Pre-Game Cowboys V Manly [Round 11, 2025]

[stoodamire]

Aaron Schoupp named at #11 in NSW Cup. I wonder if that's a plan moving forward to possibly turn him into a backrower for that left edge spot and/or getting in some reps incase Haumole makes SOS.

 

[The Royal Soup]

hahaha Seidud does it again

Manly - complete joke show

truly pathetic team lost

Drop DCE

 

[Ron E. Gibbs]

I look at their team & see Dearden + Perdue as there half’s which makes me feel confident honestly. Both good players but neither are really game managers, kicking game could be trouble for them too

Purdue played all his junior footy as a half, and has been killing it in the centres, a position he had never previously played. He is very quick off the mark and will likely cause plenty of problems in the middle of the field. Dearden never gives up. And on top of that, Drinkwater plays pretty much as an extra half.

Up against them we have an old bloke with one eye on Origin and the other eye on his new red, white and blue team, and a slightly less old bloke who has always struggled to take control of a game.

But the halves will be the least of our problems. The game will be won in the forwards, and ours are just not very good.

 

[Thewestisbest]

Two steps forward, one step back.

I don't think that Jake plays all that different at prop, than he does at lock. If your lock isn't even going to run the ball, which Tevaga didn't do a lot of on Sunday, you may as well put Jake there, and have two better props. I think Croker will be in NSW cup this week, so Tevaga is genuinely the short term solution this time.

Bullemor and Navale are great changes. Lodge should ideally come in for Waddell.

Could it be that Walsh debuts next week ahead of Arthur? If we want to go all in on freeing up cap space for 2026, we could send Brooks into the abyss, and play Fogarty/Walsh next year. Obviously getting ahead of myself here, but he's doing something right to play two Flegg games, a NSW Cup game, and then appear on a first grade team list.

More excuses for Siebold and his sh1t selections. Honestly, if this is the team we runout with...

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

More excuses for Siebold and his sh1t selections. Honestly, if this is the team we runout with...

You'd have chosen...?

 

[Nordburg]

Aaron Schoupp named at #11 in NSW Cup. I wonder if that's a plan moving forward to possibly turn him into a backrower for that left edge spot and/or getting in some reps incase Haumole makes SOS.

Then why not pick him now,on the bench or reserves at least?Not as if the team is going to lose a plethora of players to Origin.Probably over thinking things

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

hahaha Seidud does it again

Manly - complete joke show

truly pathetic team lost

Drop DCE

You mean drop $CE

We don’t have a DCE any more he’s either $CE or Dollar Chaser Evans , take your pick

 

[Nordburg]

It appears Simpkin has yet again been used as a scapegoat.

 

[eadie fan]

I look at their team & see Dearden + Perdue as there half’s which makes me feel confident honestly. Both good players but neither are really game managers, kicking game could be trouble for them too

Against that, I look at our halves and definitely see NO game managers there either!

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

It appears Simpkin has yet again been used as a scapegoat.

A tough job but someone has to do it.

 

[Thewestisbest]

You'd have chosen...?

Simpkin at 9. Jake at prop. Tevaga at lock. For a start. The fact he is moving back to the same old, slow moving forward game plan is telling. He got the minutes and bench all wrong last week, and instead of fixing his own stuff up, he has reverted back to what wasn't working for the past month.

He might get lucky with Cotter and big Jase out, which will only cover over some obvious cracks. If he is trying to take the sting out of the game before bringing Simpkin on, then why is Bully starting?

 

[joeboy]

god we have some terrible players who are not scared of losing their spot

Our whole squad is pants. The little air in the balloon for season 2025 we had got stabbed out by our captain.

What a mess.

We need to

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

Simpkin at 9. Jake at prop. Tevaga at lock.

But that's exactly what he did last week!
(we lost) 🙁

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

god we have some terrible players who are not scared of losing their spot

Our whole squad is pants. The little air in the balloon for season 2025 we had got stabbed out by our captain.

What a mess.

We need to

The season is ****ed already, and has been since the Dollar Chaser decided to screw the pooch.

No one gives a **** now , get used to loss after loss with the very occasional win ( when the other team basically stuffs up and the refs start feeling sorry for us).

I’m expecting to run bottom 4 now, we just don’t have the team to do much better

 

[Thewestisbest]

god we have some terrible players who are not scared of losing their spot

Our whole squad is pants. The little air in the balloon for season 2025 we had got stabbed out by our captain.

What a mess.

We need to

DCE should be dropped to reserve grade immediately. Send a message that the club has standards. His form has been horrible and the way he has gone about ending his association with the club would never be tolerated by a Bellamy or Bennett. Put it this way, if Spoon persists with DCE and our season still turns to mud, he will look more weak and clueless than he did at Brisbane.

Show some balls Tony!

 

[Brookie1973]

I fear the Cowboys will be looking to pay us back for that Round 1 humiliation at Brookvale, and that no amount of @Wombat64's premium lube will save our collective perineum by the full-time siren.

My perineum is not collective thank you very much.

 

[Thewestisbest]

But that's exactly what he did last week!
(we lost) 🙁

Correct and the week before without Jake. The positional changes didn't stop us from winning last week, though they were less effective than they might have been if our genius coach had made better use of the interchange bench. Particularly the minutes played (or not played) by certain individuals.

Instead he goes back to the formula that saw us lose three in a row.

Insanity.

And should we win, it will only serve to encourage old Spoon to continue the same way.

 

[Ohgeez]

Purdue played all his junior footy as a half, and has been killing it in the centres, a position he had never previously played. He is very quick off the mark and will likely cause plenty of problems in the middle of the field. Dearden never gives up. And on top of that, Drinkwater plays pretty much as an extra half.

Up against them we have an old bloke with one eye on Origin and the other eye on his new red, white and blue team, and a slightly less old bloke who has always struggled to take control of a game.

But the halves will be the least of our problems. The game will be won in the forwards, and ours are just not very good.

I know where Perdue played & that doesn’t change the fact that he’s a 19 year old playing his 1st game of NRL in the half’s defending against a lot bigger bodies than centres. Game plan needs to be get him 1 on 1 with any forward as much as possible & he’ll be steam rolled like round 1 against Olakau'atu

Dearden never gives up doesn’t mean anything, it’s quite obvious the best part of his game is running & playing what’s in front of him not organising a team. His kicking game hasn’t been great this year at all. Dylan Brown turns into a shadow of himself when moved from 5/8 to 7 as do plenty of others, let’s see what happens. As for Drinkwater almost all fullbacks ‘play as an extra half’ these days.

 

[Thewestisbest]

The season is ****ed already, and has been since the Dollar Chaser decided to screw the pooch.

No one gives a **** now , get used to loss after loss with the very occasional win ( when the other team basically stuffs up and the refs start feeling sorry for us).

I’m expecting to run bottom 4 now, we just don’t have the team to do much better

We certainly have the team to do MUCH better.

We don't have the coach to get the best out of the team.

We aren't a Premiership threat but we are much better than what we've seen lately.

 

[Brookie1973]

We certainly have the team to do MUCH better.

We don't have the coach to get the best out of the team.

We aren't a Premiership threat but we are much better than what we've seen lately.

Yes, if DCE has caused a rift in the side, a strong coach would take the appropriate step and drop him, or at the very least, strip him of the captaincy. Or maybe keeping him there provides another perfect excuse if that’s what you are looking for.