What I don't get is why so many are giving it to Mortz. I know he is probably suffering the second year syndrome, but 2 months ago everyone was screaming for him to re-sign and now he is just one step up from Poore in a lot of eels fans' estimations.
Come on day , lead the team around the paddock , pass and back up like we know you can , give Manly something to think about!
Parra by 10 , 24-14 (is it gonna be a wet track?)
Then why should he pressure Keating?
I was just agreeing with PG that if he's going to pressure anyone, it should be Mortimer rather than Keating, because Keatings form has been much better.
In saying that, I fully agree that he won't be pressuring anyone after one game.
Suity
Will he make his critics eat some of his pie ;-)
I think it's safe to say Humble will be playing tonight, the question is where? will he be a straight swap for KK or could we see him start off the bench as a replacment hooker/ five eight?
I am unsure why these stories keep refering to Humble playing fullback for Northern Pride, in the 6 or 7 games I saw, some live some on TV, he played number 6 in all of them for Pride.
As for him starting, I would , but if they played Mateo @ 6 for the first 15, with a bench forward starting, that would be OK too. Then after 15 bench forward (Oake?) comes off Humble goes on and Mateo back to lock.
Oake?!?!
Surely he's not in the team?
If Mateo started at 5/8 it would mean Horo at lock and then the bench would be:
M Keating, Humble, Mannah, Poore
I doubt that happens - Andersen likes to save 10 interchanges for the second 40 if he can.
Oh Lord...That's hard. Just like how hard it must be for Tommy....It's a question even Peter Brock would have found difficult to answer..or even Mac Davis....
I happened to speak to Daniel Anderson on Saturday morning and asked about KK. He said they were doing everything possible to get him out there but it wasn't looking too good. But he did say they will give him until this afternoon to see how it goes. If we played yesterday he would have been no chance.
I really hope it's a straight up swap.
If Robson goes to half, and M Keating to hooker, then we're shooting ourselves in the foot for attacking options.
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Basically we're asking Hayne to engineer all our points (I know it worked a lot late last season, but why do it if we don't have to?)