Player Media: Karl Lawton
Karl Lawton speaks about playing in the back-row to taking on the Eels this Saturday.
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StuBoot
Bencher
Maybe if he had half the attitude - especially defensively - of the great Matai then maybe.
The fact he's not getting a look in 1st grade behind Harps and Parker is telling to me.
I dont think Suli is a Wiki . He is more if a Chris close type of player
Joe was Good for us from memory
Joe played fullback , centre , S/row and and Prop
40 years an eagle
Bencher
Joe was GREAT for us and a fan favourite.
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Mac Man
Reserve Grader
He played the guitar as well Bozo
He was also a gun player with the Panthers with Tony Puletua - The good old Hair bears they were called
sell
I'm all for trying him out as a prop .... if half as good as Wiki it would be great
Snake
Snake's Alive!
Suli doesn't have the right carry to play prop. He might be big, but it's about how you carry the size as well (effective props are thick through the middle and use it at the defensive line). I think he'd be more effective as an edge backrower in the mould of Tupouniua than a prop but I don't want him making defensive decisions.
Sell.
Sell.
Nordburg
Bencher
Suli doesn’t have the mongrel and determination that Wiki did
manly al
First Grader
Still think it unlikely that another club would be prepared to pay his current contract value or much benefit in Manly paying any freight . and again Walker still unsigned. Don 't think that Suli 's last effort against the Dragons a few weeks ago was just an aberration , he can still play and make his presence felt .
StuBoot
Bencher
I think he’s more of a Tony Williams type player.
I agree but as I said if he was half as good as Wiki it would be a worthwhile switch
Yes, I think I have made the same comment in the past ... T-Rex did play some great games in the forwards though .... but different times .... Suli could be good in short stints off the bench
From memory Tony at his best was a fcking frightening beast
Manly Premiership winner
Australian rep player
Enjoy
Shoe1
Journey Man
There's something about forwards that is different.
As a young player my coach would throw a ball in the middle of a group of players and say grab the ball and keep it no matter what, and the ones who got down in close contact and started wrestling for the ball were made forwards, and the other blokes backs. At that age we were all about the same size but the forwards were a different breed.
I don't see Suli as the type who would dive in and wrestle with mongrel. Parker would I reckon, he seems ok with solid contact.
Snake
Snake's Alive!
Yeah you’ve hit the nail on the head here. You look Radradra and to a lesser extent Sivo and they are brutal with their carries and so hard to stop but there is still something about them that screams ‘outside back’.
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