Matabele link said:
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all the guys put in. Â They stopped the widely predicted 'bloodbath' and went well. Â Every Manly fan who was at the game appreciated their effort. Â We weren't expected to win and weren't disgraced. Â
 Poppycock.  The dragons were right for the picking, their throats constricted - what other team would kick 4 consecutive penalty goals like they did?
If we'd played with a modicum of discipline and not given dumb penalties every time we looked like we could pin them up their end we'd have been a chance, as decimated as we were.
The lack of discipline has been something some psoters have banged on about all season. Â Yet Des gets to the press conference and either blames the referees, the conditions or applauds 'effort'. Â
A reality check is long overdue - part of the reason I hoped we'd missed the finals or get flogged 50-0 today. Â If serious intrsopection is not applied we'll dish up the same crap next year and it will kill the club.
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I can only assume you didn't mean that literally, about hoping we'd miss the finals or get flogged by 50?
Apart from making you sound dangerously like a Saints or Eels supporter, there is simply no logic to that view. I may as well say I'm glad there was poor discipline because otherwise we might have gone close to winning, and then there would be no introspection.
As for Des, what he says at a press conference is likely to be quite different to what he says directly to the players.