Turbo good to go

[The Royal Soup]

Do you ever have any positive to say?

go Manly!!!

 

[The Royal Soup]

How about Schoupp, still injured? Could be a solid centre replacement. Disappointed to lose Saab as his pace is such an asset, however his miss on Fox was, er... not very good!
At least we have some viable options, depth is significantly better this year

yeah for sure if he’s not injured

 

[LeonardCohen]

I vote Paulo.

Hoppa
Paulo
Koula
Garrick
Talau

Seibs moved Talau to the wing when Koula came on, but then Koula went to fullback when Tommy went off, so who knows what the coach is thinking in terms of fullback. Personally, I see Hoppa as a safer fullback than Koula.

 

[Dee Why Eagle]

Not overly impressed with Koula this year.
While I feel Lehi would do well at fullback, he is going good at wing.
Maybe there will be a relatively bigger return playing Koula at fullback?

 

[Waz13]

Do you ever have any positive to say?

Can’t believe people take the Soups posts seriously. Soup is a bit of comic relief for me. Mostly pass over the posts.

 

[Waz13]

So after having the wonderful problem of fitting 8 into 7 positions of our backline, we lose two guns like that… 🤬

I wouldn’t refer to Saab as a gun tbh. Defence is atrocious, dropsys last week cost us. His speed is never in question.

 

[ManlyTragic]

i did an AC when i was playing league and it was 6 weeks for me , Tom looked shattered

Ahh ya soft!

Just kiddin’

 

[LeonardCohen]

Personally, I expect the scans to show more serious damage and believe he'll need surgery to repair the ligaments. The type of AC injury that can be needled does not usually present as serious as Tom's did. Go back and look at footage of Nathan Cleary leaving the field with his recent shoulder injury and he was able to move his arm around and try and get feeling back in it. He's missing a month of footy. Tom couldn't move his arm at all and was nursing it heavily. I'll be shocked if he plays again this year.

 

[nightster]

Can’t believe people take the Soups posts seriously. Soup is a bit of comic relief for me. Mostly pass over the posts.

I put him on ignore - if he is trying to be funny he is a failure, if not then he is just another a**hole

 

[WiseyEagle]

Why not ask the selectors, Skinnysalmon?

Skinnysalmon!!!! hahahaha probably lost in the celebrations, but noted!

 

[Eagle 1]

How about Schoupp, still injured? Could be a solid centre replacement. Disappointed to lose Saab as his pace is such an asset, however his miss on Fox was, er... not very good!
At least we have some viable options, depth is significantly better this year

Yeah, what we lose in speed we gain defensively with Koula.

 

[bob dylan]

Personally, I expect the scans to show more serious damage and believe he'll need surgery to repair the ligaments. The type of AC injury that can be needled does not usually present as serious as Tom's did. Go back and look at footage of Nathan Cleary leaving the field with his recent shoulder injury and he was able to move his arm around and try and get feeling back in it. He's missing a month of footy. Tom couldn't move his arm at all and was nursing it heavily. I'll be shocked if he plays again this year.

About 17 days until our first final. That's 2.5 weeks.

We aren't desperate for him to play next week, actually we are better placed than ever to cover him thanks to Lehi, Koula and even Garrick.

 

[BirdMan4ever]

Imo. Koula is the best option for fullback, has better deference that turbo anyway and is ordinary at centre. Lehi stays on wing.

 

[manly al]

Hopefully Seibs expectation that he would have been almost right to play next week is the actual reality .
Not too sure what ever rehab [ if it is practical ] he may be able to receive in the interim but again as long it is largely manageable and if some of the initial prognosis is in the more favorable range .
Hopefully again , to be on the more optimistic outlook for a week one finals return
Lehi a better option on then wing then Koula so looks like Koula at one next week , Talau to centre and maybe a tossup between Paulo and Faulalo for the other wing spot
B T W , what was Saab's likely recovery time , think that i noticed 4 weeks but no idea really

 

[AndWeDon'tCare]

I like Vegas’ passion but he’s just way too slow. I’d have Paulo before him. Would even consider Burbo to centre.

I wholeheartedly agree re Vaega and his commitment however, I've flown SYD to LAS and checked-in to my hotel in the same time its taken Vaega to build up some speed to hit the defensive line or in support.

He makes Tony Williams look like the Spirit of Australia.

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

He makes Tony Williams look like the Spirit of Australia.

Lol I laughed before I even knew what the Spirit of Australia was, when I looked it up it only made it funnier!

 

[Waz13]

Imo. Koula is the best option for fullback, has better deference that turbo anyway and is ordinary at centre. Lehi stays on wing.

I think this will happen.
1 Koula
2 Faulalo
3 Taulau
4 Garrick
5 Lehi

 

[eagleron]

yeah for sure if he’s not injured

Pretty sure his season is over

 

[NREagle]

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[LeonardCohen]

Yeah, what we lose in speed we gain defensively with Koula.

Saab never ran close to 10.58 in high school. We lose nothing in speed with Koula there.