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DCE will cost manly the grand final. He is very young and makes too many mistakes.
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It has to be a troll lol, of the aforementioned halves, DCE has been the one to step up in the big games.
For this game the 6's will be very interesting. Maloney's had a bit of a thing for dealing a decent hit to his opposite throughout the year. Foran is tougher than a lot of the others out there and should be up for any challenge laid down.
Agree, also where the hell did Maloney's running game come from this year, its been great.
Yeh, I was going to mention Stewart as Manly's X-factor, although not as unstoppable as Mateo can be, he is more consistent and can still be pretty devastating in his own right, and you know what you are going to get from him come Sunday. A lot of his ball playing comes before the line, which is a little different from Mateo, but his combination with Lyon is one of the best in the game. Im havent really looked into it, so I'm not sure who will be marking who, but Inu and Brown (irrespective of playing centre for the Kiwis) arnt the most established centres in the game, and a few of the set moves could catch them out.
Probably the major difference between the two is that Stewart plays a more structured style which fits in perfect with Manly, where as the Warriors usually give the ball to Mateo where he can just look like he is taking an ordinary hitup and draws in the defence only to get the arm free and pop the offload.
It will be an interesting battle though, they have been two of the better back rowers in the game this year and in terms of allround attack they are probably unrivalled. Both have very unique skillsets.
Yeah agree with all, especially the Inu part; he is can sometimes come up with great reads in defence but is also a defensive liability.
IMO INU is such a rocks and diamonds player, one minute he is a superstar and then the next minute he is playing like a fringe first grader.