Game Day: Dragons v Manly [Round 9, 2020]

[bob dylan]

The for and against will come back to bite us

In the battle for 12th and 13th.

 

[Chip and Chase]

Has Barrett snuck back into the coaching box. ? This reminds me of a game we played at win two years ago and we were equally as pathetic.

DCE over played first half and had gone missing second half. He’ll still get the list of excuses he gets every week, but that’s not a captains performance let alone a performance from a SOO and Aust halfback - we keep hearing every week from his fan club that he is this magnificent representative player - when was the last time he showed that ? Beginning to think turbo makes him look good.

Oh well, our horror form against the merge continues. Hard to watch that crap.

 

[Jerry1]

Sorry folks - I am angry tonight......

 

[Bearfax]

OK Des.

You quite frankly needed a bloody nose to recognise that this backline is not going to win you games without Tom T and Walker. DCE is left trying too hard to cover the deficiencies of a pedestrian attack out wide.

Some of us regretfully could see this happening 3 weeks ago. You are a top coach and you should be seeing it yourself. You MUST make some big changes to that backline. You MUST get attacking players with speed in the side.

This team is quickly losing confidence. Even their good defence is breaking down, because they cant score. The team is now 12th in attack and not far from the bottom side.

This is looking more and more like what Barrett was doing last year. He also got stuck in a rut and wouldn't move. Risks must be taken. Start getting players like Schuster and Hopoate in this side before Manly falls down into the last four in the comp...and that's not far off.

 

[davohan123]

Jesus. That was probably the best team Des could have put out there in the circumstances and they serve up that **** sandwich. Reaction should be fun. Plenty of targets tonight, so let the bloodletting commence!

yes best possible team he could have put out there but pathetic performance and one of our worse defeats in a few years.

 

[torana355]

I think we haven gotten worse each week after Tommy got injured due to being frustrated with our lack of attack. The players know they can't score and are not even defending well anymore. They have given up essentially.

 

[bob dylan]

The main problem I have, is that we have got progressively worse each week that Tom has been gone.

True dat.

 

[Ron E. Gibbs]

And FFS piss off Garrick as goal kicker - has cost us a couple of games yet we persist with the crap he's dished up this season.

Yep, his goal-kicking cost us big time tonight.

Seriously though, it doesn't matter who your kicker is when you look that incapable of scoring a try. Just like last week, plenty of opportunity, zero points.

 

[Will on the hill]

Farewell Silvertails, I'll be back, but for now I have no interest in the wrist slitting that will go on for the next few weeks. I still believe we can be a force in September, hopefully I'll see you all then. Go Manly!

 

[Jerry1]

Proper shame job.

Love the avatar lovely boy....

 

[joeboy]

There was not a single positive to be taken out of that game.

rudderless rabble. Senior players not setting the standard, but more than that, dropping the bar lower than is acceptable.non existent game plan, coach who hasn’t got the moxy to make the calls that need to be made

I can cop a loss when we play with heart and effort.
That hadn’t happened in 3 weeks. Players going through the motions with scant regard for our proud club.

 

[bob dylan]

We must get a hooker first and foremost.

 

[Spartan Eagle]

What a ****show ... that had to be one of the worst performances so far this season. Not sure where to go from here. Really reminded me of the days of barrett.

 

[dowdz]

you nailed it.

i like everyone on here can cop a defeat but when they show nothing, no pride in the jersey then they deserve to be called out.

Something is seiously wrong and is hard to watch.

What happened to the team that held the raiders out?

 

[davohan123]

34-4 dragons

says it all.

wow

have a good hard look at yourselves this week boys.

you are representing manly sea eagles not some other pathetic club.

 

[niccipops]

So...um...
under the radar!

 

[Waz13]

C

Tafua, Elliot, garrick, Parker, croker, paseaka, Thompson, Levi

do not belong in first grade.

Several others are playing well below anything resembling thier best

elliott and Garrick would be a hotly contested Comp for worst fullback to play NRL

Classic Joeboy!

 

[HoldenV8]

34-4 dragons

says it all.

wow

have a good hard look at yourselves this week boys.

you are representing manly sea eagles not some other pathetic club.

24-0 in the 2nd half including 16-0 in the last 8 minutes.....

 

[davohan123]

What happened to the team that held the raiders out?

long gone never to be seen again.

 

[Cliffymagic]

4 of our best 5 or 4 or 5?

I would say Taupau DCE and Jake are in our top 5....

Turbo Walker fainu AFB are 4 of our best. Jake makes the 5. Tapau could be in the top 5. But dce surely isn't ATM.