Round 1 2015 Team

[I'm a loser baby...]

Hoppa's been training on his sprinting with Roger Fabri, along with SBW, Pearce, and Hayne.

Good. Was surprised to see Pearce run down Inglis recently, dodgy hammy aside.

 

[WaznTheGreat]

LOOK AT THE LBAS THING THEN YOU f**kWIT

wow a whole 7 playing with a champion Manly team,can't wait until that transfers over to playing with Luke Kelly and Corey Norman

:lol:

 

[T.S Quint]

Dugan is slow.
Still a good fullback. I'd bet Hoppa's ball skills are better than his as well.

Hoppa > Dugan.

 

[WaznTheGreat]

Dugan is slow.
Still a good fullback. I'd bet Hoppa's ball skills are better than his as well.

Hoppa > Dugan.

Dugan is strong as f**k though,Hoppa gets dominated every hitup,Hoppa's metres gained are probably in the minus

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Hopoate was one of our best backs for metrage this year. He is very strong, and has proven he can ball play from fullback.

Haintrayne has no idea. He keeps proving it over and over again.

 

[WaznTheGreat]

Hopoate was one of our best backs for metrage this year. He is very strong, and has proven he can ball play from fullback.

Haintrayne has no idea. He keeps proving it over and over again.

You have no idea,Hoppa was awful,defense was atrocious also

Weak,slow,can't tackle

 

[Kornstar]

You have no idea,Hoppa was awful,defense was atrocious also

Weak,slow,can't tackle

I'm not sure you know which player Hopoate is tbh.

 

[lingard]

We won games under Kearney and Stuart too plus had some narrow losses. Our problem for the past few years has been quitting when it got hard and getting f**ken smashed. That still happened this year.

Not as many, though. And as you know, this year was particularly interesting in the way that momentum swung dramatically in a number of games. Teams that previously had displayed strong leadership from their
senior player group suddenly found themselves being swamped because of a lack of possession in good territory. Teams like Souths and Easts and Canterbury. I really think Parramatta was pretty well led this year.
I think there are a number of factors that go into being flogged apart from 'just quitting' or having a poor attitude. And I think our leadership showed itself in the fact that we mostly came back and played very competitively the week after a flogging.

 

[lingard]

Even if Hopoate isn't perfect at fullback, he is almost certainly good enough, and you can get a replacement centre a lot cheaper than a replacement fullback.

I'm kind of intrigued though about what will happen with Robinson. He's fairly light for a winger (like Hunt, who is also in our top 25) which doesn't seem to fit Arthur's style. I suspect Robinson is our fullback for 2015, and we intend to spend the remainder of our cap space on forwards (including front loading extensions).

Me too. I think Hoppa will (and should) stay in the centres. Reece Robinson might really surprise a few folk around here.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Well we'll know when we see how we go next year with Watmough instead of Hayne. Or even a full season from Nathan Peats.

 

[lingard]

Maybe Robinson and Hopoate could have a 100m race for the fullback's job.

Reece Robinson would beat Jarryd Hayne in a footrace, mate. He's very very fast.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Reece Robinson would beat Jarryd Hayne in a footrace, mate. He's very very fast.

Yep, I know. I was just being cheeky. I'm a fan of Robbo.

 

[lingard]

I think you've mistaken me for someone else. I don't even know what it is.

Well, did you know that the Kinsey scale was used (up until the late nineteen nineties) to compare the widths of arachnids penises? But, as I say, it wasn't very good and was replaced by the Condron scale - which also takes into account other variables such as length, circumference, etc.

 

[lingard]

Well we'll know when we see how we go next year with Watmough instead of Hayne. Or even a full season from Nathan Peats.

I don't know that it will prove very much. I like the idea of more leadership in the forwards (Mannah is okay, but not aggressive enough for my liking). Peats, for sure, is a natural leader. But Hayne led very well, too, I thought. Like I said, I think it's probably more difficult to lead from fullback than it is in the forwards or the halves.

 

[lingard]

Yep, I know. I was just being cheeky. I'm a fan of Robbo.

There's no place for cheekiness in this forum, buddy. You want to cut that out right now.

 

[hineyrulz]

Are people honestly talking up Robinson??? He is quick but an abolsute cat in defence who hates being tackled. I'd rather we promote one of our young juniors coming up to NSW Cup next year.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Well, did you know that the Kinsey scale was used (up until the late nineteen nineties) to compare the widths of arachnids penises? But, as I say, it wasn't very good and was replaced by the Condron scale - which also takes into account other variables such as length, circumference, etc.

No, that's news to me. :lol: I thought the Kinsey scale was just to determine the level of hetero/homo sexuality of a person. Measuring spider penises, eh? What a job.

There's no place for cheekiness in this forum, buddy. You want to cut that out right now.

LOL, will do. I've noticed people have been a little testy the last week or so...

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Are people honestly talking up Robinson??? He is quick but an abolsute cat in defence who hates being tackled. I'd rather we promote one of our young juniors coming up to NSW Cup next year.

I'm not claiming that he's a great player, or even that he'll be in the team, but you can't coach pace.

 

[hineyrulz]

I'm not claiming that he's a great player, or even that he'll be in the team, but you can't coach pace.

Pace isn't much good in a bloke who has the heart the size of a pea.

 

[Y2Eel]

1. Hoppa

Is his heart going to be in it seeing as though he is a Manly Jr and his contract ends in a year or 2?