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  1. LeonardCohen

    DCE Memories

    I’m interested in taking a nostalgic trip down memory lane and would love if we could use this thread to share our favourite DCE memories. I get that he’s a divisive figure at the club but if I could kindly ask that criticism is levelled in the Cherrygraph and we keep this thread for the magic...
  2. LeonardCohen

    Attack

    A big reason for last night’s loss was our back row. I’m not having a go at Waddell or Chee Kam because they tried hard and were solid but… When you have the lion’s share of the ball - 55% across the 80 minutes - you force many repeat sets, and run for over 300 more metres than the opposition...
  3. LeonardCohen

    Retrospective Sin Bin

    There’s a serious concern that the new retrospective sin bin rule could be exploited by clubs, late in games. Hypothetically speaking, it’s a tight contest with anything from 15-25 minutes remaining and an interchange forward is clipped taking a hit up. It’s close to the end of his final stint...
  4. LeonardCohen

    Kick Offs

    I see the NRL are considering amending the rules for kick offs again, suggesting a seven tackle set for kick offs that breach the 20m zone on the full. I wonder if they’ve considered the advantage a team receiving the kick off will gain when they are in field position to put in an attacking kick...
  5. LeonardCohen

    2025

    Now that the season is done, naturally our thoughts turn to next year and our chances of improving and competing with the big sides. I’m interested to hear what people think might be the pieces of the puzzle we require to challenge for a premiership. From where I sit, I think there’s a...
  6. LeonardCohen

    Credit to Manly

    I feel there is a false narrative being spun that the Dogs blew it, were the better side, lacked experience and will be better for it, etc. However… A neutral observer mentioned to me that Dogs plan of energy and line speed would catch up with them eventually and it did. Thus, Manly’s defence...
  7. LeonardCohen

    Olakau'atu vs Dogs

    A number of you raved about his performance yesterday and I thought he had a fine game. On closer inspection, he was better than fine, he was enormous. There were two massive plays from Ola that went a long way to defining our victory. The first involves a massive run where he made Burton look...
  8. LeonardCohen

    John Hopoate

    The only part worth reading has been pasted below...love these articles and the approach they take to reporting on an incident, before finishing with a little comic relief...
  9. LeonardCohen

    Unpopular opinion that should be considered

    I've always believed Jake T is a lock because we need his 80 minute effort in defence and ball playing skills. However, he is painfully slow. Having watched Brown chalk up 80 minutes on the weekend and do such a great job of ball playing, maybe it's time to move Jake into the front row rotation...
  10. LeonardCohen

    The Ruck

    When dissecting games, it's easy to blame individuals and/or moments but unless a game is two sides competing hard against each other and a pivotal mistake happens at the death, it is rarely ever down to a moment. Personally, when I watch Manly, I see a side consistently beaten at the ruck most...
  11. LeonardCohen

    What’s worse?

    I feel very sad and disappointed, more so than usual, about the state of affairs at Manly. I got to thinking about why, given we’ve been in bigger holes before…and I think it’s because I got my hopes up…I believed we were a serious contender this year (however stupid that might seem now), and...
  12. LeonardCohen

    Cleary injured

    I know we’ve gotta get past the Dragons first but Cleary expected to be out for up to a month with a hamstring injury. That bodes well for round 5!
  13. LeonardCohen

    Contesting Kicks

    I can’t work out what the commenters were so perplexed about with the Croker try yesterday. I understand the new rule but don’t see how it applies to yesterday’s context. Turbo has just as much a right to find a position to catch that ball as Tedesco. He doesn’t need to arrive at the point where...
  14. LeonardCohen

    Olakau’atu injury

    If anyone has any news on the seriousness of his injury today, please post here. Thanks!
  15. LeonardCohen

    Welcome Back Tom

    I thought he was exceptional today and I have to say, he was moving better than at any stage last year. There was so much said about Tom’s lack of speed when he returned last year and every performance was heavily scrutinised. Our conditioning staff have revealed that Tom is running faster...
  16. LeonardCohen

    Koula Extended

    And in further good news, the Club has also extended the contract of exciting young Tongan international Tolu Koula for a further three years from the end of the 2024 season. https://www.seaeagles.com.au/news/2023/06/26/sea-eagles-sign-three-players-and-extend-club-international/ This is great...
  17. LeonardCohen

    Spoon

    It’s concerning that the Cowboys won today and the Dragons are competing with the Panthers. I still worry about that spoon.
  18. LeonardCohen

    Jake's Role

    It's probably somewhat of an oversight due to the performance of Tom and Schu, but Jake's return to 'ball distributor' in jumper 13, had a huge bearing on our improved attack today. I've never been of the opinion that he just needs to run (something he does at prop), when you consider that he...
  19. LeonardCohen

    Coach or Players

    1. Do we have a coaching problem? 2. Do we have a cattle problem? 3. Do we have both? Due to significant variables, it is impossible to provide an objective answer to all questions...but they're still interesting questions to say the least. 1. Bennett has the Dolphins humming and their roster...

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3 Bulldogs 24 16 0 8 120 38
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6 Warriors 24 14 0 10 21 34
7 Panthers 24 13 1 10 107 33
8 Roosters 24 13 0 11 132 32
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11 Eels 24 10 0 14 -76 26
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