Pre-Game Manly V Dolphins [Round 25, 2025]

[CoreyWaddellSuperFan]

Humour me here.

Why Schoup ahead of the recently trumpeted resigning, Faulalo?

I don't get it

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

Humour me here.

Why Schoup ahead of the recently trumpeted resigning, Faulalo?

I don't get it

Bit more utility value?
Apparently he's recently had a run at second row in reserve grade. Also over 50 NRL games, mostly at centre

 

[Sheikheagle]

Humour me here.

Why Schoup ahead of the recently trumpeted resigning, Faulalo?

I don't get it

Schoup has been playing as an edge forward and can play centre. So more versatile.

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

Been quite a lot up here in the news regarding this game , purely from the Fins perspective as you’d expect.

I have no doubt the Fins are well and truly UP for this game , the interviews I’ve seen suggest it’s their most important game of the year , lose and they are probably out of contention , win and they are still in the hunt.

Hard to see it not being Fins by plenty.

Be a completely different thing if , we were busted by injuries ( which we are ) , and the troops were rallying around their much loved & respected captain who was nearing retirement and playing a milestone game but that’s far from the case ( as it appears ).

I doubt many of them give a flying **** any more and just want the season to be over like we do.

Could be anything this weekend , our first 50 point defeat beckons.

 

[Ron E. Gibbs]

turbo looked so frustrated against tigers and siebold after the match just looked lost and out of his depth.

Not to defend Siebold in any way, but this team has made a habit out of doing that to a lot of our coaches.

 

[Eagle 1]

Been quite a lot up here in the news regarding this game , purely from the Fins perspective as you’d expect.

I have no doubt the Fins are well and truly UP for this game , the interviews I’ve seen suggest it’s their most important game of the year , lose and they are probably out of contention , win and they are still in the hunt.

Hard to see it not being Fins by plenty.

Be a completely different thing if , we were busted by injuries ( which we are ) , and the troops were rallying around their much loved & respected captain who was nearing retirement and playing a milestone game but that’s far from the case ( as it appears ).

I doubt many of them give a flying **** any more and just want the season to be over like we do.

Could be anything this weekend , our first 50 point defeat beckons.

Yeah, they have a lot more to play for, plus they have Molo and the cheap shot merchant Kaufusie coming back from suspension as well. First 10min will tell the tale.

 

[SeaEagle007]

Brooks misses more tackles than most and You want him in the middle with 3 aging middles ?

still a better team than what Seibold's picked

 

[Eagle 1]

Got a weird feeling we’re gonna smash them and fairly well end their season. Nothing at all sound to base it off.

Agree, also, it's forecast rain on Sat and with an already soggy surface that should curtail the likes of Hammer and co. If Cherry's kicking game is on song,we'll have a great chance to take this one out.

 

[The Who]

Agree, also, it's forecast rain on Sat and with an already soggy surface that should curtail the likes of Hammer and co. If Cherry's kicking game is on song,we'll have a great chance to take this one out.

Really?
We are hopeless, dispirited, and even worse in the wet.
And what good will a win do? Keep plonkers like Brooks, Saab and DCE in the team?
We've blown our chances to play finals.
I don't think I've ever felt so unsupportive of my team; a team I've been following for 65 years. I am even secretly hoping we get flogged again, just so it reinforces to the blockhead selectors how much we need fresh faces in the team in the last couple of matches of the season. I am desperate to go into the off season with a ray of hope that 2026 won't be more of the same rubbish.

 

[Eagle 1]

Really?
We are hopeless, dispirited, and even worse in the wet.
And what good will a win do? Keep plonkers like Brooks, Saab and DCE in the team?
We've blown our chances to play finals.
I don't think I've ever felt so unsupportive of my team; a team I've been following for 65 years. I am even secretly hoping we get flogged again, just so it reinforces to the blockhead selectors how much we need fresh faces in the team in the last couple of matches of the season. I am desperate to go into the off season with a ray of hope that 2026 won't be more of the same rubbish.

We are long odds to make the 8 with a win on Sat anyway. I'll be going to the game with my son and nephew and sure as hell we'll be wanting to see a Manly win.

 

[ALinda]

Humour me here.

Why Schoup ahead of the recently trumpeted resigning, Faulalo?

I don't get it

Schoup has been playing as an edge forward and can play centre. So more versatile.

As well as his versatility, he's a goalkicker and Schoupp could be handy in Garrick's absence as a backup for DCE.

 

[Captain Moondog]

I'll be working this Saturday. Hope we win but not sacrificing a days work on the off chance that the players might want to do theirs.

 

[manlyfan76]

I'll be working this Saturday. Hope we win but not sacrificing a days work on the off chance that the players might want to do theirs.

 

[Gallop_In]

Has it came out on when the gates open for Saturday's game?

 

[Brookie1973]

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles

01. Tom Trbojevic
02. Jason Saab
03. Tolutau Koula
04. Tommy Talau
05. Lehi Hopoate
06. Luke Brooks
07. Daly Cherry-Evans (C)

08. Matthew Lodge
09. Jake Simpkin
10. Siosiua Taukei'aho
11. Corey Waddell
12. Ben Trbojevic
13. Jazz Tevaga

14. Aaron Schoupp
15. Caleb Navale
16. Ethan Bullemor
17. Toafofoa Sipley


Replacement:

18. Michael Chee Kam.


Reserves:

19. Clayton Faulalo
20. Joey Walsh
21. Simione Laiafi - Development Player
22. Gordon Chan Kum Tong.

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No Chris Butler? A good omen maybe?

 

[Rafferty]

Really?
We are hopeless, dispirited, and even worse in the wet.
And what good will a win do? Keep plonkers like Brooks, Saab and DCE in the team?
We've blown our chances to play finals.
I don't think I've ever felt so unsupportive of my team; a team I've been following for 65 years. I am even secretly hoping we get flogged again, just so it reinforces to the blockhead selectors how much we need fresh faces in the team in the last couple of matches of the season. I am desperate to go into the off season with a ray of hope that 2026 won't be more of the same rubbish.

Maybe not so secretly…..anymore…..

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

Really?
We are hopeless, dispirited, and even worse in the wet.
And what good will a win do? Keep plonkers like Brooks, Saab and DCE in the team?
We've blown our chances to play finals.
I don't think I've ever felt so unsupportive of my team; a team I've been following for 65 years. I am even secretly hoping we get flogged again, just so it reinforces to the blockhead selectors how much we need fresh faces in the team in the last couple of matches of the season. I am desperate to go into the off season with a ray of hope that 2026 won't be more of the same rubbish.

It’s hard to imagine how 2026 is anything different, could even be slightly worse.

Clearly we don’t have the cap space , are still paying at least 3 players who will take no part in playing ( AoA / Croker / Schu ) , and we are playing the brothers circa 2.5 million, 1 of whom looks buggered , and the other a shadow of his former self.