Pre-Game Manly V Raiders [Round 3, 2025]

[The '47ers]

 

[davohan123]

Well let's see now if we are a one man team.

Playing at home with still who we have in after lasts weeks piss poor effort there is enough there for us to win.

Lehi 1
Garrick wing
Tommy number 2 centre is how I would go

 

[XV-1]

Lehi or Koula to fullback?

Talau into centre or wing?

 

[Woodsie]

Can't wait for this young bloke to be elevated .... just the attempts at pronouncing his name will be worth the price of admission ..

• D’Jazirhae ‘Mia’ Pua'avase - Development Player

 

[Ron E. Gibbs]

Colour nob

Lehi or Koula to fullback?

Talau into centre or wing?

In news that surprises absolutely nobody, PERENNIALLY INJURED FULLBACK NOT PLAYING.

Surely has to be Lehi at fullback, doesn't it? He's just more composed and confident back there than Koula is. Although I still suspect Koula is more suited to fullback than centre.

 

[globaleagle]

Can't wait for this young bloke to be elevated .... just the attempts at pronouncing his name will be worth the price of admission ..

• D’Jazirhae ‘Mia’ Pua'avase - Development Player

The real reason Ray Warren retired...

 

[Bomb Voyage]

For god sake piss off tom once and for all idc how good you are this is beyond a joke now

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

I no longer think we are a one man team , but we certainly are better when that one man is on fire.

This is becoming so repetitive now that surely we have moved past the “ can’t win without Tom”.

Guess we’ll find out on Sunday

 

[Wombat64]

I am as disappointed as the rest of you that Tom isn't playing but to be a fair he did play 20 games last year ....... which is a big improvement on recent seasons. It was his most games in a.season since 2018.

 

[bob dylan]

I have an awful feeling about this game, it might blow away any notions of the 'fortress' for the rest of the year

We all remember what happened last year.

 

[manly al]

Not a season defining game but a fair bit riding on it and taking into account such an indifferent performance against the Warriors and the Raiders on a bit of a roll .
Plus trying to take advantage of these string of early home games with some ideally good results
Sure that Manly are capable of stopping the Raider"s momentum and asserting their own authority but are going to have to try to make it happen from the get go .
Just can "t allow themselves to give the semblance of getting off to a good start if that is manageable and then not go on with it .
B T W , is Talau a confirmed starter on the wing now with Turbo out as thought that he was listed ahead of Faulalo and Ray Ray on the teams list

 

[BOZO]

Not a season defining game but a fair bit riding on it and taking into account such an indifferent performance against the Warriors and the Raiders on a bit of a roll .

Not a season defining game
But each game moulds and shapes and Influences a players and a teams Character
Each game represents the Manly Winning Way
The Manly Way Netflix Fiction TV series is over
The Manly Way Premiership Winning Season has well and truly Begun

 

[DeadCats]

For mine it's Lehi at the back and get Tommy Talau onto the wing asap. There's no replacing Tom Trbojevic but it's still a solid backline with Lehi and Talau.

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

For mine it's Lehi at the back and get Tommy Talau onto the wing asap. There's no replacing Tom Trbojevic but it's still a solid backline with Lehi and Talau.

Lehi is no Turbo ( yet ) but is pretty safe back there and that’s the main thing.

 

[frank stokes]

Lehi or Koula to fullback?

Talau into centre or wing?

Koula FB… not because Lehi is not good but because the extra space improves Koula…

I would also leave Lehi on wing and play Talau in centre…

But Seibs will probs do none of those things 🤣

 

[Ralphie]

Koula FB… not because Lehi is not good but because the extra space improves Koula…

I would also leave Lehi on wing and play Talau in centre…

But Seibs will probs do none of those things 🤣

You are right, that's because he is a coaching goose.

 

[BOZO]

You are right, that's because he is a coaching goose.

This is the great thing about our forum feathered friend
We all have different views
Some View him as a Genius and some view him as a Goose

Sing with me Ralphie my boy
All together now...
Manly Sea eagles had a Goose
Ee i ee i oh
With Honk , honk here and a honk honk there
Here a Honk , there a honk , Everywhere a honk , honk
Manly Sea eagles had a Goose
Ee i ee i oh

 

[SeaEagleSI1]

 

[Eagle 1]

This is the great thing about our forum feathered friend
We all have different views
Some View him as a Genius and some view him as a Goose

Sing with me Ralphie my boy
All together now...
Manly Sea eagles had a Goose
Ee i ee i oh
With Honk , honk here and a honk honk there
Here a Honk , there a honk , Everywhere a honk , honk
Manly Sea eagles had a Goose
Ee i ee i oh
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Who writes your stuff Bozo ?

 

[BOZO]

Who writes your stuff Bozo ?

The Manly Passion and Manly Madness within feathered friend