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    Tactics For The Cowboys

    Fixed... was in a hurry to see the start of Broncos Vs Storm . [hr] Linnett took the early guilty plea and is free to play.
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    Tactics For The Cowboys

    Lui and Taumalolo slide very slowly in defence especially to their right hand side so the space around them can be targeted especially with short inside passes. Ashton Sims is also vulnerable in defence one on one . When we played them in round 7 Foz was halfback , Lyon five eighth and DCE...
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    NEW HOOKER

    Littlejohn's defence is not bad , but it was exposed against his old club the Bulldogs in round 17. There's zero chance of him sharing the hooking role.
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    Matty Ballin

    He just shovelled the ball out from dummy half. He didn't try to take on the defence at all. It was a strange cameo , but he was probably just following instructions. [hr] It's ironic that earlier in the year some were bemoaning the lack of spark in Manly's attack (especially out of dummy...
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    Matty Ballin

    I slowed down the replay of the Docker hit on Ballin to see the mechanism of injury which is Docker's knee making contact with the upper fibula which suggests a transverse fracture of the upper third of the fibula ( which is consistent with the position of the ice pack post match). Which means 4...
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    Matty Ballin

    It'a a pity Liam Foran isn't around...I always thought he was a hooker playing in the backline. A very solid defender with a good left foot kicking game out of dummy half.
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    Matty Ballin

    Hiku doesn't have the defensive ability at this stage of his career to defend in the middle of the park...way too much arm grabbing and he's been giving a bath recently by James Roberts and Josh Mansour. Warren Ryan would have banished him to the sand pit for tackiing practice with Michael Pobjie.
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    Matty Ballin

    This is a disaster. Unbelievable to lose both dummy halves in one match to season ending injuries. It's so important to have that defensive stability and experience in midfield that Ballin provides. Hodges doesn't look physically ready. I wonder whether Masada Iosefa has improved his defence...
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    Supposed "Crisis at Manly" Megathread

    Thirty seven missed tackles by Manly tells the story. Lyon made a great one on one tackle to deny Parramatta in the first half but missed Edwards and Radradara (with Hiku) in the 2nd half directly leading to tries. I hate it when a bomb goes to the open side and all the chasers go for the ball...
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    Is there a coach as bad as Ricky

    Ricky's latest press conference is his most bizarre yet. It's an absolute must-see .
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    Round 17 Manly V Dogs [Round 17 2014]

    Ennis at halfback against the Eels was as much a failure as Sandow to fullback was a success. A runaway coaching victory to Brad Arthur. Jackson to five-eighth (and at times centre in defence) was also a failure. There's no way Ennis will be halfback again. I expect Mbye to be halfback with...
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    Jorge Knee charge

    But Ennis does.
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    Tactics versus the Bulldogs

    Manly's defence was excellent despite missing 34 tackles compared with only 13 by the Bulldogs. It all depends whether the missed tackles cost points. Kasiano only missed 1 tackle but JSL scored as a result . Apart from the missed tackles, Brown made a bad read and Hiku scored as a result. The...
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    Tactics versus the Bulldogs

    Perrett also used his boot to try to stop JSL from scoring , milked the penalty that got Taufua reported (which also gave them field position for their 2nd try) and tried to take out Snake with his shoulder as Snake chased the kick to score his first try. There's no doubt that he's bought into...
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    Toovey's Presser

    Taking out a high profile player equals a longer suspension. It's how the NRL works .
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    Toovey's Presser

    Good to see that he had a go at the referees tonight. The time to make a point is when you win . The wrestling by the Bulldogs in the ruck was as bad as I've seen this season . The irony wasn't lost on Toovey when DCE got penalised for apparently holding Hodkinson down (in what was a routine...
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    Tactics versus the Bulldogs

    We saw the Bulldogs offside play tonight , the outrageous ruck slowing antics which largely went un-penalised , Perrett walking off the mark (and being warned by the referee for doing so but not penalised) , nice angled running especially by Buhrer and a good short kicking game from Snake , DCE...
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    Tactics versus the Bulldogs

    The other questionable tactic used by the Bulldogs this year is the Cumberland throw. Graham injured Lousi a few weeks ago by using his leg as a fulcrum to wrestle Lousi to the ground. Kasiano used the same method to backslam JWH when they played the Roosters. Both recipients had to leave the...
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    Tactics versus the Bulldogs

    The Bulldogs usually bring their off-side game to Brookvale which partly explains their reasonable success here in recent times. Their defensive line often jumps the gun and they are invariably offside when defending their line (more blatantly than any other team in my opinion). Their markers...
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    Dogs the team to beat

    Hasler's squeezing every last drop of juice from the oranges at his disposal. Just about every player is in career best form. They score a lot of tries from the boot of Hodkinson and to a lesser extent Reynolds. They have a lot of kicking practice with AFL coaches to perfect their attacking...
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