thedogs88 said:If you count kite and galavaou as rep players then bloody hell stagg and halatau still are. turner also is state player, and when the hell did king play for australia ? thats a disgrace.
Dogs also had ennis out most of the year, despite what you lot say he is still a top 3 hooker with smith and farah.
You can say what you want but if the dogs had a 5/8 of forans quality it would be a title threat straigth away our props are the best props of manly/dogs our backrow isn't as good but still a fit eastwood and pritchard isn't exactly garbage. barba and morris are quality, first year and barba top try scorer, leads like breaks and tackle busts. give him a quality 5/8 with hodkinson and ennis fit and its a good spine. throw in morris who with a qualtiy 5/8 will be back to his best then some up and comers in lafai, kasiano and taupau who all looked the goods this year.
not saying its a sure thing but it certainly is a decent team on paper and with a coaching staff as good as we have secured i think its happy days ahead for us IF we can sign a quality 5/8 that is.
Your opinion is every bit as valid as mine.
I invite you back in October 2012 and we can see what develops, I believe two things are for certain.
1. Manly will finish in the top 8, and more than likely make the GF again
2. The Dogs will finish outside the 8