Game Day: Dolphins V Manly [Round 10, 2024]

[The Indian]

Woodsy might get a run next week.

Yep that's the state we're in... he couldn't do much worse.

 

[Eagle 1]

Pure laziness and lack of care for the jumper. Sips who I rated highly last season is very ordinary. And the big money players are average first graders

Agree..., geez we looked f....not a lot of hope unfortunately

 

[XV-1]

20 points in a half after we had a substantial lead and momentum. It’s deplorable

That is total bs. It's normal for Manly

 

[north coast eagle]

The game has moved on from lumbering front rowers with no lateral movement

Exactly. Momentum shifted against us after Sipley and Lodge came on and the rest started to tire. We started to build a more mobile pack of forwards during the off season but are back playing a pack stacked with plodders again which has been our biggest problem in recent years.

 

[HoldenV8]

Seibold is a goose. This side has enough talent to be a top 4 side. The Defence is shocking. Lawton should not be starting.

Why is seibold starting a player he literally tried to get rid of during the off season. Gordon and Humphrey's just rotting on the bench.

Have you seen Gordon and Humphreys play this year??

NSW Cup seems to be a grade or two beyond them. Humphreys passing from dummy half is worse than Froggy's and Lawtons while Gordon looks overweight and can't defend to save himself most times.

 

[Bubbler]

 

[joeboy]

Looks like none of them give a toss. Probably watch our three biggest and most expensive players cruising and having no respect for possession And think, **** it, I will do the same

We are in a whole and our captain and coach don’t have the fortitude to lead us out.

Tom Needs to get involved, grab the game by the scruff of the neck like you used too.

Id banish Waddell, he is pure hot trash

I’d hook s

 

[killerspud]

We are in trouble their small forwards and Marshall king are going to tear our plodders apart, this will get ugly lads buckle up for a rough ride

 

[Ron E. Gibbs]

Forget about a defensive coach,it all comes back to Seibold

He'll be the one who cops the blame, for sure. But at this point I actually feel sorry for Seibold, and every other coach we've had over the last 10 years.

It's the players. There is zero leadership from the ones who should be leading, and the rest are either not good enough or don't care enough to compete.

I was desperately hoping we'd hang onto the lead and not do anything stupid when we went up by 12, but of course, right on cue, we fall in a heap and let in three consecutive tries.

We were supposed to have learned from last week, and every other week we've fallen in a heap, but no. It's so predictable it's becoming painful to watch. Every time we get a lead, I wait for us to give it up.

 

[mave]

Defence wins comps.

BenjiBall does not.

 

[Eagle 1]

Lodge and Sipley are not up to 1st grade fitness. As for DCE I can't keep saying the same things week after week. There's nothing in this team to suggest we're anywhere near a top 8 side.

Only intercepts can save us tonight..lol

 

[davohan123]

Well Ruben gets his chance tonight on the wing

We should be up by 13+ margin right now but our dumb efforts have cost us in defence

dolphins could run away with this in the second half if we are not careful

 

[wombatgc]

Great game plan from the Dolphins once they got going. Using there small attacking men in behind the ruck. Marshall-King has got blinding speed off the mark. Throw in Nikarema, and of course Fuller. There’s no way they can drop him out of their 17 when the hammer comes back next week.
Say what ya like about Croker, but guaranteed that ruck wouldn’t be leaking like a sieve.

 

[Under the Sticks]

At least we have worked out our problems aren’t Froggy’s defence! See exhibit B.

 

[DanielTurbo888]

Big 40 minutes coming up. Season defining. We are being ambushed and our season is slipping away with the rain.

We can do this. We can get the job done and do it in style. Tom knows he can't hold back anymore. I can't wait to see him carry our team on his shoulders once again. Go get 'em Tom.

 

[skull61]

Don’t think I want to watch next week it’s going to be a cricket score imagine Walsh & co up against this lot

 

[Jerry1]

Woodsy might get a run next week.

Can he run. Not seen that for a few years.

 

[KaZa]

Watch how he plays when he pulls on the QLD jersey.

They carry him. Like the Stewart's and Lyon foran etc did when he won a comp.

 

[Disco]

Funny, at 34 minutes I was thinking we'd done well defensively with just one intercept try, then bang bang bang.

Disappointing, we have no resilience. If we lose momentum we seem unable to wrestle it back.

Big half needed here.

 

[Eagle 1]

With SLOW forwards like Sipley, Waddell, Lodge we are always going to struggle against a mobile fast forward pack.
Samuela Fainu would be awesome now - young, mobile, fast and sold to Wests because Seibold can't coach or improve young players

Or Olacalatu....sh...we miss his runs big time