Pre Game Thread .. Manly V Bulldogs

[Kalvin]

Their hooker and kikau looked good together... they would be our major concerns imo!

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

Really putting the pre in pre-game thread here

It’s been a long six months

 

[Brookie Bob]

It’s been a long six months

Longer than most six months, even.......

 

[manly al]

Longer than most six months, even.......

Still have to contend with Next Week #

 

[Eagle 1]

Longer than most six months, even.......

Yeah, and Cricket boys aren't making it any easier..lol.

 

[Woodsie]

There are no spots left in the tipping contest ....

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

There are no spots left in the tipping contest ....

And all past winners are BANNED

 

[Woodsie]

Are we expecting a sell out crowd at Brookie for the season opener ?

 

[John92]

Josh schuster has been ruled out calf injury return date saying rd3 against the eels

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1627949457391370240

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

Cooper John’s , come on down !!!

 

[John92]

John’s or weeks 🤔 tough one

 

[Stewbojevic]

John’s or weeks 🤔 tough one

I’d go with Weekes

 

[The '47ers]

Josh schuster has been ruled out calf injury return date saying rd3 against the eels

Where's the "fark sake" emoji

 

[Woodsie]

Johns has earned first run ... but I'd have a warmed up weekes on the bench ready to go.

 

[Daddycool]

Schuster now ruled out with a calf strain 🤦‍♂️. Who can play #6? I’m not convinced about Johns. Although, with Cherry back (hopefully!) at least he won’t have to handle every 5th tackle kick, like he did last week.

 

[Rafferty]

What about Tom at 6 and Weekes at the back?

 

[HK_Eagle]

Fancy waiting all this time for a crack at #6… all that off-season working to get your body right, and… 🤦‍♂️

 

[Rocky]

Yeah thats really disappointing about Schuster. He has obviously worked so hard to get his body conditioned to play 5/8.

Although he is only out a week at this stage, this feels like a little more of a punch in the guts given his injury history. Hopefully not a sign to come for the rest of his season/career.

 

[HK_Eagle]

I said it half in jest before, but I would seriously love to get somebody of the experience and calibre of Bill Knowles at the club. Would be great to see him working with the young kids coming through and educating them on body mechanics… improving their body intelligence. The demands of the modern game are so great on the body that the mechanics really need to be right. Too many of us (including the most talented) carry compensations that get found out when pushing as hard as these guys do. How many more calf mishaps do we want to see with Schu before there is a serious intervention? Do we learn anything from Tommy’s experience?