These NRL judges rate Manly pack as average !!

[Fibro Eagle]

The Manly pack is full of rep players
A- at worse
These so called experts have tomatoes as eyes

 

[HoldenV8]

I must admit I spat out my coffee when I read Souths get an A because Liam Knight is ready to step up into Sam Burgess’ shoes... I think Souths pack looks quite average on paper.

When you read some of the comments from Souffs fans on social media, while a lot are crowing long and loud about their halves and backline, especially now they have Mitchell, the more realistic ones have also been saying that their pack is nowhere near the same quality and if not for having Cook and Murray, their forwards would be not much better than average at best.

If they can stay healthy (and suspension free) like they did for the most part in 2019, I'd back Manly's pack against any club in the NRL.

 

[40 years an eagle]

The criteria of pack strength used by the "judges" was seemingly hooker based. The best hookers had their packs rated higher.
Yeah, a good rake is pretty vital to a teams success but Damien Cook for example is nowhere near good enough to rate the Souths pack over ours even with Levi.

What a load of drivel.

 

[Leader of the Flock]

Well, we‘ll see how good the predictions from the Fox experts are in less than 6 weeks.

My prediction, lots of egg on faces.

 

[Bearfax]

Who is Mark St John? Never heard of him. And there is no mention of who the other 'experts' are. Much ado about nothing.

 

[Supreme Leader]

Every year there are dozens of stories from so-called experts rating teams and how they will finish.
Very few are even remotely right, waiting on Rothfields predictions with the usual Sharks will be in the top 4 and Manly to struggle.

The only thing Manly will struggle with this year is keeping the smiles off our faces because clearly these buffoons will keep us under the radar

 

[Captain Moondog]

The only thing Manly will struggle with this year is keeping the smiles off our faces because clearly these buffoons will keep us under the radar

These buffoons should be dragged out by the dragoons

 

[urulion]

Love the article and it fascinates me how they rate our pack. Last year, many laughed at our footy team of apparent rejects, and at the beginning of the comp we were no hope according to these so called experts.

Then you look at the end of the season and the so-called laughable footy team made up of no-names, gave everyone a fright including the rabbits. If it wasn't for the refs jumping in and lending them a hand with the most blatant corrupt calls, this team could have left many with their jaw wide open.

These experts do a lot of talking and quite honestly they can rate our whole team -Z, what matters is that Des continues to make the boys believe in their ability, and any outside noise stays outside.

Best of luck to the so-called experts and their opinions, not that they mean much 🙂 🙂

 

[Captain Moondog]

Love the article and it fascinates me how they rate our pack. Last year, many laughed at our footy team of apparent rejects, and at the beginning of the comp we were no hope according to these so called experts.

Then you look at the end of the season and the so-called laughable footy team made up of no-names, gave everyone a fright including the rabbits. If it wasn't for the refs jumping in and lending them a hand with the most blatant corrupt calls, this team could have left many with their jaw wide open.

These experts do a lot of talking and quite honestly they can rate our whole team -Z, what matters is that Des continues to make the boys believe in their ability, and any outside noise stays outside.

Best of luck to the so-called experts and their opinions, not that they mean much 🙂 🙂

Yeah, it all means squat. Pre season pissing into the wind.

 

[Uk eagle]

Who cares what the 'experts' think? The same discussion happens every year

 

[Shoe1]

The criteria of pack strength used by the "judges" was seemingly hooker based. The best hookers had their packs rated higher.
Yeah, a good rake is pretty vital to a teams success but Damien Cook for example is nowhere near good enough to rate the Souths pack over ours even with Levi.

What a load of drivel.

Agreed. These pundits are mixing up the spine with the pack. Fools.

 

[double hoops]

And that’s the way we like it;-)

 

[wombatgc]

Every year there are dozens of stories from so-called experts rating teams and how they will finish.
Very few are even remotely right, waiting on Rothfields predictions with the usual Sharks will be in the top 4 and Manly to struggle.

Rothtool will struggle this year without Golden boy Gallen to fit into every article he scribbles. He’ll try though, no doubt.

 

[midsteyne]

Nothing to see here.move on.

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

Who is Mark St John? Never heard of him. And there is no mention of who the other 'experts' are. Much ado about nothing.

Hack junior journos with **** all experience , seems to be the norm these days.