Not really sure what is controversial about the assertion that King/Knight will be better than than Thommo/TPJ. This time last year we were looking forward to a starting prop pair of Thommo and TPJ, and look what we got. Out of a possible 48 games between them we got 21, they are both gone now, mostly because of bad luck in the first case, and bad attitude in the second. King and Knight are at least going to turn up and play. King was injured most of the season but missed only 1 game. Knight turned up once the season was more than halfway over and played 10. When it comes to errors and penalties:
King/Knight in 33 games = 16 errors and penalties
Thommo/TPJ in 21 games = 20 errors and penalties.
The assertion is saying more about how big a let down the prospective Thommo/TPJ pairing was.