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  1. Scorpio

    Garricks performance at centre

    It's been three games... hasn't been perfect but he has the athleticism and football smarts so I have no doubt that it will click at centre eventually.
  2. Scorpio

    Hooker is still our biggest issue

    If he was available, I'm sure we could sign Harry Grant. However, he reportedly costs $1 million per season, while Croker is on around a third of that. We'd then need to figure out which (and how many) players we'd have to let go and replace with budget replacements in order to sign a $1m...
  3. Scorpio

    Post-Game Discussion Eels v Manly [Round 3, 2024]

    Having the coach publicly blaming the refs after a loss would really just enable a victim mentality among the players and that will instill bad habits. The fans might like to hear it at the time, but that is much more damaging for the team in the long run.
  4. Scorpio

    Parker to centre on Sun.

    I'm not sure that we have been too conservative though. In seasons past a lot of people wanted the likes of (Albert) Hopoate and Kaeo Weekes to be played even when we were losing matches. Then when they got a shot it transpired that they weren't yet ready for the rigours of first grade. I'm...
  5. Scorpio

    Post-Game Discussion Manly v Roosters [Round 2, 2024]

    Sure it wasn't his best game but 'awful' is a huge overstatement IMO. For a Round 2 match against good opposition I'd happily take that performance pretty much every day of the week over any other fullback in the competition. For me it's reassuring that we had very good performances across the...
  6. Scorpio

    Post-Game Discussion Manly v Roosters [Round 2, 2024]

    You say that but he has 24 runs and 230 run metres according to nrl.com. Every team knows they have to cover Tom so he often gets marked out of the game.
  7. Scorpio

    The No-Look News (Schuster Chronicles)

    As a forward he needs to consistently get the ball, run good lines, run fast and hard to get the team over the advantage line, as well as defending well when he doesn't have the ball... That's his job as a forward. If he isn't doing that consistently well, then regardless of his ball skills...
  8. Scorpio

    Nick Politis' two conference league dream

    That's in Queensland
  9. Scorpio

    Is Weekes the next Gutherson

    I'm pretty sure it's as simple as, Manly don't see him as the #1 option in any starting position at the moment... so with that knowledge he could have either: a) Signed a contract to stay here, but the contract value would have reflected that he would be a reserve/utility, and he would have only...
  10. Scorpio

    The Manly Way

    The proof will be on the field... as long as what they are doing gets better results then who cares about the means?
  11. Scorpio

    Jason Saab

    Having seen footage like this (at 2:15) I don't think their NRL coaches would be thrilled:
  12. Scorpio

    Oshay on the move?

    On nearly $1m a season the uncomfortable truth is that he's on massive overs too.
  13. Scorpio

    The No-Look News (Schuster Chronicles)

    Unless Josh has got inked up in the past 5 weeks then this whole story doesn't add up. And even if it was him, why would he be casually disclosing this to some random dude on a plane?
  14. Scorpio

    Grand Final 2023 - arrogant P's v flashy B's

    They are in a great position. They have a squad with most of their players in their early-mid 20s and a lot of them have played together for years already. For me, the unknown for them is Adam Reynolds... he didn't have a particularly great grand final, he can still find an injury, and he'll be...
  15. Scorpio

    Grand Final 2023 - arrogant P's v flashy B's

    Penrith also had eight players running over 140 metres with the ball in hand in the Grand Final. In any NRL game that is a great platform to win a match from. With the Panthers, everyone puts in - both attack and defence. Sure they have great props... but it is a wholesale change in team...
  16. Scorpio

    Hooker

    Fair enough... I am of the opinion that until a demonstrably better option comes along at a good price then there is no point getting rid of your incumbent. We already have a very top-heavy salary cap so we need good return on investment where it can be found, for that reason I'm not sure there...
  17. Scorpio

    Hooker

    For what it's worth Lachlan Croker - 2023 6 tries 4 try assists 5 line break assists 2 forced drop-outs 15 offloads 858 tackles at 92.6% efficiency 27 average run metres 4 40/20 kicks (equal first in competition) Contract value according to DT = $300k/season Api Koroisau - 2023 6 tries 7 try...
  18. Scorpio

    Hooker

    Lachlan Croker offers more than Mitch Kenny does. If Penrith and Manly swapped them today, Penrith would still win the premiership... and the same people on Silvertails who blame Croker for our current predicament will probably be the first to lament that we didn't keep him! I find that...
  19. Scorpio

    Grand Final 2023 - arrogant P's v flashy B's

    I said it is a big reason, not the reason. Yes he is very fit, remarkably so for being 34... BUT in that comparison I don't think you can discount the impact of not having to take the ball under your arm and get smashed by multiple 100+kg blokes multiple times a match, 25+ weekends a year, for...
  20. Scorpio

    Grand Final 2023 - arrogant P's v flashy B's

    DCE hardly gets tackled while running, that's a big reason why he hardly gets injured. As for the entire team being like the Panthers without being injured, I think 16 teams would like to know how they do it...
Team P W L PD Pts
3 3 0 48 6
3 2 1 45 4
3 2 1 28 4
3 2 1 22 4
3 2 1 15 4
3 2 1 14 4
2 1 1 13 4
3 2 1 10 4
2 1 1 6 4
3 2 1 -3 4
3 1 2 0 2
3 1 2 -5 2
3 1 2 -15 2
3 1 2 -22 2
3 1 2 -36 2
2 0 2 -56 2
3 0 3 -64 0
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