Maybe this will be the team at full strength:
1. Inglis
2. Johnston
3. Hunt
4. Goodwin
5. Gray
6. Walker
7. Reynolds
8. Musgrove
9. Farah
10. Tom Burgess
11. Sutton
12. Rochow
13. Sam Burgess
14. Clark
15. Crichton
16. George Burgess
17. Cherrington[/QUOTE
Maybe it won't be. Clark, Goodwin cherrington are not even close to the best 17. Turner will be there. Clark is an absolute waste of time and space. Goodwin is slow. Why buy all these young backs not give them a go. Crichton will start. Talaki will be in the 17.
My prediction is Cook will be in the 14 jersey.
Not quite what I think the side will be but that is still a great side!
Agree for a couple of reasons.
First we have a hooker (Farah or Cook) that can play 80 minutes. A hooker on the bench is unneeded.
Two. While cook can play multiply positions, hooker is the only one he is 1st grade standard. Sutton can slot into the halves if needed. Chricton can play in the backs and Clark can play hooker if absolutely needed to for injury. Cook is not needed.
3. It doesn't suit Farah or cooks games. Cook really struggled of the bench last year. Farah is an experienced player that probes all game and tries to control the tempo. Coming of between the 30-60 mark upsets that.
4. We have a big pack. We need all the interchanges we have. Just taking the Burgess on and off takes half our interchanges. Sutton has always struggled with 80 minutes in the forwards. Having a hooker rotation drops us to 6 interchanges. The prop rotation takes another 4. That leaves 2 interchanges to cover Sutton and possible injuries. Having hookers on the bench will see our big men having to play longer minutes.
Almost all our wins last year came with a hooker playing 80 minutes.
I think people picking cook on the bench are picking him with their hearts not their head
If Clark is on the interchange then I don't think Cook will be.
Well without AR it's either Farah to half or Sutto to 6 and Cody to half.We'll be desperate if Farah plays half!!
I think:If Clark is on the interchange then I don't think Cook will be.
That's how I seeit too
Probably for the CS, but whether it would be the correct decision for the competition proper is another thing.
Well I think Madge will have both there Round 1.
We will see who's right lol.
Grow up please.oi callmack..... r20 wont agree with me much these days but deep down he knows that im right,he will stick with you becoz he is not embarrassed with you your the new kid on the block and thats fine with me, r20 is still upset that he tipped the other teams back in 2016 instead of tipping his own club souths..i cant cop souths members or so called fans tipping against their own club its very unsouth sydney. R20 may not ever get over his treachery which sadly divided our past friendship i really like r20 but boy oh boy oh boy was i shocked when he was tipping the other teams against souths as others did on here too i was bewildered to say the least and still am to this day and my philosophy is if you follow souths then back them wholeheartedly no retreat no surrender is my motto....Shadow...SSTID...