Aaron Woods
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Tuipoluto - please no. If you haven't seen enough by now then you never will. An absolute turnstile in defence. Comes flying in with no thought at all. If Turbi is out then Weekes at FB and leave Garrick and Saab where they are. Consider Garrick at FB when Vaega is available again.
Who though. We lack the versatility that Walker provided. No Lawton. Weekes struggling.
Bearfax
Grizzly old fart
Gosh some of you guys are hard task masters. I'm glad you're not coaching me, though at 72 I doubt I'll making first grade soon...maybe later.
However Woods has played a total of 47 minutes of football in first grade this season. All at Manly in the past two weeks (19 and 28 minutes). Hardly worthy of assessing his value at this stage with so little match play or fitness.
Reality check. He is human. He's 33. I would suggest assess his worth about 2/3s of the way through the season. Maybe a dud, but you need more than 47 minutes with a player without match fitness to be realistic about his worth. Just a point to note. In the Storm game in 28 minutes he made 16 tackles. No misses. In the West game he made 15 tackles. 1 miss. Not bad at 31 tackles and one miss, aye. Very few forwards achieved that.
However Woods has played a total of 47 minutes of football in first grade this season. All at Manly in the past two weeks (19 and 28 minutes). Hardly worthy of assessing his value at this stage with so little match play or fitness.
Reality check. He is human. He's 33. I would suggest assess his worth about 2/3s of the way through the season. Maybe a dud, but you need more than 47 minutes with a player without match fitness to be realistic about his worth. Just a point to note. In the Storm game in 28 minutes he made 16 tackles. No misses. In the West game he made 15 tackles. 1 miss. Not bad at 31 tackles and one miss, aye. Very few forwards achieved that.
WiseyEagle
Reserve Grader
The walking, talking head band, took the fine and is good to go for next weekend's match
One of your bestWhy can't Woods add real value to the team and run the water bottles
If Woods does make the final 17 for Friday, he'll get at least one stint, who knows, would love to see Woodsie get a highlight reel from it. We could all be surprised.Why can't Woods add real value to the team and run the water bottles
Surely he shouldn't be playing ahead of Fainu.
You mean like jumping on top of teammates after a try has been scored but landing flat on his face
patorick2010
Mr BPD
He's playing a role for us this year.
Honestly, been impressed with him so far.
You can tell how much he's enjoying his time with us.
Honestly, been impressed with him so far.
You can tell how much he's enjoying his time with us.
Hmmm, yes, let's see now - we've just lost about 250 games of NRL front row experience and are about to play a very big game in front of a huge crowd.Why can't Woods add real value to the team and run the water bottles
Surely he shouldn't be playing ahead of Fainu.
So we could either ...
choose a guy who has played umpteem Tests for Australia and state of origin games...
Or...
choose a talented kid who has played 1/2 an NRL game at centre.
Doh!
Relax, Fainu is obviously in our plans but I can't knock the selection for this week.
Bearfax
Grizzly old fart
Why can't Woods add real value to the team and run the water bottles
Surely he shouldn't be playing ahead of Fainu.
Yes I would like to see Fainu get an extended chance on the bench. Nothing against Woods, but Fainu is potentially the future. His time will come.
The Indian
Bencher
Woods time was over 5 years ago.
The boneheaded decision to get him here is typical of our mind set.
I don't care if he is here for free..... I still want a refund.
Woods could be one of the most impotent forwards ive ever seen in a Manly jersey. He basically strolls 2 meters with zero intensity every carry.
We have zero chance of mounting a premiership threat this season. I would much much rather we blood some juniors rather play this geriatric who quite frankly doesn't care about this club.
We have zero chance of mounting a premiership threat this season. I would much much rather we blood some juniors rather play this geriatric who quite frankly doesn't care about this club.
Rocky
Bencher
Yep.
A switched-on Sharon could be your 17th man in a good team.
But if you are mediocre like Manly are, he shouldn't get a game from here on in.
EagleFromMay1967
Sky Punching : send them High as the Clouds
You CANNOT BE SERIOUS ! *read with the same voice intonation as McEnroe.
Oh, of course, you've made a 'joke post' ? He hasn't played like a 1st grade prop since 2015 !
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