Could Manly miss the 8?

[Nuts]

Looking at the run home we will start outsiders against Melb and the Roosters. That means dropping 4 points and leaving us on 26. Wins by Parra and Penrith in the next two rounds will leap frog them into to the 8 and leave us 9th on the ladder with only 3 games remaining.

 

[winnyason]

We are in a nervous position now. Lets rest some players great idea

 

[HappilyManly]

 

[eaglebuzz]

Better to rest players now than have injuries upon injuries in our run to the finals. It will be a shame if yesterday's result costs us the top 4, but I'd rather have the wake up call loss now than in the first week of the finals.

 

[brad]

No we wont . They will learn from yesterday.

 

[Disco]

We could fall in a heap and miss the 8, we could go on a charge and still finish top four

Likely no Slater and Smith this week so a good place to start

 

[COMMANDER]

Any expectation is out the window now, regardless of who we get back.

 

[Keffola]

If we're not good enough to account for a Storm team missing Smith and Slater and the Roosters who we beat earlier on in the season then we'd probably just be making up numbers in the 8 anyway.

Dragons game hopefully was a good wake up call. And our run home after the next 2 games is not that tough. Tigers Bulldogs Warriors Panthers? Once again if we can't beat those teams we should be questioning what we're doing in the 8.

 

[Rynostradamus]

Under the radar much

 

[sheridanstand78]

If we repeat yesterdays form we will not DESERVE to be in the finals. My experience as a fan tells me that we will win a few games to make the finals, we are back under the radar and this season is a learning one for this team and when we are able to use our full cap next season we will give the comp a shake. Yesterday is a lesson for this team about showing up and grinding things out when things are going against us. To concede 52 points is horrific no matter what the circumstances. All season this team has had a dig in each game apart from the 2 games against the dragqueens.

 

[Tragic Eagle]

Two wake up calls from ST merge this year how many do we need?

 

[XV-1]

What happened in the last 6 weeks last year?

Last year losses to Penrith and Dragons killed us as we could not beat the decent teams.

I really hope deja vu is not happening.

 

[Wombat64]

Just one more.

 

[Fluffy]

If we're not good enough to account for a Storm team missing Smith and Slater and the Roosters who we beat earlier on in the season then we'd probably just be making up numbers in the 8 anyway.

Dragons game hopefully was a good wake up call. And our run home after the next 2 games is not that tough. Tigers Bulldogs Warriors Panthers? Once again if we can't beat those teams we should be questioning what we're doing in the 8.

Which means the roosters and Sharks are also making up the numbers having lost to us earlier in the year and any teams who lost to the roosters or sharks this year.

So pretty much everyone is just making up the numbers

 

[Ned]

Almost like he knew a loss was coming and it'd be better to do it half strength rather than full strength.

Mate, I can assure you that's not the way a first grade player or coach looks at any upcoming game. If you assume a loss is coming then you have just assured it will be so.

 

[Bird of Prey]

In some respects with the squad and depth in the club we have and it's only Trents second season at Manly I think we have over achieved , happy with the results so far.

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

Depth was always going to be the issue, our top 17 are great, hot, and cold, but usually great.

This started with Tafua, and every player lost since has compounded the problem.

This is where that 1.4 million on the sideline is really starting to show.

 

[Eagles2nv]

2 more wins from the last 6 should have us in the finals. This year i'd say 30 points is the safety number to make the finals.

Hopefully we can lift this week and beat the storm.

 

[tookey]

Two wake up calls from ST merge this year how many do we need?

Yes the players said the first loss to the dragons was wake up call

The dragons steam rolled through our forwards on both occasions and then their backs ran riot

 

[Frogz]

The last round game at home v panthers could have a lot riding on it