Baz saw something in these guys and we bagged him for it (me included), like storm its not just the heroes that win games but those consistent no nonsense players as wellI would like to give credit to both players 🙂
Wiliame pulled off a beautiful catch and pass to Tafua to score the try ( great hands ) Also made plenty of hitups
Green: played mistake free football and is showing he is a good footballer. ALso has great hands and the ability to run at the line and put players into a hole !
Keep up the good work guys
Thanks for putting things in perspective Snake .Both of these guys are playing well but if we are serious about contending in the years to come, Williame needs to be a winger and Green should come off the bench. Neither are ever going to be more than good honest footballers.
Williame could possibly surprise us and become a bit better than average, but he is certainly not what I would call "special". Well done to both players though on their recent form and improvement.
Williame was never playing that bad. Just an easy bandwagon to jump on on the back of team losses which he had zero to do with.
Maybe we should call him t-shirt not quite a skivvy...!!!Williame is trying to mimic jorge and matai by charging out of the defensive line.
Whilst he does nail some, he also misses a few. Matai very rarely screws that up so hopefully skivvy can help improve his hit rate. He is developing into a solid first grader.
I thought greens effort are 100%, was really hitting the line. He has decent potential if he keeps working at it.
Matai is contracted for another season and if his recovery goes well I will go on record as saying Matai and Walker will be our 3 & 4Both have only a hand full of games in th NRL so are still learning. Green has a tendency to drop off in defence on our line but that can be coached out him him and after being bagged none stop Williame who is only 21 is starting to believe in himself . I will go on the record as saying Walker and Williame will be our centre combo next season.
We don't need Williame to set the world on fire. If he reaches the Robbo level - safe as houses defensively and a good finisher - most would take that every day of the week. You can then be flashy at other positions.Thanks for putting things in perspective Snake .
We don't need Williame to set the world on fire. If he reaches the Robbo level - safe as houses defensively and a good finisher - most would take that every day of the week. You can then be flashy at other positions.
As a Manly supporter I have been spoilt by the premiership winning strike centre power of Lyon & Matai. Hill & Innes. O'cconor & Shearer . Knight & Gartner . Fulton & Branighan.We don't need Williame to set the world on fire. If he reaches the Robbo level - safe as houses defensively and a good finisher - most would take that every day of the week. You can then be flashy at other positions.
A lot of strike power there Kevin .For some reason I have a feeling that our backline might look something like this next year
DCE
Green
Jorge
Walker
Idris
Uate
Turbo
I'm not necessarily saying this is the backline I want, more just a gut feeling that Manly might take a chance at picking up some cheap options in the hope of resurecting a couple of careers.
He is worth re-signing if only for the fact that he is cost effective and capable. Even great sides need those guys.As a Manly supporter I have been spoilt by the premiership winning strike centre power of Lyon & Matai. Hill & Innes. O'cconor & Shearer . Knight & Gartner . Fulton & Branighan.
I am not sold on any performance by beating a wooden spoon team in the first half and losing the second half !!! .
Let's see what these promising players have to offer when we play quality sides such as the Raiders Storm and the Dogs . Put away the cheque book for now and don't get your feathers in a knot feathered friend . 🙂
Yeah if Idris and Uate were able to hit anything like their top form, that backline would cause opposition teams plenty of head aches. As I said it's just a hunch, both those guys have been mentioned in the past as piquing club interest. And the longer we go without announcing any signings, the more of a possibility it becomes.A lot of strike power there Kevin .
I agree but on the wing...we need something better in the centres.We don't need Williame to set the world on fire. If he reaches the Robbo level - safe as houses defensively and a good finisher - most would take that every day of the week. You can then be flashy at other positions.
Team | P | W | D | L | PD | Pts | |
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1 | Bulldogs | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 16 |
2 | Raiders | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 60 | 14 |
3 | Warriors | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
4 | Storm | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 76 | 12 |
5 | Broncos | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 54 | 10 |
6 | Sharks | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 49 | 10 |
7 | Sea Eagles | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 10 |
8 | Tigers | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 10 |
9 | Cowboys | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | -14 | 10 |
10 | Dragons | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -14 | 8 |
11 | Roosters | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | -42 | 8 |
12 | Knights | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -48 | 8 |
13 | Rabbitohs | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | -70 | 8 |
14 | Dolphins | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
15 | Panthers | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -2 | 6 |
16 | Titans | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -88 | 6 |
17 | Eels | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -117 | 6 |