FROM PRETENDER TO CONTENDER

What two players do you think would turn Parra from a pretender to a contender for the title?

My two would be Dylan Walker and Sam Burgess. Dylan Walker, a dynamic attacking and defensive centre, would finally plug the gaping hole that Parra now has on its right side. Sam Burgess, imo the best forward in the world by a country mile, would bring the forwards to a whole new level in aggression, attack and defence.

In a fantasy world, ignoring the coach's shortcomings, these two would transform Parra overnight.

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  • Foran and Gordon
    • Nice reply but Beau Scott isn't bad either as far as what the eels needed.
      Agree.
  • hayne and sammy

    munster and sammy

  • We need a solid centre if we are to not leak a lot of points on the right edge. Anyway i am happy with our team for 2016 and if we can add Walker then we can be an actual threat for the top 4 teams (I am not saying we will be a top four teams, just be able to beat or trouble them to say the least). 

  • Ignoring the the coaches short comings? sorry I fail to see how BAs coaching abilities would affect signing any player we wanted to due to an infinite salary cap.
  • Ben Barba and Benji Marshall.
  • Going off our 2015 squad I'd be saying a right half and a fullback who's defensively sound. Our forwards kept us in a lot of matches through winning the ruck in defence, it was our lack of execution on the right side that hampered our attack more than anything.

    I think we've recruited for what we needed to upgrade on from the 2015 squad. Going by our 2016 squad the biggest shortcoming we have is a lack of a solid right centre if we can find that player I'm sure we'll be fine.

    As for Surgess if the reported 1.5 is what he's asking it'd mean we have to get rid of a lot of players to accommodate him, I'm not so sure if he'd be worth it despite how good he is.

  • Chris Sandow and Joseph Paulo.
  • Greg Drake and Peter Ford
  • Hayne
    Tedesco
    Mansour
    Munster
    Holmes

    I'd take anyone of these
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