Fuck it, we derailed the last one with our incessant bickering. So, to appease Cribbs, we'll banter in here. I am serious that you cannot have Manly players in the Blues squad. It is their form for Manly that got them picked for the Blues in the first place. So name your 2013 Blues side (minus Watmough) & see how they go against this: 1. Brett Stewart 2. Jorge Taufua 3. Steve Matai 4. Jamie Lyon 5. David Williams (fuck) 6. Kieran Foran 7. Daly Cherry-Evans 8. Brenton Lawrence 9. Matt Ballin 10. Brent Kite 11. Anthony Watmough 12. Justin Horo 13. Glenn Stewart Interchange: 14. Richie Fa'aoso 15. Jamie Buhrer 16. George Rose 17. Tom Symonds David Williams is obviously a severe handicap for Manly, but the Manly halves shit all over Maloney & Pearce all day, every day. Forwards are pretty evenly matched (NSW have the edge in the front row, but Manly have the edge in the back row) & the Manly backline is the best in the league (even with Williams).
1. Jarryd Hayne 2. James McManus 3. Michael Jennings 4. Jamal Idris 5. Will Hopoate 6. Todd Carney 7. Jarrod Mullen 8. Paul Gallen 9. Robbie Farah 10. James Tamou 11. Greg Bird 12. Luke Lewis 13. Shaun Fensom 14. Kurt Gidley 15. Trent Merrin 16. Andrew Fifita 17. Feleti Mateo NSW 20+
The comment was made based on the current NSW team, for starters, and certainly not on the proviso that Manly players were ineligible. So your challenge is not really relevant to my comment. As for my NSW team, it's not even a contest afaic. 1.Jarryd Hayne 2.James McManus 3.Blake Ferguson 4.Michael Jennings 5.Brett Morris 6.Todd Carney 7.Jarrod Mullen 8.Tim Mannah 9.Robbie Farah 10.James Tamou 11.Greg Bird 12.Luke Lewis 13.Paul Gallen (c) 14.Kurt Gidley 15.Andrew Fifita 16.Trent Merrin 17.Boyd Cordner You'd get comprehensively beaten through the middle. Your halves and Lyon and Stewart won't save you from that fate.
Well they had 4 days and they seemed to shit all over themselves? And in most of those Manly dominated in the forwards, had all the field possession.. and they could barely generate any points? They looked pathetic actually.
It's hardly surprising though. It is, after all, a state representative side with no salary cap imposed on it. What do you really expect? You're either grossly exaggerating your own side, or grossly underestimating the NSW team. Probably both I think.
Thanks a lot dickhead, I just blew a funny fuse reading this. Hopefully England bowls and Jimmy Anderson can do a 1st ball Harmy tomorrow to cure me.
I just don't get how the all powerful eagles can beat the Blues but not the Roosters. Must be because of Watmough the pussy annihilator, sent to earth to tongue punch fart boxes and be crowned ruler of coconuts.
QLD can only just beat NSW as well so if Manly can beat NSW there's a good chance they could also beat QLD.
I actually do think people overlook just how poor the QLD team selections were this year, their forward pack wouldn't look out of place in a first grade side. Had Hayne & Gallen not gotten injured Meninga would've copped so much shit about how he fucked the team up. It wouldn't surprise me in the least to see their forward pack get run over by some club sides.