I agree it's a bit weird and vulture-y to be picking over Warriors like this but it is just discussion.
I agree with JonnyD that the Manu comparison seems a bit of a media projection, always trying to find a similar player. Lawrence is still a powerfully build guy and has a good fend, but he's more hips and swerve than bosch. I'd say his biggest strengths are his running lines and how he takes the ball on the line and accelerates through. I'd say this fits out style nicely as Charlie and Jacob aren't scared to get to the line, Mills too as a 12. He is also a try scorer - he averages a try every 214 mins (1 try every 2.68 full games) for Worcester (Venter by contrast 588 mins or a try every 7.3 full games). Also Lawrence is 8 years younger than Venter and had a great partnership with Mills - I also believe he's a good friend of Hougaard. I agree injuries and potentially personality (*but this is just based on Eddie Jones comments so make of that what you will*) are issues to be considered but I would defo look to get Lawrence, we could do with another 13, he will fit our style and add a more exciting, attacking element.
Elsewhere my thoughts would be maybe short-term loose-head cover? Morovov or even McCallum on a three month contract would enable them to find long term clubs while being paid and give us cover while Martinez and Harris are injured and West is a bit fragile.
Another short term option might be Fergus Lee-Warner. He's versatile and has played lock enough. I'd expect his to be looking to go back to SR at the start of next year but a contract 'till Christmas provides cover for Stooke (and Launch if he is called up in the autumn). If we were looking for a longer term second row - Joe Batley would be my pick.
In the backs, I like Jamie Shillcock but wonder if that gives us too many similar 15 options - Jacob, Ali, Matteo and him. Noah Heward and Harri Doel would both be good young additions at wing and I would take either to bolster our options there, Heward would be first choice.
Looking at their academy, with Eckersly not in the academy now it seems and Corbin Thunder who I think will be like Aflie and end up in the backrow we might poach Finn Theobald-Thomas, their Eng U20 hooker. Also Seb Atkinson at centre looked good last season (except when he got scragged by Tom Willis) - 20 years old, good distributer and playmaker but we do have Hartley, Simonds and also Myall in the U18s.