Amateur footy

[king2213]

there is no cohesion no chemistry nothing nothing nothing

Bunch of strangers in a Manly Jersey

coach and recruitment have no idea

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

It's game 1, totally new team, fair suck of the sav!

 

[Ralphie]

Not allowed to bag twenty until round 4, it's a rule.

 

[Killer03]

I too am disgusted in how we have defended for basically an entire half and constantly repelled the Eels. Absolutely disgusting how we haven't scored run away tries whilst defending our line for set after set after set.

Let's get some perspective here. Strangers don't defend like this, so let's give some credit where due.

 

[Ralphie]

I too am disgusted in how we have defended for basically an entire half and constantly repelled the Eels. Absolutely disgusting how we haven't scored run away tries whilst defending our line for set after set after set.

Let's get some perspective here. Strangers don't defend like this, so let's give some credit where due.

So they are a team in defence but not in attack, got it.

 

[PONTIAN SEA EAGLE]

I can't see us playing semis for a long time with these current players there's just no understanding between them.Dce just doesn't look like he cares, to much side ways running that's rubbish as a marquee player.Do you blame the coach??.I don't have answers.

 

[king2213]

Parra are well coached and with recruitment

Brad Arthur is a great coach

 

[Killer03]

So they are a team in defence but not in attack, got it.

We've made errors absolutely. But the attitude and commitment is there. It was never going to gel seamlessly from game 1. This time last year we looked pathetic v the dogs, defence was very poor. You can always build on the back of positive defence and attitude.

 

[Killer03]

Parra are well coached and with recruitment

Brad Arthur is a great coach

Let's give parra credit absolutely. But let's not ignore the defence we showed either. Many teams and us last year included would have conceded 60.

 

[yokahontas]

Parra are well coached and with recruitment

Brad Arthur is a great coach

It's good that they were allowed to keep lots of the players they bought when they were over the cap, their recruitment is a shining example to us all

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

The score was 20-12 FFS

With the possession the Eels had it should have been 42-6

Get a life you negative nancies!!

 

[The Who]

There were plenty of positives. Generally the defence was good - much sterner than last season. Kelly and Uate made good debuts. Green was 50-50 but I wish Gutherson was playing with us - not against us.
Kapow and Jake were terrific. Sironen and Frankenstein showed promise. Walker was dangerous, and energised. Cherry was OK but outplayed by Norman, who had the luxury of a mountain of possession.
We need to rethink our bench. Apart from Blake I believe we can do better.

 

[Ryan]

I think after games, we need a Positives / Negatives thread where you can list both. For mine:

Positives
X Brian Kelly didn't miss a beat - seems more like Matai than speedy
X When we had the ball, forwards were good
X Blake Green was much better than I thought he would be
X I thought Sironen's offloads were great
X That defense. Boy, that was something to be very, very proud of
X Jake Trbojevic just keeps carrying on
X Marty Taupau was amazing I thought

Negatives
X Jeez we looked gassed. After 18 mins, we were hunched over
X Those referees were an absolute disgrace (without bias)
X We HAD to defend, because of ill discipline and poor ball control
X I thought DCE was pretty poor again. He's the highest paid 1/2 in the game.
X I think the weather played with us a bit. If we can control, we'll be ok
X Way too similar to last season. Our holes aren't fixed
X I thought Tom Trbojevic was VERY under done.

 

[Eagle1]

The score was 20-12 FFS

With the possession the Eels had it should have been 42-6

Get a life you negative nancies!!

Spot on mark,for fark sake its round one,and your 100%right with the amount of possession they had,it should have been by 40 or more but let's give some credit to our defence,they'll get better each week,so let's relax you (nancies)

The score was 20-12 FFS

With the possession the Eels had it should have been 42-6

Get a life you negative nancies!!

agree 100% mark,with the amount of possession they had,yhe 40 odd points

 

[NYEagle]

I think after games, we need a Positives / Negatives thread where you can list both. For mine:

Positives
X Brian Kelly didn't miss a beat - seems more like Matai than speedy
X When we had the ball, forwards were good
X Blake Green was much better than I thought he would be
X I thought Sironen's offloads were great
X That defense. Boy, that was something to be very, very proud of
X Jake Trbojevic just keeps carrying on
X Marty Taupau was amazing I thought


Negatives
X Jeez we looked gassed. After 18 mins, we were hunched over
X Those referees were an absolute disgrace (without bias)
X We HAD to defend, because of ill discipline and poor ball control
X I thought DCE was pretty poor again. He's the highest paid 1/2 in the game.
X I think the weather played with us a bit. If we can control, we'll be ok
X Way too similar to last season. Our holes aren't fixed

Additional positives
X Uate seems a bonus
X No injuries, and we might be good for the run (because this team certainly wasn't round 1 fit!).

Additional negatives
X I thought Tom Trbojevic was VERY under done. I said it louder
X Defensive lines out wide. Flat footed. Norman and Gutho toyed with them and simply bombed tries. Scary to watch and bad signs.
X Parra look a top 4 team this year.
X Disjointed and lost in attack. Api is part of that problem.
X I had no idea that Daryl Brohman was our fitness trainer.

 

[yokahontas]

Additional positives
X Uate seems a bonus
X No injuries, and we might be good for the run (because this team certainly wasn't round 1 fit!).

Additional negatives
X I thought Tom Trbojevic was VERY under done. I said it louder
X Defensive lines out wide. Flat footed. Norman and Gutho toyed with them and simply bombed tries. Scary to watch and bad signs.
X Parra look a top 4 team this year.
X Disjointed and lost in attack. Api is part of that problem.
X I had no idea that Daryl Brohman was our fitness trainer.

I'm not that worried about the fitness aspect, for a couple of reasons.

One, doing that much more defence than your opposition is going to make you look pretty unfit by comparison, especially in Rd 1 - when everybody is more 'gym fit' than 'match fit'.

The other thing is, look back at the slow, seemingly 'unfit' starts we had in our recent premiership years. I think, over the course of the season, match fitness and resilience/injury recovery is more important than who lifted all the things or ran up all the sand dunes in pre-season. And the only way to build that match fitness properly is by playing.

 

[Simonmyers11]

I too am disgusted in how we have defended for basically an entire half and constantly repelled the Eels. Absolutely disgusting how we haven't scored run away tries whilst defending our line for set after set after set.

Let's get some perspective here. Strangers don't defend like this, so let's give some credit where due.

Agree. Goaline defense was very good. Eels threw a lot at us and they have some dangerous players.

I watched most games this weekend and this game was a lot higher quality than quite a few others. Had a lot of feeling and big shots. Shame we didn't get more ball, parra were out on their feet. That dumb penalty putting them 14 in front killed us.

 

[Crusher_Cleal]

Did the team practice any attacking set moves over the summer? I didn't see one yesterday.

 

[pjayz]

Parra are well coached and with recruitment

Brad Arthur is a great coach

He is awesome, oh...how many finals series has he made?

 

[madmax]

Did the team practice any attacking set moves over the summer? I didn't see one yesterday.

Not easy to put on set plays without the ball!! Defense was quite outstanding....now a little more work on discipline & handling & away we'll go!