2019 NRL Team of the Year

[HoldenV8]

OK, now that our season has unfortunately ended.....without too much Manly bias (yeah, right ), who would be your pick for the NRL Team of the Year for 2019? Including both team and coach.

My pick (trying to be.....somewhat fair):

Coach - Des Hasler

FB - Roger Tuivasa-Sheck
WG - Maika Sivo
CE - Latrell Mitchell
CE - Moses Suli
WG - Reuben Garrick
FE - Luke Keary
HB - Daly Cherry-Evans
PR - Addin Fonua-Blake
HK - Josh Hodgson
PR - Nelson Asofa-Solomona
SR - Joel Thompson
SR - Curtis Sironen
LK - Jake Trbojevic

BE - Manase Fainu
BE - Martin Taupau
BE - Payne Haas
BE - John Bateman


Do you agree?

Do you disagree? (and if you disagree....bite me )

Who would be your pick?

 

[Lyonstomenzies]

9 manly players in your 17??????

Love the unbiased opinion

 

[madmax]

Tom T
J Taufua
B Parker
M Suli
R Garrick
D Walker
DCE
M Taupau
A Koroisau
AFB
J Thompson
C Sironen
Jake T

RES: M Fainu, T Paseka, C Waddell, H Olakau'atu, S Keppie, T Sipley, C Cust, L Croker, L Perrett, T Funa, M Boyle, B Elliott, T Funa

Blacktown Workers, Jersey Flegg, SG Ball, the Canteen Ladies, Ball Boys, those not born yet........................

Coaches:
Des, MM, MB,JC, CR, NC,

All Silvertails members...............all Manly supporters............my father, my mother.........

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

@HoldenV8
Sivo will probably do well at the dally M because the votes are already locked in, but his stocks fell about 300% after his performance against Storm.
Has had a great year and is a weapon but was shockingly exposed as the rookie he still is.

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

OK, now that our season has unfortunately ended.....without too much Manly bias (yeah, right ), who would be your pick for the NRL Team of the Year for 2019? Including both team and coach.

My pick (trying to be.....somewhat fair):

Coach - Des Hasler

FB - Roger Tuivasa-Sheck TEDESCO
WG - Maika Sivo
CE - Latrell Mitchell
CE - Moses Suli
WG - Reuben Garrick
FE - Luke Keary
HB - Daly Cherry-Evans
PR - Addin Fonua-Blake
HK - Josh Hodgson
PR - Nelson Asofa-Solomona
SR - Joel Thompson
SR - Curtis Sironen
LK - Jake Trbojevic

BE - Manase Fainu
BE - Martin Taupau
BE - Payne Haas
BE - John Bateman


Do you agree?

Do you disagree? (and if you disagree....bite me )

Who would be your pick?

I'd have Tedesco, Wighton, also Murray has to be there somewhere.
Second row is an interesting one, if our guys had stayed on the field they would be in the running. Young Martin from Penrith did well in some games I saw.

 

[Waz13]

@HoldenV8
Sivo will probably do well at the dally M because the votes are already locked in, but his stocks fell about 300% after his performance against Storm.
Has had a great year and is a weapon but was shockingly exposed as the rookie he still is.

He’s just another nrl overhype type. He looks great when the eels are winning big, but like that entire side/club put them in a tight contest and they are nowhere. Most overhyped team all year the eels and their finals exit was nothing but predictable. I’m sure a lot of people with sound footy brains would have cashed in on melb 13+

 

[HoldenV8]

9 manly players in your 17??????

Love the unbiased opinion

I tried to be fair. I mean, I did consider Mitchell Moses for halfback.....for about 2 seconds 😛

 

[HoldenV8]

I'd have Tedesco, Wighton, also Murray has to be there somewhere.
Second row is an interesting one, if our guys had stayed on the field they would be in the running. Young Martin from Penrith did well in some games I saw.

I went for RTS over Tedesco because while Teddy was on the back of that $10m backline, RTS basically carried the Warriors.

Wighton and Murray.....yeah I guess arguments could be made for their inclusion somewhere. Not in my team though

 

[HoldenV8]

Sivo is going to go one of two ways in 2020.

He'll either continue with the hype form like Semi Radradra did before him.....or he'll be another George Jennings and flop in his second full season.

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

Sivo is going to go one of two ways in 2020.

He'll either continue with the hype form like Semi Radradra did before him.....or he'll be another George Jennings and flop in his second full season.

Or go play Rugby on a lot more money!!!

 

[HoldenV8]

Or go play Rugby on a lot more money!!!

If he does, good luck to him.

 

[brad]

I tried to be fair. I mean, I did consider Mitchell Moses for halfback.....for about 2 seconds 😛

Tedesco definitely 1 , turbo out half the year . AFB , Dce , Jake and Marty should all get a run in the 17 realistically.

 

[Not Paul Kent]

1 Tedesco
2 Sivo
3 Joey Manu
4 Latrell
5 Garrick
6 Keary
7 DCE
8 AFB
9 Smith
10 Haas
11 Ryan Matterson
12 David Fifita
13 Jake Trbojevic

14 Josh Papalii
15 Jack Wighton
16 Mitch Moses
17 Cam Murray

 

[Eagle thru 'n' thru]

I tried to be fair. I mean, I did consider Mitchell Moses for halfback.....for about 2 seconds 😛

Well, that's 2 seconds of your life you won't get back.

 

[HoldenV8]

Well, that's 2 seconds of your life you won't get back.

Well at least I didn't waste any time on considering Brad Arthur as coach

 

[Fluffy]

Well at least I didn't waste any time on considering Brad Arthur as coach

probably should have, took his team from below ours to above it so did a better job

 

[40 nil]

Didn't follow the Dally M board, so don't know how the players scored. However, I would guess the positions of the year would be chosen from

FB Tedesco
W Sivo (JAC/Tupou/Maumalo)
C Mitchell
FE Wighton
HB DCE/Moses
L Murray/Jake
SR Fifita/Kikau
FR Papalli/AFB
H Smith/Hodges/Cook

Coach Stuart/Des/Bellamy

 

[Chip and Chase]

How is Mitchell the best centre in the game when he got dropped from Origin ?? He plays one good game in amongst half a dozen so so games.

 

[40 nil]

How is Mitchell the best centre in the game when he got dropped from Origin ?

Since Origin, Mitchell has played many excellent games, esp. at the SCG. IMO, he has been the best performing centre over the year & in top form, is a notch above the rest.

 

[Jethro]

OK, now that our season has unfortunately ended.....without too much Manly bias (yeah, right ), who would be your pick for the NRL Team of the Year for 2019? Including both team and coach.

My pick (trying to be.....somewhat fair):

Coach - Des Hasler

FB - Roger Tuivasa-Sheck
WG - Maika Sivo
CE - Latrell Mitchell
CE - Moses Suli
WG - Reuben Garrick
FE - Luke Keary
HB - Daly Cherry-Evans
PR - Addin Fonua-Blake
HK - Josh Hodgson
PR - Nelson Asofa-Solomona
SR - Joel Thompson
SR - Curtis Sironen
LK - Jake Trbojevic

BE - Manase Fainu
BE - Martin Taupau
BE - Payne Haas
BE - John Bateman


Do you agree?

Do you disagree? (and if you disagree....bite me )

Who would be your pick?

9 manly players in your 17??????

Love the unbiased opinion

I tried to be fair. I mean, I did consider Mitchell Moses for halfback.....for about 2 seconds 😛

Well, that's 2 seconds of your life you won't get back.

Well at least I didn't waste any time on considering Brad Arthur as coach

probably should have, took his team from below ours to above it so did a better job

That's only because of the soft draw that they had in comparison to ours. Our draw was mainly against this year's Top 8 sides where theirs was more against the bottom 8 sides. We beat just about all of the final 8 bar the game against the Chooks and Broncos.

Here is a list of games that the Eels won this regular season against (at the time) Top 8 sides:

Round 4 - Saturday 6th April 2019

[Ladder Position 6] - Eels 24

[Ladder Position 3] - Sharks 12


Round 6 - Monday 22nd April 2019

[Ladder Position 8] - Eels 51

[Ladder Position 5] - Wests Tigers 6


Round 8 - Sunday 5th May 2019

[Ladder Position 5] - Eels 32

[Ladder Position 8] - Dragons 18


Round 12 - Friday 31st May 2019

[Ladder Position 8] - Eels 26

[Ladder Position 1] - Rabbitohs 14


Round 15 - Saturday 29th June 2019

[Ladder Position 8] - Eels 22

[Ladder Position 4] - Raiders 16


Round 25 - Friday 6th September 2019

[Ladder Position 6] - Eels 32

[Ladder Position 5] - Manly 16

P.S. Note that all of their wins above were all 'Home' games. They did not win against a Top 8 Side at an 'Away' game this year.

Other teams they have defeated this regular season against (at the time) Bottom 8 sides:

Round 1 Penrith 12, Eels 20
Round 2 Bulldogs 16, Eels 36
Round 8 Eels 32, Dragons 18
Round 14 Eels 38, Broncos 10
Round 17 Tigers 18, Eels 30
Round 19 Eels 24, Warriors 22
Round 20 Dragons 4, Eels 12
Round 21 Eels 20, Knights 14
Round 22 Titans 12, Eels 36

Round 16 Bye

Their regular season losses were:

Round 3 Eels 18, Roosters 32
Round 5 Raiders 19, Eels 0
Round 7 Knights 28, Eels 14
Round 9 Storm 64, Eels 10
Round 10 Cowboys 17, Eels 10
Round 11 Eels 10, Panthers 16
Round 13 Sharks 42, Eels 22
Round 18 Manly 36, Eels 24
Round 23 Eels 6, Bulldogs 12
Round 24 Broncos 17, Eels 16


Here is a list of games that Manly have won this regular season against (at the time) Top 8 sides:

Round 3 - Saturday 30th March 2019

[Ladder Position 13] - Manly 46

[Ladder Position 8] - Warriors 12


Round 4 - Saturday 6th April 2019

[Ladder Position 8] - Manly 13

[Ladder Position 2] - Souths 12


Round 7 - Sunday 28th April 2019

[Ladder Position 7] - Manly 24

[Ladder Position 3] - Raiders 20


Round 10 - Sunday 19th May 2019

[Ladder Position 7] - Sharks 14

[Ladder Position 5] - Manly 24


Round 18 - Sunday 21st July 2019

[Ladder Position 5] - Manly 36

[Ladder Position 6] - Eels 24


Round 19 - Saturday 27th July 2019

[Ladder Position 1] - Storm 10

[Ladder Position 5] - Manly 11


[Round 23 - Sunday 19th May 2019

[Ladder Position 3] - Raiders 14

[Ladder Position 4] - Manly 18

Other teams Manly have defeated this regular season against (at the time) Bottom 8 sides:

Round 5 Knights 18, Manly 26
Round 8 Bulldogs 10, Manly 18
Round 13 Cowboys 20, Manly 22
Round 14 Manly 34, Dragons 14
Round 15 Titans 12, Manly 30
Round 20 Manly 30, Knights 6
Round 22 Manly 32, Tigers 12

Round 16 Bye

Our regular season losses were:

Round 1 Tigers 20, Manly 6
Round 2 Manly 18, Roosters 26
Round 6 Dragons 12, Manly 10
Round 9 Manly 10, Broncos 26
Round 11 Manly 18, Titans 36
Round 12 Penrith 15, Manly 12
Round 17 Souths 21, Manly 20
Round 21 Warriors 24, Manly 16
Round 24 Manly 6, Storm 36
Round 25 Eels 32, Manly 16