Game Day: Chooks v Manly [Round 1, 2021]

[StuBoot]

Sorry guys, put that down to me putting the mock on them.
I felt all warm and fuzzy leading into RD 1 and renewed my memberships...
#facepalm

 

[globaleagle]

Lock Jake Trbojevic takes losses as hard as anyone in the NRL and said responsibility for the season-opening shocker lay with his teammates, not Hasler and his staff.

"I don't think you can put the way we played on Des," Trobjoevic said on Monday.


nrl.com

 

[susan]

Lock Jake Trbojevic takes losses as hard as anyone in the NRL and said responsibility for the season-opening shocker lay with his teammates, not Hasler and his staff.

"I don't think you can put the way we played on Des," Trobjoevic said on Monday.


nrl.com

That’s always stage 1. Senior player takes full responsibility. Stage 2 is the “ full support of the board”. Stage 3 is a sad press conference .

As an aside I didn’t see any senior players taking it too hard as they ran in try after try. Not sure I’ve seen that in a manly side before. Strange times

 

[Franko]

That’s always stage 1. Senior player takes full responsibility. Stage 2 is the “ full support of the board”. Stage 3 is a sad press conference .

As an aside I didn’t see any senior players taking it too hard as they ran in try after try. Not sure I’ve seen that in a manly side before. Strange times

Yes you’d think they would at least put some decent shots on the chooks players in frustration. I haven’t seen any real mongrel in our defence

 

[eagleron]

We have the backs......problem is super coach Hasler refuses to give them a chance. Just watched the Panthers demolish the Cows.....so many youngsters in their backline & forwards showing what youth & enthusiasm does. We have a superstar in Schuster but he’s not good enough to get a game whilst Parker & Garrick will still get selected next week.....& the week after & the week after!!!! Olakau’atu another one, Saddler another one. Can’t believe Des is so stubborn. I was happy he came back but I think he’ll be the first coach sacked in 2021. He can take Monaghan with him. Sorry but I’m so disillusioned with the club in general......Des just doesn’t seem to give a $hit anymore & the players can see this. No wonder there’s no passion anymore. WTF has gone so wrong since the teams efforts in 2019? They played with passion & defended with pride! Now they don’t seem to wanna be there. DCE’s contract hindered our recruitment a little bit the Trbo bros retention was a big mistake. Tom I think is worth his price tag, as for Jake? Well to me he’s totally overrated & not worth anymore than $400k a season. Compare him to Isaia Yeo & his contribution to the Panthers. Jake is in the bottom 2 or 3 lock forwards in the premiership. In fact I doubt he’d start in any team the way he’s played & playing. The team needs an injection of youth & I don’t believe Des is the coach to do this. He needs to make hard decisions & drop the likes of Parker, Garrick, Sironen, Gosiewski, Croker.....

Lock Jake Trbojevic takes losses as hard as anyone in the NRL and said responsibility for the season-opening shocker lay with his teammates, not Hasler and his staff.

"I don't think you can put the way we played on Des," Trobjoevic said on Monday.


nrl.com

It seems to me that during the off season there has been no focus on the woeful defence deficiencies that highlighted season 2020 not to mention our non existent attack, I love Jake and I understand it was the boys out there on Saturday not Hasler but the coach and his staff are expected by us all to work on the little things that when combined have made us the worst team in the NRL bar none, the buck stops with Hasler, the players don't devise our structures

 

[Jerry1]

It seems to me that during the off season there has been no focus on the woeful defence deficiencies that highlighted season 2020 not to mention our non existent attack, I love Jake and I understand it was the boys out there on Saturday not Hasler but the coach and his staff are expected by us all to work on the little things that when combined have made us the worst team in the NRL bar none, the buck stops with Hasler, the players don't devise our structures

We need a rebuild. Clean out & start again - if it takes 3 or 4 years I can live with it. The cattle just aren't there. Can't race a goggo mobile against F1's.

 

[globaleagle]

We need a rebuild. Clean out & start again - if it takes 3 or 4 years I can live with it. The cattle just aren't there. Can't race a goggo mobile against F1's.

For some reason I read that as 'groggo'. lol

4 years? @Mark from Brisbane told us that Cleal said we were in a 5 year re-build about 6 years ago!

#newpenrith.