Re: Manu and Turner : Sun Sep 15, 2013 10:36 am  

St pete wrote:

I always knew Manu would come good. We still don't give him good ball tho. If we could get him better ball he'd be devastating.

Would having two proper halves help that do you think?

Re: Manu and Turner : Sun Sep 15, 2013 10:51 am  

SaintsFan wrote:

Would having two proper halves help that do you think?

100% make a difference. He's been used like a prop at times. Manu can hold his own playing like that but if you hive him the ball in a little space he will cause havoc.

Even when o'brian was playing made a huge difference to Manu's game. Walsh will provide quicker and better ball.

Re: Manu and Turner : Sun Sep 15, 2013 11:28 am  

Another heavy hitting tackle from Turner last night

Re: Manu and Turner : Sun Sep 15, 2013 12:38 pm  

St pete wrote:

100% make a difference. He's been used like a prop at times. Manu can hold his own playing like that but if you hive him the ball in a little space he will cause havoc.

Even when o'brian was playing made a huge difference to Manu's game. Walsh will provide quicker and better ball.

Yeah I'm really looking forward to next season. Brown finally looks as if he knows the strengths of the team and with some good recruitment both up front and a new half back we look strong for next season.

Manu has been a quality signing as expected, he's shown no signs of being an ageing player. He's freakishly strong and always makes an impact on that left fringe. Him, Lomax, Meli and Swift are tearing teams apart down that side.

Turner has had a good season and appears to have improved along the way especially in defence. He's the first Centre to score over 10 tries for Saints since Gidley in 2007 so fair play to him.

Re: Manu and Turner : Sun Sep 15, 2013 2:32 pm  

I did read something about Brown taking the goal kicking off of Turner due to confidence issues. Maybe it was too much, alongside bedding into a new team etc.

Turner does look like the kind of player who responds to an arm around the shoulder, so maybe now he is settled and an integral part of the team, he feels more confident about taking on the goal kicking.