Is Jaxson Paulo a starter

[Dion Johnson]

Hot tip.... don't be suprised if Young Hoppa is playing first grade before seasons end.. either on the wing or at centre
He's killing it at centre in NSW cup.. and he can defend..
Your old enough if your good enough and he looks good.

Definitely think he is a talent, does the simple things very well and looks classy.

He looks a similar build to Turbo at that age, when you think of the players that are currently in front of him in Talua, Ray & Paulo they are not as easy on the eye as Hoppa.

His current form and skill set has him in front of those three for me.

 

[HoldenV8]

I would honestly hate to be an NRL winger.

You're expected to be faster than everyone else and score 10 tries a game (and you're considered out of form if you haven't scored in 3 or 4 games). You're expected to take early tackle count hit ups and you're expected to have the skills of an AFL player when catching a high kick. And on the flip side if any tries are scored down your side, its often the winger who gets the blame, the whole blame and nothing but the blame, especially from the fans.

I'm glad I was a front rower in my younger days. We just had to hit up and tackle lol.

 

[TimmyQ]

Personally I'm not a fan of his body language. I know they've been some very cool cats who were also stars but he just doesn't look invested to me. The reality is a winger these days needs either elite speed or strength - ideally both. Jaxson appears to have neither in spades. Surely we can do better. To be a genuine top 4 team consistently your wingers need to be guns. Go Manly

 

[Terry Zarsoff]

Perhaps we can offload him to Faecalmatta, in the next end of season ‘dross drawdown’?

 

[HK_Eagle]

Perhaps we can offload him to Faecalmatta, in the next end of season ‘dross drawdown’?

Perhaps a player swap for that Lionel Ritchie look-a-like on the wing who scored against us in the second?

 

[HoldenV8]

Personally I'm not a fan of his body language. I know they've been some very cool cats who were also stars but he just doesn't look invested to me. The reality is a winger these days needs either elite speed or strength - ideally both. Jaxson appears to have neither in spades. Surely we can do better. To be a genuine top 4 team consistently your wingers need to be guns. Go Manly

He honestly looks like he spends the hours before the game smoking a Dutchie.

Looks are deceptive though. I don't think the defence was all down to him on our right side while he has (since and including in Vegas) come up with some good runs infield that have resulted in tries.

 

[dubLEs]

We should be going hard for Corey Oates.

How much is he worth?

 

[Saabnaldo]

It’s gonna take more than eels game for him to be dropped unfortunately. Drop Paulo and bring in hoppa and we’re in business

 

[Darknstormy]

Hell no he is weak and slow and a horrible defender

 

[maxta]

I was a little a little suprised at 1 moment in Sundays game
Manly had their left edge in tatters and Garrick had just made that run burning them down that wing
Anyways a few minutes later Manly shift to get another overlap and Garrick feeds Paulo the ball with no one in front of him
He was approx 10 metres in with plenty of space and I was thinking "cya later" , but he didn't back himself at all and just cut back in like a winger who is on the slower side....maybe seen it wrong but I just wanna see him use his speed as he is known as a pretty quick player
Maybe being harsh or maybe just playing it safe but have seen a few times now where he has room but cuts in very early

 

[Waz13]

How much is he worth?

He’s well worth NOT having a look at. There’s a reason Arthur’s and Deloiise are ahead of him, and neither are top line wingers really.

 

[Waz13]

I was a little a little suprised at 1 moment in Sundays game
Manly had their left edge in tatters and Garrick had just made that run burning them down that wing
Anyways a few minutes later Manly shift to get another overlap and Garrick feeds Paulo the ball with no one in front of him
He was approx 10 metres in with plenty of space and I was thinking "cya later" , but he didn't back himself at all and just cut back in like a winger who is on the slower side....maybe seen it wrong but I just wanna see him use his speed as he is known as a pretty quick player
Maybe being harsh or maybe just playing it safe but have seen a few times now where he has room but cuts in very early

Yeah I saw that but actually thought he was covered and came in rather than getting bundled into touch. Thought it was touch n go and Jacko took the conservative route.

 

[Tragic Eagle]

Form mine he looks off the pace at the moment and lacking confidence.

 

[maxta]

Yeah I saw that but actually thought he was covered and came in rather than getting bundled into touch. Thought it was touch n go and Jacko took the conservative route.

Your probably right, I was pretty excited at the time and expectations were maybe a tad high.....I think your assessment is the in the "reality " of how it played out
Another part pi""ed me off, we were red hot on attack 10m out and Paulo done well to stay in and was held.
The Eels bloke then shoved him out obviously after the tackle was completed and I think here's an obvious penalty....but they gave the Eels a scrum
Anyways I gotta move on, we learned a hard lesson and I think this teams got the attitude to bounce back

 

[Sheikheagle]

Form mine he looks off the pace at the moment and lacking confidence.

That’s exactly how he has looked his whole career.

 

[HK_Eagle]

Your probably right, I was pretty excited at the time and expectations were maybe a tad high.....I think your assessment is the in the "reality " of how it played out
Another part pi""ed me off, we were red hot on attack 10m out and Paulo done well to stay in and was held.
The Eels bloke then shoved him out obviously after the tackle was completed and I think here's an obvious penalty....but they gave the Eels a scrum
Anyways I gotta move on, we learned a hard lesson and I think this teams got the attitude to bounce back

To be honest, I was livid with Jason on that one. I assume he played that for the penalty because he was pushed over way too easily and showed zero urgency to stay in.

 

[Disco]

He’s well worth NOT having a look at. There’s a reason Arthur’s and Deloiise are ahead of him, and neither are top line wingers really.

It's Deine Mariner not Delouise Hoeter ahead.

I personally think Mariner is a great talent.

 

[nightster]

He honestly looks like he spends the hours before the game smoking a Dutchie.

Looks are deceptive though. I don't think the defence was all down to him on our right side while he has (since and including in Vegas) come up with some good runs infield that have resulted in tries.

need to slip him some Pervitin before every match

 

[Ben]

Hopefully when Saabs back that pushes Jaxon out and we also bring in Talau.
Imo Talau looked more like a 1st grader that JP dose.