Turbo or Gutho? Who would you prefer?

[Wombat64]

I know Turbo is a better bloke and Gutho sometimes comes across as a dick but watching the game last night at least Gutho is playing ......

 

[susan]

One bloke plays the other doesnt. Turbot is better player, Gutho far better value to his club.

 

[Waz13]

Not this again......

 

[mave]

Can we transplant Guthos hamstrings into Turbo.

 

[JakeyB789]

Turbo is twice the player Gutho will ever be. I’ll take the injury risk with the chance he eventually becomes healthy and leads us to the top, over losing in the second round of the finals every year

 

[tookey]

Can we transplant Gutho's hamstrings into Turb

Can we transplant Gutho's top knott onto Turbo as well?

 

[Rafferty]

Would of been nice to see them both there and both on the field.

 

[Bomb Voyage]

gutho 100%

 

[MW66]

Right now. No contest. On balance, and as much as I hate to say it, Gutherson by the length of the straight. AND I don't think Turbo will ever balance the ledger due to injury. Plus it is not just what Gutherson brings skill wise. He is passionate, desperate, plays at pace and leads the Eels very, very well.

 

[Peter C]

Would of been nice to see them both there and both on the field.

Would've been nice to see both of them together playing for Manly, hang on a sec!!!

 

[Terry Zarsoff]

Can we transplant Guthos hamstrings into Turbo.

Gurbo. Tutho.

 

[Rafferty]

Would've been nice to see both of them together playing for Manly, hang on a sec!!!

That’s exactly what I meant

 

[AlxFromNthNarra]

Man Silvertails is a goldfish bowl.

I remember how injury-prone Gutho was a few years back - did knees in consecutive years didn't he and sat out a majority of a couple of seasons.

But he came good. So did Tedesco after an early injury run.

There is precedent, and it makes me confident Turbo will also overcome his early-age injury worries and be more consistently on-field in the coming seasons.

Gutho has turned into a hell of a player, and some of those plays against Melb were game-changers. Turbo for mine has a vastly higher ceiling though.

 

[StuBoot]

Turbo is two years younger so can I answer it in two years time?
Gutho has only played 20 more games than Turbo, his first few years were injury prone too and now he's had a decent run he's a very good player but Turbo is one of the first picked for any rep side when he's even half fit.

I like to judge players on their career and I'm confident that when they both retire Turbo will be the one that will have 15+ NSW and Australian caps to his name.

I do (begrudgingly) like Gutho and would love him in my team but Turbo every day of the week.

 

[Dion Johnson]

Turbo if he can get past these injuries he was pushing Teddy as the best fullback in the game until this run of hamstring injuries came along..

 

[court83]

If we kept gutho like we should have we would be a consistent finals team instead of the bullsh!t we've dished up the last 4 years.

Is he a better fullback than turbo? Not at all... But he seems to be over his injury problems unlike Tom, and even if Tom is fit those years,
Here's a list of players we've had at wing/centre/fullback and 5/8

Pita godinet
Matt Wright
Walker
Jackson hastings
Blake green
Uate
Jon Wright
Brian Kelly
Brayden williame
Parker
Garrick
Tafua (old tafua sucks, pre 2015 tafua was great)

That's just off the top of my head, and ide take gutho over EVERY SINGLE ONE of those in any of the positions named..

Shoulda kept the kid, esp since we had nothing but rubbish to replace him with

 

[47MVEagle]

Both

 

[47MVEagle]

If we had kept Gutho he could have filled in at fullback while Turbo was injured, at 5/8th when Green left (which would have left Walker at centre, his best position), at centre when Turbo came back & Walker was injured, stood down etc.

I reckon we would have travelled better over the past few years had he still been here.

 

[Terry Zarsoff]

I know it’s easy with the benefit of hindsight, but it never sat well that a very talented Manly junior was being let go - who had signed a new contract with Manly just months earlier (and after his round 1 2015 ACL injury).

I suspect that DCE’s backflip and payday had something to do with Manly’s (read Brent Barton’s*) change of heart.

*Bob Fulton/Trent Barrett

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

What a pity , we could have had both !!