Frustrating game lacking resilience

[maxta]

Firstly Manly were expecting to just rock up and "outscore" NZ
Well to play the flash you need to Win the bash
Manly didn't handle the physical exchanges and the latitude given to the NZ defence, where the champion teams take on the bad calls and get pi""ed off, showing the resilience to simply bash the opposition and when getting the footy back, play a smart direct set to win field position and get back into the grind....instead of throwing the ball sideways hoping to run "around" the opposition often leading to mistakes or minimal gain....
Not the end of the world, but shows an element that has reared its head often in recent seasons, Manly win big against the soft sides, but when the opposition is rugged and plays physical, ugly football...look for the easy way out playing sideways and things go from bad to worse...
Resilience is 1 word but I'm sure there are many more....just seemed too familiar and was hoping 2025 this area in Manly's game would improve

 

[jbb/james]

resilience comes from the attitude, the standards and accountability of you leaders. Our leaders play a high risk game .

Winning is a journey and our leaders only know the short cut home because they dont practice it on field

We have tried to recruit it in brown, tko etc but they are not calling the shots or on the field long enough. Cant imagine them giving our leaders a rocket either

 

[God]

There's not alot to like about this side in almost every position, very fragile, soft and inconsistent or just plain ordinary.

 

[Chuck]

There's not alot to like about this side in almost every position, very fragile, soft and inconsistent or just plain ordinary.

Yep. Nothing's changed in a decade, so why would it now?