Tommy T Injured - usa bound

Budgie said:
I gotta say, if Turbo plays a single Origin game I'll be furious.

This year, I think he owes the Club.
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i get your point but its a team game and he is giving it a red hot go, obviously underdone in some way. The dudes commitment to manly cant be questioned.
we will miss all our origin players big time. Our pack has been our biggest improvement and sending jake and oku into 3 mid week bash fests is going to impact us

in 2021 when Tom went ape **** he just upped his carries to impact the game more. he would be doing that now if he was right. Maybe not the same impact but still bashing his head against every door possible

But origin. If freddy picks Tom on these showings then freddy is the problem
graham had a blinder last night for souths
 
jbb/james said:
But origin. If freddy picks Tom on these showings then freddy is the problem
graham had a blinder last night for souths
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I agree, but Freddy has not won an Origin series without Turbo in the team. Addo-Carr may not be fit for Game One, so there would be the option of selecting Turbo on one wing & To'o on the other. Even Turbo not in form is probably a better proposition than Tupou or Suaali'i.
 
40 nil said:
Of course, Tedesco will be selected as fullback with Mitchell & one other as centres.

My comment was that Mitchell is currently a more influential fullback than Turbo.
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Weekes is currently a more influential fullback than Turbo!
 
NREagle said:
see Apparently nothing is more important than origin....🙄

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Quite funny 🙂

"It’s a major headache considering his extensive time spent with renowned ‘Hamstring Whisperer’ Bill Knowles, an expert who re-jigged specific mechanics of his running style, i.e. the parts that make him like a 120 year old osteoarthritis sufferer. One of Trbojevic’s latest ailments is an adductor issue, a niggle which has left the boom fullback with the athletic freedom of a man running with his shoelaces tied together."

"In addition to his janky back, papery hammies and balsa shoulders, this latest twinge for Trbojevic has not only stranded his season in the wilderness, it also leaves him only two medials and a neck burner short of completing a Steve Matai Bingo Card. Usually we’d be more than happy to needle him up and send him out there on a prayer, or even a tuktuk.But as a calcified human who is currently 86% titanium & twine, he’d barely make it through airport security let alone Queensland’s defensive line."

"Admittedly, this is not an ideal scenario for Manly. But as a desperado on arguably his last-chance saloon, Anthony Seibold cannot be trusted to place the state’s interests above his own. Plus there’s nothing in a spreadsheet about keeping a shampoo bubble intact. As such, Tommy and his leprous remains must be nursed like a newborn or a tray of four $17 Stone & Woods at the new Allianz Stadium, at least until fit, or the Trbojevics produce another son."

Disclaimer: Dane Eldridge is a warped cynic yearning for the glory days of rugby league, a time when the sponges were magic and the Mondays were mad. He’s never strapped on a boot in his life, and as such, should be taken with a grain of salt.
 
OK I am going to say it out loud.

Tom sh$ts me more than any other player in our club, maybe ever.I heard the weather played a part in the decision not to play him vs Titans. Surely this can't be true, an absolute joke if it is.

The constant long face after every run, the pained look which is now in its third yea - he gets zero enjoyment from his footy it seems.

An incredible talent, he is more than half our side.

I wish he would sit the year out, next year too, if that's what's needed. Maybe have a talk to Johnny Gibbs.

The team can't function with his constant disruptions and we are wooden spooners without him.
 
Terry Zarsoff said:
It is getting tedious.

Meanwhile the other bloke we let go because of supposed chronic leg issues continues to be Parramatta’s best player.
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And we let go a good solid number 6 who actually tries his guts out that is cade cust yet we are left with shoe man instead.
 
bob dylan said:
OK I am going to say it out loud.

Tom sh$ts me more than any other player in our club, maybe ever.I heard the weather played a part in the decision not to play him vs Titans. Surely this can't be true, an absolute joke if it is.

The constant long face after every run, the pained look which is now in its third yea - he gets zero enjoyment from his footy it seems.

An incredible talent, he is more than half our side.

I wish he would sit the year out, next year too, if that's what's needed. Maybe have a talk to Johnny Gibbs.

The team can't function with his constant disruptions and we are wooden spooners without him.
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I share your frustrations, Bob, as do most on here, I would imagine.

The question is what to do with him (and Schu to some extent). Do we go on hoping they come good and deliver on their potential? Do, we just keep suffering from this perpetually if it continues? At what point do you make the tough decision to let them go and start rebuilding a future without them? Personally, I don’t think we are at that point yet, but the powers to be have to be planning ahead in case it gets to that. What a horrible thought to have to re-start without personal we all have such high hopes tied up in.
 
40 nil said:
Quite funny 🙂

"It’s a major headache considering his extensive time spent with renowned ‘Hamstring Whisperer’ Bill Knowles, an expert who re-jigged specific mechanics of his running style, i.e. the parts that make him like a 120 year old osteoarthritis sufferer. One of Trbojevic’s latest ailments is an adductor issue, a niggle which has left the boom fullback with the athletic freedom of a man running with his shoelaces tied together."

"In addition to his janky back, papery hammies and balsa shoulders, this latest twinge for Trbojevic has not only stranded his season in the wilderness, it also leaves him only two medials and a neck burner short of completing a Steve Matai Bingo Card. Usually we’d be more than happy to needle him up and send him out there on a prayer, or even a tuktuk.But as a calcified human who is currently 86% titanium & twine, he’d barely make it through airport security let alone Queensland’s defensive line."

"Admittedly, this is not an ideal scenario for Manly. But as a desperado on arguably his last-chance saloon, Anthony Seibold cannot be trusted to place the state’s interests above his own. Plus there’s nothing in a spreadsheet about keeping a shampoo bubble intact. As such, Tommy and his leprous remains must be nursed like a newborn or a tray of four $17 Stone & Woods at the new Allianz Stadium, at least until fit, or the Trbojevics produce another son."

Disclaimer: Dane Eldridge is a warped cynic yearning for the glory days of rugby league, a time when the sponges were magic and the Mondays were mad. He’s never strapped on a boot in his life, and as such, should be taken with a grain of salt.
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Funny but.
 
bob dylan said:
The constant long face after every run, the pained look which is now in its third year - he gets zero enjoyment from his footy it seems.
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Apparently he hosts poker nights. I wonder how he goes, because he needs some work on the poker face.

Part of the problem is he is part of a family bloc within the club.

Then there was the Stewart bloc.

We have remnants of the still influential Fulton bloc.

Then of course there is the Penn bloc.

DCE forms a OMB2 (One Man Band Bloc).

Relative newcomer Josh Aloiai leads the God-fearing bloc.

Arko of course was his own bloc. The one that presumably prevented us from joining Superleague and (potentially) avoidance of so much pain in the intervening years.

It’s a rugba league club. It’s egos. It’s the vibe. It’s Mabo. It’s egos.
 
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