Tortured Soul wrote:
I, personally, think that Manning is as good as Divorty. But, like Fev, we'll have to play with what we've got got and try and match our opponents all over the field. However, will will have to match their line speed and work on marker tackling. Wrenchy was the best at marker defence I've seen for years and we haven't found someone as accomplished since his retirement. TBH, at times it is non-existent. One thing I'm sure we all will agree on is that it's going to be cracking final! Hoping to catch up with an old Fev mate, Chris Taylor, for a beer and some banter before the game as well.
TS - I think your spot on, in fact I'd go as far as saying I think that manning is probably a better 2nd rower that DIvo, however Divo is better suited to going into the front row if circumstances required it.
For me Elis is a bigger loss for Fev, however he has only played 7 games for us (with 6 of those being from the bench) out of 24 games this year, so I suspect we'll have enough in the team to manage without him.
