Firstly, my main issue is not the Tui on the bench thing. Who else was in Perth? Was there another forward to be on the bench when we saw the weather was shocking? I'm not a fan of pulling on a back to break a game open late in torrential rain. That's not to say I'm not enjoying the blowtorch going on McFadden on social media, however. I dunno, I'm not so fired up about that.
My issue is again in selection. Lillyman is ruled out and we go with f**king Charlie Gubb and James Gavet as our starting props??!? Gubb ran for 31 metres. THIRTY ONE. Gavet wasn't much better in his first stint, and both were hooked in the first 15 minutes when presumably McFadden saw it was a poor decision. Again, you have a potential world class prop who rides the pine and you leave two inexperienced guys who have played a lot of NSW Cup this year as your starting props v the in-form Lussick and Taupau. Now I'm not suggesting that directly correlates to Manly's start...but you're 12-0 down inside 15 minutes. Ben absolutely HAD to start. But nah he gets dragged on, again when the coach realises he's f**ked up.
And why is Gubb a prop now? He was named at 13 only last week or whenever it was, was he not? Honestly, Meth is right (and so am I) - he's crap. Absolute plodder with a Thor haircut. That spot should have been Sipley's. And I believe I'm right on Lisone too. Downhill skiier, overrated footballer. I reckon if we checked out his votes, they'd all be against bottom 8 teams. He is a very unintelligent footballer, no better evidenced by the field goal debacle (for which SJ, as great as I thought he controlled that match as a whole, deserves scorn as well). Has skills, will probably get better, but for now is a liability.
This guy McFadden is still going to be there in 2017. I know it. And I said it a couple of weeks ago, I hate that I am in a situation where I am dying for our side to get back to finals footy - I absolutely crave being there again after 5 years - but I know that's a free ticket to 2017 for a shit coach who has no idea.
