Pre-Game Manly V Tigers [Round 17, 2025]

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If that's the team selected it will be interesting for sure. Turbo in the centres could be a very good move. That forward pack though... oh boy
 
Mason has a pretty good leap on him for a small fella, noting his actually a FB.
Are you sure about this? Pretty sure he played his entire life in the half’s including school boys for Australia until they tried converting him to fullback last year
 
I’m excited for the backline changes but not sure how much it’ll do when the forward pack looks like that…
 
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Lehi
TT2
Tolu
Turbo
Reubs
Brooks
DCE
Lodge
Jazz
Siua
Waddle
BenT
Jakey

Simpkin
Bully
Nathan Brown
Sipps

Chee Kam, Saab, Faulalo, JOEY WALSH, Caleb Navale
Bloody weird team, but I can see what they're going for. They have plodders like Lodge starting, probably to give May some work, but TKO & Jazz to presumably make up for them in defence.

That bench is still pretty disappointing. I'd like to see Navale in for Brown.

Of course, then there's whatever's going on in the backline. Well, I don't know what to expect. I wonder what Lodge, Turbo, and DCE we will get? It could be 8/10 or a 3/10 performance from any of those three...
 
Bloody weird team, but I can see what they're going for. They have plodders like Lodge starting, probably to give May some work, but TKO & Jazz to presumably make up for them in defence.

That bench is still pretty disappointing. I'd like to see Navale in for Brown.

Of course, then there's whatever's going on in the backline. Well, I don't know what to expect. I wonder what Lodge, Turbo, and DCE we will get? It could be 8/10 or a 3/10 performance from any of those three...
Since when has Lodge ever given the team anything near 8/10? His last first grade appearance was quite possibly one of the worst front performances ever from a Manly front rower and even Grant Wooden was embarrassed
 
Has there been a slower, more immobile pack selected this year by any side in the NRL? Simple answer is no.

Think Tom at centre is a game changer for us in the backline and might give us a chance to roll some of the weaker sides going forward but unfortunately with our draw we pretty much only meet quality going forward - and that pack would be destroyed by quality top 4 sides warming up for the semis.

Flip of the coin this game. Probably favour us with Tommy at 4 but with zero confidence.
 
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