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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 2635273, member: 1899"] Outside of Soward/Wallace my biggest question mark over Penrith is their front row rotation. McKendry, Kite, Plum & Latimore were more than serviceable this year but can they take that next step forward? Personally, I think they're more likely to regress & I don't know if Penrith have anybody worthwhile coming through. Anderson, Campbell-Gillard & Latu don't inspire that much confidence while Saunders is really just a handy work-horse at this stage of his development. Somebody is going to have to step up and right now, there are no obvious candidates. I have similar concerns with the Broncos. McGuire is a very handy prop but is in that Tim Mannah mould where he can't really carry a pack on his own and right now, he doesn't have a lot of support. Whatever Wayne does, I hope he doesn't compromise the pack to sort this problem out because we saw the roll on effect that had. The ideal scenario is to shift Thaiday exclusively to the fringe where you can use his ball skills & quick play the balls while trying to bring a Garbutt, Garvet, Dodds, Wallace etc. to speed. Thankfully in their favour, I believe they've got a lot of exciting props coming through - Ofahengaue, Molo, Fai, Hipgrave & Collins. Right now, I reckon it'd be wise for Bennett to ride this rough period out, bring in a few journeymens, while looking to bring through the next wave of talent and see what they've got to offer. Worth noting that Penrith could have had that luxury had they not allowed Lodge to go to Melbourne. [/QUOTE]

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