Sure Tom is a big chunk of salary cap and a Star player, but this team has plenty of other great players and plenty of other supposedly good potential players.
They seem to perform at full strength and Tom is "Always" the go to man and as the best player in the team, I get it.
But it's about time these other players stood up and showed some fight.....like the 2019 side without Tom, actually went into finals and at long odds toppled Sharks in week 1....where is the fight in these blokes ?
Well here's the opportunity, there's no Tom in a Superman cape coming back, so it's a good opportunity to see who actually wants to stand up and represent Manly in the biggest time of need.