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  Thatguy July 28, 2016 at 7:01pm

  Nah, I'd been waiting to see French and takka team up and it finally happened last week but we had Robson feeding them the ball.
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  Big Dave July 28, 2016 at 7:06pm

  No. 

  You watch a different game to me Wile.  Jennings has lost a lot of pace over the past several years and is nowhere near as quick as he was in his very early 20's.  On a number of occasions this year Jennings could not keep up with Semi and looked slowish over that 40+ metre mark when in the clear. 

  Jennings is still quick over 20-30 metres but after that he gets stuck in third gear and does not have that top end speed of French, Semi or Hayne.  Jennings was very quick over the 100 when he was young (high 10 seconds over 100) but he has lost that pace from any number of reasons.   

  French needs to be outside a ball playing centre such as Taka whose first thought is how can I best set up the player outside me.  Whereas Jennings mindset is in reverse to Taka. 

      
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    Earl Grey > Big Dave July 28, 2016 at 7:09pm

    I agree, Taka's slower pace will allow French's acceleration to come into play by forcing defenders to step up a gear to cover him when the pass comes.
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    Wile E. Coyote > Big Dave July 28, 2016 at 8:37pm

    Your probably right Big Dave
    No evidence for my suggestion - just speculating
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  Big Dave July 28, 2016 at 7:18pm

  Guys like Gutherson and Taka (both ball playing centres) is what French needs inside him.  If we sign Hayne and Hayne plays fullback it will mean that French will score heaps of tries as Hayne can ball play, throw that long cut out pass and most importantly will suck the outside defenders in leaving more room for French.  We will have the best back three if Hayne is at fullback with Semi on the left and French on the right.     
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  parra supporter July 28, 2016 at 7:20pm

  I say yes, just because Jennings is more of a line running centre and a speedster like French would benefit more following a sweeping play, also I'd love to have a taka semi combo, not sure if there would be a stronger pairing in the conp
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    Wile E. Coyote > parra supporter July 28, 2016 at 8:39pm

    Would be interesting to see how they teamed up (Jennings and French)
    Wonder if Taka and Semi would work on the right
    
    Also be interesting to see how Jennings and French went defending together
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  Y2Eel July 28, 2016 at 8:17pm

  No
• Steve Blunt July 28, 2016 at 8:17pm

  I'll say it again...

  1. Gutherson

  2. Semi

  3. Taka

  4. Hayne

  5. Jennings

  6. Norman

  7. French

  Name a better backline than that?
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    Braeden Kelly > Steve Blunt July 28, 2016 at 8:49pm

    1 Hayne
    2 Semi
    3 Taka
    4 Jenko
    5 French
    6 Norman
    7?