TEAM LIST Round 11 vs Manly

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I'm hoping the team lifts for Ethan's debut & Seyfarth's 100th and that Seyfarth will be HUGE for our energy levels & line speed with all his family there for the occasion and the opportunity he has back in the starting line-up.

I'm not underestimating the impact Latu can provide & the come-down that Manly can have after their performance for Jake's milestone game at home last week.

A fast start for us is so important!
Dont get me wrong I rate our team. You cant be without Twal, Sam Fainu, Api, Bula, AD, Makasini and expect reserves to win games. Its a bridge too far for our squad.
 
I just hope we don’t get caught out wide , they have so much pace , we need to drive them back in the middle
Yea, Jason Saab and Hopoate is scaring me. Particularly with how poor our defense has been.

That said, they are down a forward and Okuau'atu, while being a damn good forward is still only one man.

If we can keep it in the middle, we will win. Just Fogarty vs Madden isn't the halves battle I want to see. I definately could see Fogarty controlling the game more and moving us around the park.
 
To be brutally honest I will be relieved if we get within 20. The goal should be to win but the next target is to preserve for and against. Hope we find a bit more resilience this week.
 
Yea, Jason Saab and Hopoate is scaring me. Particularly with how poor our defense has been.

That said, they are down a forward and Okuau'atu, while being a damn good forward is still only one man.

If we can keep it in the middle, we will win. Just Fogarty vs Madden isn't the halves battle I want to see. I definately could see Fogarty controlling the game more and moving us around the park.
Our only hope is to outscore them through the edges.
The back 3 and Luai need to produce monster games. Seyfarth needs to run those nice lines he does occasionally to exploit gaps
 
Our only hope is to outscore them through the edges.
The back 3 and Luai need to produce monster games. Seyfarth needs to run those nice lines he does occasionally to exploit gaps
Sorry but I can't see how we outscore them through the edges. I think we have a much better chance if we simply smash them up the middle with Terrell May and co getting quick play the balls for Madden and Luai to pin them with a judicious short kicking game. I agree the back 3 need to play well, especially Turuva and Laulilii with effective runs out of our end, so the forwards get a break.
 
We go alright in Brisvegas now and again. Unfortunately I don’t think it will happen today. If Manly play decent I’ll be hoping we don’t have 50 put on against us like the last two weeks. It will be a grim period till we get a few of our troops back. We’ll win the bye. The dogs game we’ll have API back. Dogs play storm next week before us. If we lose that which should be closer we have the riff the following week. I think our next win is against the titans at leichardt - round 15. Dolphins to follow. 5 weeks is a long time RL though.
 
Dont get me wrong I rate our team. You cant be without Twal, Sam Fainu, Api, Bula, AD, Makasini and expect reserves to win games. Its a bridge too far for our squad.
You wouldn’t read about it. Multiple players in serious origin conversations and they all go down hurt or suspended. So Wests Tigers.
 
Anyone gonna statt
Have we ever won with Heath Mason in our team?
Technically, yes, in his debut against Titans at LO. It was a bludger of a game. I believe it was also Jordan Miller's debut. Mason came off the bench with 5 to go I think.

If we were playing Manly at LO today we'd be a shot. Funny things happen there.
 
About... 2% chance of that happening.
Maybe less.

Oddly Mavrik Geyer is listed at 15, which to me means he will have a shot at playing.
I would like to see Ethan Roberts get a shot and particularly if we start leading/pulling away against the sea binchicks. It seems the Ibis have the backline and the halfback to put a number on us (Boy I would love Luai to school Brooks)... Yet we have the forward pack.

Latu, it's up to you to show Simpkin why he is a fringe grader.

Worried Olak'auatu will cause trouble for us.


Lastly it's Kiwi coach vs Kiwi coach. this should get interesting!
No mate . Roberts is a gun . I’m highly confident that once he’s given his shot , much like Samuela before him , then he will be a mainstay in the 19. Really putting pressure on Sione and Seyfarth , when we are at full strength. I can see him locking down that left edge for the foreseeable future .
 
No mate . Roberts is a gun . I’m highly confident that once he’s given his shot , much like Samuela before him , then he will be a mainstay in the 19. Really putting pressure on Sione and Seyfarth , when we are at full strength. I can see him locking down that left edge for the foreseeable future .
Feeling it
 
To be brutally honest I will be relieved if we get within 20. The goal should be to win but the next target is to preserve for and against. Hope we find a bit more resilience this week.
Yes at this stage I’m just praying we don’t register the biggest blowout of the weekend. Even the Dogs kept it to a minimum in the second half last night. It seems to be in our DNA that when we lose, we have to lose by heaps.
 
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