Not only do I watch us beat the wankers on their turf, we get to watch Billy "Superstar" Slater bomb the game.
Ben Farrar, Even though your cover defence on their tries was soft, I love you and you can have a spot in the starting lineup until you are 45. Slater was already patting himself on the back and you chopped his legs out, and made him panic. My new Manly hero. Even though I think Des playing him at fullback all day gave us an indication he will be the 1 making way next week
tbh, I have lost all perspective on the game. I thought we were horredous with the ball in the 1st half, it took 25mins for a half decent set, but the defence was terrific
As soon as they hit the lead in the 2nd half, I gave the game away. I didn't see us holding them out or us getting another point.
It probably goes down as a lucky win, but possibly the most defining one of the season as well.
We arsed 2 of our tries, but the ticker shown, to fall behind, into a massive breeze, at a place we have never won, against our biggest rival, must lift these boys 100%
The forward roll in the 2nd half was awesome, the 1 from Rose stood out, but Parry was outstanding, Kite was hitting hard and King is just consistent these days
And the best part, we did it all off the back of a quiet Watmough day.
Matt Ballin. Dominant. imo his best game in Manly colours, his 2nd half was what won us that game, he picked his spots to run beautifully, should have gotten more penalties out of the refs, and took the right options. Channel 9 agreed and he was a deserving MOTM
Lyon was crucial today as well. When he came back on, his presence lifted us, and Orford was awesome in attack in that 2nd half with Lyon back on.
Was good to see Matai back into a power game, straight and hard. I actually pictured Dan when he threw that shocker off the tap haha. Still room to improve, but the signs were good. Ran out of the line to stop Slater as well which was looking like a try
Mentioned the front rowers earlier, all were good. Stewart work rate was awesome as well. Hall looked better today too
Kicking game was terrible, we got out foxed with a couple of moves, but I will take the 2 pts and the finals berth next week will secure for us
Ben Farrar, Even though your cover defence on their tries was soft, I love you and you can have a spot in the starting lineup until you are 45. Slater was already patting himself on the back and you chopped his legs out, and made him panic. My new Manly hero. Even though I think Des playing him at fullback all day gave us an indication he will be the 1 making way next week
tbh, I have lost all perspective on the game. I thought we were horredous with the ball in the 1st half, it took 25mins for a half decent set, but the defence was terrific
As soon as they hit the lead in the 2nd half, I gave the game away. I didn't see us holding them out or us getting another point.
It probably goes down as a lucky win, but possibly the most defining one of the season as well.
We arsed 2 of our tries, but the ticker shown, to fall behind, into a massive breeze, at a place we have never won, against our biggest rival, must lift these boys 100%
The forward roll in the 2nd half was awesome, the 1 from Rose stood out, but Parry was outstanding, Kite was hitting hard and King is just consistent these days
And the best part, we did it all off the back of a quiet Watmough day.
Matt Ballin. Dominant. imo his best game in Manly colours, his 2nd half was what won us that game, he picked his spots to run beautifully, should have gotten more penalties out of the refs, and took the right options. Channel 9 agreed and he was a deserving MOTM
Lyon was crucial today as well. When he came back on, his presence lifted us, and Orford was awesome in attack in that 2nd half with Lyon back on.
Was good to see Matai back into a power game, straight and hard. I actually pictured Dan when he threw that shocker off the tap haha. Still room to improve, but the signs were good. Ran out of the line to stop Slater as well which was looking like a try
Mentioned the front rowers earlier, all were good. Stewart work rate was awesome as well. Hall looked better today too
Kicking game was terrible, we got out foxed with a couple of moves, but I will take the 2 pts and the finals berth next week will secure for us