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The Kieran Forum
There’s lots of different ways to look at this whole thing. I’m happy to see him back. Health concerns aside, he’s still a fine player and hopefully he can stay injury free for long enough, to offer plenty to the team. I think he needs to start at #6 as that’s where we’re lacking. The...- Daddycool
- Post #10,233
- Forum: Rugby League Forum
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Lachlan Croker ...
He keeps getting picked, so Des sees something in him. Exactly what that is, I can only speculate. Obviously he appears to be trying hard, unlike other players around him with significantly more ability. Ultimately though, he contributes very little to make the team better. Apart from the...- Daddycool
- Post #50
- Forum: Rugby League Forum
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Game Day: Manly v Titans [Round 19, 2020]
Look at it this way, there’s only 120mins of this horrible season to go. Then finally the frustration can begin to subside- Daddycool
- Post #311
- Forum: Rugby League Forum
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Cartwright Gone
It seems to me that in most companies, there’s some thought put into succession planning. So why wouldn’t we be looking at developing some former players with coaching potential? We all that know that, having some sort of connection to club, particularly as a former player, tends to work best...- Daddycool
- Post #83
- Forum: Rugby League Forum
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Game Day: Manly v Tigers [Round 17, 2020]
Embarrassing. I thought I was over giving a $h!t if they won or lost but I got my hopes up at the end there. I’m so fed up.- Daddycool
- Post #464
- Forum: Rugby League Forum
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Tevita Funa
I think he’s a terrific young talent and he kept trying hard, even after making a few errors. Along with Cade Cust, he’s one of the very few positives to come out of the season. He’s going to cop a suspension but I hope he keeps his head up and comes back stronger. Given an injury free...- Daddycool
- Post #87
- Forum: Rugby League Forum
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The problems we might figure as fans in the dark
There’s only 5 games left in the season. On the whole, the players just want to play footy. They’ll tolerate training but usually just because it leads to a game on the weekend. However, there seems to be a real mixture of attitudes to actually playing this year. Some players always look up for...- Daddycool
- Post #23
- Forum: Rugby League Forum
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Game Day: Souths v Manly [Round 15, 2020]
The season was a bust weeks ago. Each week, they’ll start the game hoping things go their way but if they don’t, there’s virtually no confidence they can hang in there and win. The heads drop and that’s it. It’s just a matter of how many points they’ll concede before the time is up. Apart from...- Daddycool
- Post #399
- Forum: Rugby League Forum
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[Resurrected] Trbojevic and Gutherson
I remember feeling bad for Gutho at the time, when the club told him he could go. However Tom was coming thru and considering we had Jake as well as the potential for Ben in the future, the club made a very tough call. There were lots of other considerations, that I won’t bother listing but...- Daddycool
- Post #32
- Forum: Rugby League Forum
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Game Day: Knights v Manly [Round 14, 2020]
This is how it’s been for 6 out of the past 8 weeks. Plenty of effort but due to injuries and dumb errors, can’t get the win. If Jake doesn’t throw a behind the back, no look pass to Pierce, we give ourselves a shot at a repeat set. Mental errors are usually a consequence of 3 things; fatigue...- Daddycool
- Post #450
- Forum: Rugby League Forum
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Game Day: Knights v Manly [Round 14, 2020]
It’s attitude. They’ve got no realistic shot at winning the comp and most of them look like they’re just going thru the motions. That’s not to say they aren’t putting in effort or trying, they are but only individually, not collectively as a team. That comes down to coaching. There should...- Daddycool
- Post #259
- Forum: Rugby League Forum
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The Book of Albert
As I recall, JWH had potential but wasn’t a starter with us then. He was skinny (he bulked up later) and gave away penalties thru poor discipline. The Roosters threw big $$$ at him and they needed to back then. I didn’t think he’d develop into quite the player he has but I wasn’t too bothered at...- Daddycool
- Post #185
- Forum: Rugby League Forum
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Game Day: Manly v Warriors [Round 13, 2020]
Gutsy effort considering we again, lost key players during the game But..... FMD they’ve got 0 composure. So many chances to win the game and we just can’t get it done. Twice they had a player in the bin and that was the only time we could get into the game. So frustrating to sit thru but at...- Daddycool
- Post #594
- Forum: Rugby League Forum
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Cust
It’s not unusual for teams to have “factions” or cliques. You’ll always have this to a degree with the senior players and the younger emerging players. We’ve had that situation plenty of times over the past 10-15 years with varying levels of success. Its also fair to say Cherry-Evans has been at...- Daddycool
- Post #254
- Forum: Rugby League Forum
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Game Day: Manly v Penrith [Round 12, 2020]
Looking at the Penrith team, I don’t see how they are a 30 point better side than us in terms of talent. Sure we had some injuries but we’ve battled on with injuries in the past and either won or at least keep the score close. Last night it seemed their heads weren’t in the game. I feel that...- Daddycool
- Post #550
- Forum: Rugby League Forum
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Cust
It’s just my perception of it but I get the impression Cust is fairly cocky and would be inclined to talk himself up a bit around the team. I wonder if this has been going on over the past couple of weeks and he’s started to get some of the senior players and Hasler annoyed by it. Yes he’s been...- Daddycool
- Post #241
- Forum: Rugby League Forum
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Game Day: Manly v Penrith [Round 12, 2020]
To be fair, they were just too good tonight. We couldn’t go with them but I’d like to have seen how we’d have gone, with the same side as last week and Dylan on the bench for Croker.- Daddycool
- Post #455
- Forum: Rugby League Forum
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Game Day: Manly v Penrith [Round 12, 2020]
Geez it’s very hard not to be critical of Croker. A long pass to a winger is always a risk of being intercepted. I can’t help but think a better player doesn’t make that mistake. Aside from that though, their heads just aren’t in the game. Yes Penrith are a good side and are playing well but we...- Daddycool
- Post #313
- Forum: Rugby League Forum
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Game Day: Manly v Parramatta [Round 10, 2020]
Wow what a relief! So happy and I’ve got to say, it was great to see Fox Sports play the team song live. They dropped a heap of ball and didn’t look like scoring in the 2nd half but they tackled their arses off and got the win. Seriously, can you believe that?- Daddycool
- Post #431
- Forum: Rugby League Forum
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Game Day: Dragons v Manly [Round 9, 2020]
Tonight just showed how much they rely on Turbo being in the side. The whole team draws confidence from that and they can genuinely compete with anyone. Three weeks without him and the confidence is officially at 0%. I can’t remember the last time, I saw a Manly team so inept that they couldn’t...- Daddycool
- Post #492
- Forum: Rugby League Forum
