Pre-Game Souths V Manly [Round 16, 2024]

[Stewbojevic]

I've long suspected the club dont rate Humphrey's as highly as Silvertails do.

That said, I do think Humphreys comes into the 17 Saturday.

Seems that way doesn’t it

 

[eaglebuzz]

I think Lawton at 7 is just ducks and drakes. The same sort of thing happened before Lehi Hopoate and Jake Simpkin made their debuts.

Lawton surely has to play in the forwards if we are to be any chance, our pack is already stretched way too thin and Lawton is hardly a 7.

 

[Ashton Davis]

This game is probably a coin toss although I am not inspired by the line up we have. Was hoping we never needed to call Schoupp up as he is a reject from crappy Bulldogs and Titans sides. Would actually prefer Talau in his place in the centres and Paulo on the wing. At least Paulo was one intercept away from being a premiership winger back in 2021

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

Was hoping we never needed to call Schoupp up as he is a reject from crappy Bulldogs and Titans sides.

I'm interested to see how he goes.
Also just found out his brother Blake plays for the Wallabies (a prop!)

 

[eaglebuzz]

This game is probably a coin toss although I am not inspired by the line up we have. Was hoping we never needed to call Schoupp up as he is a reject from crappy Bulldogs and Titans sides. Would actually prefer Talau in his place in the centres and Paulo on the wing. At least Paulo was one intercept away from being a premiership winger back in 2021

Paulo had his chances and didn't impress much. Schoupp has been in good form in NSW cup, and surely after Talau and Simpkin we can retire the "reject from X crappy side" narrative.

The Bulldogs were a basket case when he was there, and he might have been homesick or otherwise out of sorts at the Titans.

 

[Sheikheagle]

Paulo had his chances and didn't impress much. Schoupp has been in good form in NSW cup, and surely after Talau and Simpkin we can retire the "reject from X crappy side" narrative.

The Bulldogs were a basket case when he was there, and he might have been homesick or otherwise out of sorts at the Titans.

I actually thought he went ok at the Dogs. Always had a dig.

 

[double hoops]

Sykes must have injured himself last week. Not even named in ressies.

Blacktown have Zane Dunford at Prop. It's where his old man played I guess.

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

I think I’ll just watch this one on replay , boy oh boy that’s a LOT of changes.

Lawton at half back ??? Surely that’s taking the piss , our forwards are short so why wouldn’t he be playing Jamie H at 7 and Lawton at 14.

 

[Phobia]

I gather, that since Schoupp has been named this week, Vaega was ahead of Paulo for that Storm game, and given that with Tom's return Talau will likely be depth, Paulo's first grade time here at Manly may have ended. Don't know who would want to take him, though. Three bloody years we signed him for. That's going to prove a problem in the long run that we gave him three, and Talau two, given nearly everyone's contracts expire in 2026. We might not be able to afford keeping Talau with Paulo still on the books.

 

[ManlyTragic]

Looks like they picked the replacement players out of a hat!

Just sayin’

 

[Once Was Brissie Kid]

Talau should be in the centres

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

Well Brooks and whoever-ends-up-being-our-other-half should spend the rest of the week practising bombs. Souths fullback is barely 5'7" and we have Saab who is about 8' tall!

 

[Pete W]

I think I’ll just watch this one on replay , boy oh boy that’s a LOT of changes.

Lawton at half back ??? Surely that’s taking the piss , our forwards are short so why wouldn’t he be playing Jamie H at 7 and Lawton at 14.

I think Lawton at 7 could prove to be a brilliant move as this is clearly Seibold's strategy for shutting down Walker defensively.

Everyone can see he is a great defender on the edges, and with Waddell inside of him (and the experienced Schoupp outside of him), our right side may actually be fairly solid defensively. I think it's a great bit of coaching.

Lawton can do very basic ball playing in attack, but he will essentially be the 'running half', while Brooks takes over tactical attack.

Overall our starting 13 doesn't look too bad. But when guys like James and Condon come on, that will be the tough part. Most likely, it is at this point that, without both Jake and Croker, our Blacktown middles may get overrun. That being said, bloody keen to see Navale.

 

[Shoe1]

Sykes must have injured himself last week. Not even named in ressies.

Blacktown have Zane Dunford at Prop. It's where his old man played I guess.

Pretty sure Matt never played for Blacktown .






:0)

 

[JenEagle]

I gather, that since Schoupp has been named this week, Vaega was ahead of Paulo for that Storm game, and given that with Tom's return Talau will likely be depth, Paulo's first grade time here at Manly may have ended. Don't know who would want to take him, though. Three bloody years we signed him for. That's going to prove a problem in the long run that we gave him three, and Talau two, given nearly everyone's contracts expire in 2026. We might not be able to afford keeping Talau with Paulo still on the books.

Yeah I was very surprised that we signed him in the first place. Let alone for three years.

 

[Dion Johnson]

Lawton at 7 is most likely to contain the big body of Wighton defensively, leaves only Brooks with a kicking game.

Maybe Humphreys on to the bench if the lineup stays that way.

 

[DanielTurbo888]

Our run on side should be able to hold their own. We are relying heavily on our boys coming off the bench. Hopefully they all play strongly and keep us in the contest. We still have some strike weapons in attack. And our forwards need to stay in the arm wrestle. Souths have a couple of their best players out as well. I am thinking that the wealth of experience that Brooks brings into the halves should see us spreading it when required. Ben Turbo also has a great passing game. And Hoppa is very elusive close to the line. We can use him well including his passing game.

 

[Kalvin]

This weekend is going to be a blood bath

 

[DanielTurbo888]

Lawton has probably been training for this scenario so I would gather that he has somewhat of a kicking game.

 

[ManlyTragic]

This weekend is going to be a blood bath

I’m confident …. But I’m not that confident!

Just sayin’