Alex McKinnon Claims If We Sign DCE We'll Most Likely Win The 2026 Comp

[Chook2]

We will start to build some depth up this year

interesting if we only have 1 bench spot for a back rower between Nat and Egan butch, steep and foketi all smaller plus Roberts and mccathie can’t keep them all
butchers have reached their ceiling and I’m surprised we re signed Egan
steep doesn’t look any more then a butcher despite a few claiming he was like a young cordner
Foketi has a crack but again not big

[roosterchook]

My take on this is we will be a much better team when Walker returns. DCE won’t win us a comp but we will need a good forward pack to make the top 5. Some of the young guys who beat Penrith should be slotted into the team. Collins and Rads are not getting us across the line. Robbo needs to think out of the box and begin fielding players on form not just because they’re big names.

[SupermanSupportsEasts4Eva]

I'm warming to the idea of DCE at the Roosters. He will make us better but he won't win us the comp. His record at Manly isn't crash hot. 1 comp early in his career in a team full of Manly stalwarts. Nothing to show at club level post the 2013 GF. DCE will take us back to the top 4 but he isn't Cronk.