Getting bored waiting for next Tuesday avo, so I thought I'd start with the team I would choose.

[B-Train]

Yes I have a few injury prone players in my draft team

Trade them and sell high after the first few weeks before they all fall apart. Haha

 

[alic]

Cc will go with

Perham
Addo Carr
Alomati
Averillo
Kiraz
Burton
Flanagan
King
Mahoney
Thompson
Kikau
Rfm
Sutton

Brown
Preston
Waddell
Patolo/Pele/Davey

Round 3/4 Reynolds will replace Flanagan if he shows no improvement and Rfm will move to the middle with Prestons starting . Davey has been abit disappointing

 

[CMP]

Cc will go with

Perham
Addo Carr
Alomati
Averillo
Kiraz
Burton
Flanagan
King
Mahoney
Thompson
Kikau
Rfm
Sutton

Brown
Preston
Waddell
Patolo/Pele/Davey

Round 3/4 Reynolds will replace Flanagan if he shows no improvement and Rfm will move to the middle with Prestons starting . Davey has been abit disappointing

I think this is very close to the team that CC will go with.

I would like the bench to be
14. Brown
15. Preston
16. Davey
17. Pele

 

[CrittaMagic69]

I think this is very close to the team that CC will go with.

I would like the bench to be
14. Brown
15. Preston
16. Davey
17. Pele

Why two edge forwards?

 

[turveys asthma puffer]

I still think Kiraz is better in the centres than wing. Problem is I dont like our other wing options....
Please no waddell.
Flanno just over JR, until JR shows more fitness.

Yep Kiraz at centre would be my first selection other than the givens.

 

[James zac]

Reynolds at 7 need the experience there

 

[Lynchpin]

This is the team that CC will pick.

01. Hayze Perham
02. Jacob Kiraz
03. Jake Averillo
04. Paul Alamoti
05. Josh Addo-Carr
06. Matt Burton
07. Kyle Flanagan
08. Max King
09. Reed Mahoney
10. Luke Thompson
11. Viliame Kikau
12. Raymond Faitala-Mariner
13. Ryan Sutton

14. Josh Reynolds/Fa'amanu Brown
15. Jacob Preston
16. Andrew Davey/Corey Waddell/Chris Patolo
17. Franklin Pele

There wont be any surprises.

Based on trial selections & game time, this looks about right (what Ciraldo will go with).
Perham has not impressed in his first two outings (albeit the 1st one not for us).
To be fair, he probably gets 2-4 more games (depending on if he shows some improvement) to show everyone what CC sees in him.
If nothing by round 4, CC needs to get Averillo back there (rounds 5-10, a solid six-game stint, same as Perham got) to see if he is the answer.
In the meantime, CC should be instructing David Tangata-Toa to pick Blake Wilson at fullback, & getting him ready for round 10/11, in case Averillo cannot do the job and/or Wilson is killing it.
We can't keep chopping and changing NSW Cup positions. We need them to play in the positions we want them to develop for NRL.

 

[Kelpie03]

Cc will go with

Perham
Addo Carr
Alomati
Averillo
Kiraz
Burton
Flanagan
King
Mahoney
Thompson
Kikau
Rfm
Sutton

Brown
Preston
Waddell
Patolo/Pele/Davey

Round 3/4 Reynolds will replace Flanagan if he shows no improvement and Rfm will move to the middle with Prestons starting . Davey has been abit disappointing

No doubt thats the team CC will pick, hypotheticily speaking would change anything though, coaches know best 99% of the time but not100% of the time.

 

[finchie]

A couple of us here have sent out the team numerous weeks back
The only one change will be a forged one due to tpj injury

 

[1967]

Maybe Manly will be complacent knowing they have a definite 2 points in round 2 ..

I know, it was just a thought …. I’d just love to see us kick their arrogant asses ..

 

[chemdog]

reynolds is playing nsw cup with nu brown to be the utility off the bench

 

[finchie]

Been told by 2 very reliable sources;
Perham is an absolute freak at training but is finding it hard taking out to game day pressure
Hope that makes sense
I guess the pressure gets to him as the words slick, lightning, agile got used by both sources on the ground

 

[finchie]

I am
Willing to give ciraldo this entire season
The place has never been so alive and together
He’s done that in less than 4 months and even less if you take into account the league World Cup

also gus confirmed we are still 12-24 months where we want to be numerous times

 

[habs]

I am
Willing to give ciraldo this entire season
The place has never been so alive and together
He’s done that in less than 4 months and even less if you take into account the league World Cup

also gus confirmed we are still 12-24 months where we want to be numerous times

Worried that expectations are too high. If things don’t go well I don’t see him making wholesale changes until its too late.