Would still like someone to talk about the back rowers we have.......or have not. .....this is our biggest problem.
Some are beating around the bush......
Still don't see a damaging back rower in any of the above threads.....compared to the teams left in the top six this year.
Name me one that one makes their run on teams?? None would make the Roosters bench.
Symonds, Mateo, Buhrer( coming back from major leg injury) ....don't think so.
Just...
Please do not go silly and include Tom Wright as a first grader next year.
People are wishing without any background or even seen him play.
As I have stated on a few occasions it is a massive step up in defence from his school experiences.
How long do you think those players will be here for ?
We are letting go an Australian rep junior. How many of those do you get every year.
He also would be the best goal kicker we have had for a while.
Lyon is not a top kicker and has missed important kicks under pressure. You need a Maloney...
NRL is a joke. Judiciary is tainted and so inconsistent. Hodges rings his mate to get the story right and a Hodges' mate is on the judiciary!
Approaching players on contract causes massive turmoil in clubs, fans and players .
Fine the clubs big time or lose comp points. NRL must do it now or...
Don't tell me if Guerra had been injured seriously and there was a public outcry over the tackle that Hodges wouldn't have been suspended.
Thus it shouldn't be the injury ( not being cruel here) but the lifting itself.
Should have been suspended.
How do Isaac Luke and Cameron Smith feel?
Opens...
Listened to Hodges on radio straight after the non guilty verdict and he said he had rung Guerra and discussed the tackle.......obviously to get the stories right. Should this be allowed?
Sorry! The plot thickens........
One of the panel members Chris McKenna played State of Origin with Hodges...
You must be looking at another player if you think Buhrer and Leary are as good defensively as Docker. Talk to some of the players he has tackled.
Agree to disagree.
Would let a few of the deadwood go to get Adam Docker .....released by Penrith.
Big hitter in defence. Great technique even though not big.
Make an exception for him.
Docker is ok......not big though but has the best technique in defence. He is better than Brown, Leary, Buhrer?
Name our second rowers or locks better than him..........
He is one bloke who can hurt in defence.
In reality 5/8 is a position just in name. How many play there off a scrum. Normally it is one pass to a big forward who hits it up. The good halves play five eight as well some on one side of the ruck and another ball handler on the right eg DCE and Foran. Thurston plays both sides as Barrett...
Think we are in a negative situation here with signings of too many players in the same position and this will cause anxiety to other players particularly the 20's who have come home with a wet sail and surprised some. They may be even more in demand after Sunday.
Snake, Hiku, TT, Gutho...
Hiku on club performances should be in NSW cup. Not our number one fullback and constantly gets found out in defence on the wing by coming in and not staying on his man.
Really not happy with Manly's overall recruitment for 2016.
Get Malagi he didn't even make the bench for the Rorters.
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