevin Naiqama : Wed Oct 26, 2016 12:15 pm  

Steve51 wrote:

Looking at him in a bit more detail he can shift a bit and looks a great finisher. But 90% of his tries came on the right wing. Now with Lineham having a bit of form come the business end, and Evans not being the most generous of centre, how does this guy fit in ?

He'd be left wing or right centre I would think. After watching some highlights (not a true reflection I know) he looks alright to me. I'd take him and Taufua but doubt that we would have enough cap space for both. We only have 3 overseas now in sims, Gidley and Sandow so 1 space and then there is the kolpaks so it would likely all be down to having cap space.

Re: Kevin Naiqama : Wed Oct 26, 2016 12:23 pm  

I think if we were to sign the two, I would expect one or two loaners.

Re: Kevin Naiqama : Wed Oct 26, 2016 12:30 pm  

I haven't seen much of him, other than the highlights packages. Seems to have played plenty of right centre in 2016 so imagine he'd fit in there?

Naiqama & Atkins starting centres with King & Evans in reserve. Then wings of Lineham / Russell / Penny / Evans