As I said earlier... Hooker...pssssh, easiest position on the field. Pick up a ball, throw it, become C Smith.
Was Fainu a walk up starter?
- Thread starter The better Robbo
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As I said earlier... Hooker...pssssh, easiest position on the field. Pick up a ball, throw it, become C Smith.
Good luck getting a mid-year trial date. DeBelin was charged over a year ago and hasn't had his trial yet.
My only reponse to your unbriddled sarcasm ... is to remind you that this years Grandfinal was won by neither team that boasted a ScamSmith or Cooke ... but was won by a team with a 13 year old work experience boy at hooker ......
Apologies ... I was not upset ... my response was tongue in cheek .... perhaps I have been hoisted on my own petard .....
Ouch, they have a cream for that. Yup, I was more in line with your 13 yo work exp kid comment. Hooker is easy, poor backs especially -cough- fullbacks is where all the work is done!
Disc: - hooker is prob not easy...but c'mon....!!!!
I think that's what happened to Denis too
Possibly, can't read too much into the double barrelled surname 😉
The better Robbo
Bencher
Although training with us he is not actually in our 30 yet but yes he seems a very quality hooker from what ive seen. Des is obviously training and trialing all the boys before a decision is made on our final make up of the top 30. Im sure ZDC is considered a real option. Des might be strategically waiting for NRL to give some compensation to us for Fainu and possibly use that to sign ZDC or Eddie basically for free... if we sign them now and then get compensation then the compensation would have to be wasted on "another" hooker.
Bring back the.... Biff?
Captain/Coach
He would be pretty cheap id imagine.. maybe the squires would even pay to take him. Or is he off contract? Ps its the most putrid day in Sydney
Briza
Maroon and White - Born and Bred
He has the experience at least having played the position in Q cup and SL.
double hoops
First Grader
I will be surprised if ZDC doesn't end up in the 30.
I see Croker starting and finding his spot. He's always been pretty good defensively. Ballin didn't run. The Bulldogs hooker didn't run. If passes find there mark, and the middle doesn't leak its Bingo.
I see Croker starting and finding his spot. He's always been pretty good defensively. Ballin didn't run. The Bulldogs hooker didn't run. If passes find there mark, and the middle doesn't leak its Bingo.
1 thing Robbo - competition will definitely make them give the best they have..
Fainu I believe would have been a starter for the full 80 mins
But there is a bit of reservations there for me as a few times last season when called on for longer minutes you could see him tiring , But with a bit more coaching with game management and fitness he is more than capable of being a 80 min player , Only thing now is the charges against him may stop that from happening
So then up to the one mentioned to put there hand up and declare to Des there up for it if needed
But there is a bit of reservations there for me as a few times last season when called on for longer minutes you could see him tiring , But with a bit more coaching with game management and fitness he is more than capable of being a 80 min player , Only thing now is the charges against him may stop that from happening
So then up to the one mentioned to put there hand up and declare to Des there up for it if needed
HoldenV8
Journey Man
Mate, I do agree with you that both Croker and Cust (or whoever) can do a decent job at playing hooker, and I can honestly see Des using them in 2020 how he used Ballin and L'Estrange in 2008 ... however we are going to miss having a pure #9 next year.
Interesting fact. Manly have made it to Grand Finals using converted halves as hookers. Des in 1995, Monners in 2007. But both times it took the addition of an actual hooker the following years, Serdaris in 1996 and Ballin/L'Estrange in 2008, to win the premiership.
Sure we'd all love it if Manly made it to the 2020 NRL Grand Final. But we'd love it more if we actually won the bloody thing. In my lifetime since I've been a Manly fan we've lost GF's in 1983, 1995, 1997, 2007 and 2013. Its a feeling I'm sure none of us ever want to feel again. And for mine the worst was 1997....we had that damn thing won 😡
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Snake
Snake's Alive!
Crazy idea. He is just a kid and has never played in that position before. He is also over 190cm and over 100k...he would have torrid time trying to cart that body through 50+ tackles.
You'd basically destroy the kid's career by giving him that sort of task.
Snake
Snake's Alive!
Siro and Suli will never be the difference between a premiership. They are just a small piece of the puzzle. Spines win premierships. However, you don't let good players go to sign bad players regardless of their position. Unless the upgrade is going to be worth the sacrifice, you're better off just working with what you have.
madmax
Bencher
Sorry mate.....disagree. Sironen is in the Blues training squad & Suli showed towards the end of the year what he’s capable of. Suli was also one of the reasons we almost got thru to the GF....he is starting to show why so many clubs were after him!! I don’t think weakening our backs & hoping someone can fill the void is a good idea. Our spine is a pretty good one with with Croker or Cust. Yes much better with Fainu but I think either of the other two can still make our spine great!
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