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"3. Volkman attack anf considering what the dogs did to talingi last week huge effort
2 Pryke stepped up on debut
1 Williams sure up that left edge best 2nd rower performance all season in defence
Couldn't really fault anyone "
2 Pryke stepped up on debut
1 Williams sure up that left edge best 2nd rower performance all season in defence
Couldn't really fault anyone "
"I just rewatched the game. Volkman needs to be careful. He hip dropped Preston a couple times to bring him down. If Preston's stayed down he would have got penalised "
"Thought Kelly was reasonably good today except for a couple of poor decisions. Nanva was very good and deserves a spot. Walker was a bit off with some stupid passes"
"Poppa, So you think after 40 years of NO premiership, multiple change of coaches which have produced ZERO an extremely poor recruitment, running 2nd last on the 2026 ladder, the worst defence in the league on top of already breaking a previous held…"
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lol we had him .
Interesting comments about being at clubs where they didn't really get opportunities or blooded as much as other kids .. He had the wrong surname and regardless of where Jake ends up in his career that is a fact
Really Snottie what has Jake got to do with Jai?
In a shortened comp with only 20 rounds he did play half a dozen games for us - all in the 6 or 7. He was picked ahead of Will Smith and given every chance.
Because of Covid there weren't a lot of youngsters blooded that year. Big Stephano would have been the only one if it wasn't for the Jennings saga that gave Dunster a run
For all we know the club might have tried to keep him but a start in SL was probably more attractive than to wait for Moses Brown or Guth to be out
Jake had Dylan Brown starting a game at centre mate 😂 in 2021 he was no where near ready but was givin the back up role in a team that was fighting for a top 4 position at the end of the season. He was no where near ready and it was extremely costly for us. He wasn't ready in 2021 or 2022 and was occupying the utility role throughout the year in an nrl side and in a finals side. He was given more opportunity than any young half before him whilst he should've been developing in Cup. Field had years in Cup and more utility value but was out of the side as soon as Moses was in.
This isn't a knock on Jakes ability , it's 2023 now , he's older with more experience and I'm sure will play a role for Manly at some stage in the year as a depth piece. He wasn't what we needed at the time.
And then?
Everything you have mentioned happened after Field left. He was only with us in 2020. Jake debuted in 2021. Jake was not blocking Jai from playing first grade.
Would be a good back up but I'd rather have French! The Eels need more speed in there team
Barring the full length try off the bomb where he showed some good speed, I didn't see an extensive highlights reel showing things that Gutho can't do. I suspect the French highlights reel shows a lot of x factor
His defense couldn't be any worse than Reese Walsh same goes for Bevan French
Are we really at a point we're people are getting excited at the prospect of signing any Joe Average that is available 🙄
That's exactly what we need.
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