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  1Eyed Eel August 10, 2009 at 1:03am

  Mateo a given. But I'd still probably bring him off the bench first game back.
  
  The good news is Timmy Mannah really stepped up this week. He ran really strong and was very heavily involved. Up there with his best games in the NRL. And yes I think Daniel Anderson will give serious thought to only going with two forwards on the bench so as he can bring Keating off the bench as well.
  
  It could work like this. Mannah and Ben Smith starts. Wright replaces Moimoi, but Mateo replaces Mannah and Hindmarsh pushes up to front row. You bring Kinga on late in the first half for Smith and play with four forwards as we've done a few times with both Keating and Kingston on the field, Keating effectively playing lock
  
  This would let Anderson start with Robson and then bring Keating in after 30 minutes or so and all going well play the game out.
  
  That's what I'd do.
  
  If you are going to give that bench spot to a forward, I think I'd still be using Hindmarsh to push up into prop and I'd probably bring Brendan Oake in, as he's pretty solid and reliable and is probably the player I think we could most trust to maintain our defence.
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    Johno > 1Eyed Eel August 10, 2009 at 7:59am

    What about using Lowrie in the front row? I think we may lose too much of Hindy's work if he uses up his petrol in the front row.
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      1Eyed Eel > Johno August 10, 2009 at 8:56am

      Not a bad idea! I think between Lowrie and Hindmarsh they could certainly cover that period without a specialist prop.
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        Eels on wheels > 1Eyed Eel August 10, 2009 at 12:15pm

        yeh i agree guys, i think we should use lowrie in the front row and interchange mannah
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    Rod Farva > 1Eyed Eel August 10, 2009 at 1:12pm

    I don't know if Anderson could go with Keating on the bench. The Warriors up the middle do play a physical style still and it's not like the other forwards on the bench would be monsters. Plus i'm not a fan of moving around 2 players to cover 1 position.
    
    Tho i agree with you about Tim Mannah. I thought it was if not his best performance all year it was right up there.
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  Dan_Ref August 10, 2009 at 8:15am

  8.fuifui
  9.MK
  10.Mannah
  11.Hindy
  12.Lowrie
  13.Mateo
  14.Kinga
  15.brod wright
  16.ben smith
  17.latimore?jon wright?oake?hauraki?tautai?........i would like johno wright in that spot, but he is very similar to ben smith, so maybe latimore...........dare i say KK, i know two backs(calling kinga a back) sounds stupid, but we,ve got some big boys who can share a workload, and we would get to see how keating is going.

  http://9.MK/
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  Slaytanic August 10, 2009 at 8:58am

  Mateo for Galuvao and Latimore for Cayless would be my pick.
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  hayne_88 August 10, 2009 at 10:00am

  yeh Mateo straight in for Galuvao and Latimore off the bench for cayless with mannah to start
  
  keating straight back into 7 IMO. sure we have won 4 games straight but how much has robson honestly contributed? i think it has been all mortimer and i think KK and mortimer will put 50 on the warriors!!!
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  N1cK August 10, 2009 at 11:36am

  I agree if a forward needs to come in then i would use Oake, he hits hard when he makes a tackle and wouldnt let anyone down.
  
  I prefer kris keating as half back but DA would have to be cold hearted to drop robson as he has been playing really well.
  
  when and if they do bring keating in i would switch daniel mortimer to half back and keating to five-eight as thats how they played together in the 20's. Out of the two Daniel is a better ball player and keating has a stronger running game so i think that would suit each players strengths.