Has Des lost the dressing room??
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Dee Why Eagle
Bencher
Did anyone remember to tell Des the dressing room has relocated to the new Centre of Excellence??
Ron E. Gibbs
First Grader
The problem being, when our forwards do take the hit-ups they are sitting ducks for the defence because the markers are not engaged and they have no one running in support. There is no shape or plan so everybody in the defence knows exactly what's happening and our guys just get smashed.
Seems like we are immediately on the back foot whenever we get the ball and the one-out hit-ups give us nothing.
Jake is getting hammered for his attack, and its a shadow of what it once was.
I feel the coach has changed his role.
Beisdes, making 50 bone-cruchers a match isnt going to leave to much "gas" for attack - last night 7 hit ups and 9 passes in a team that had about 40% of the ball.
I can assure everyone he gets away with slowing the play the ball 20 times a match which helps us more than we can measure. Downside is he gets pinged 2-3 times a match. He sees how much pressure we are under and plays accordingly.
I feel the coach has changed his role.
Beisdes, making 50 bone-cruchers a match isnt going to leave to much "gas" for attack - last night 7 hit ups and 9 passes in a team that had about 40% of the ball.
I can assure everyone he gets away with slowing the play the ball 20 times a match which helps us more than we can measure. Downside is he gets pinged 2-3 times a match. He sees how much pressure we are under and plays accordingly.
Our props and 2nd rowers don't do anywhere near enough tackling to share the load.
This is one of our biggest concerns as Jake, Croker and the half's are doing way too much D, while the other forwards, frankly are bludging, lazy and not part of the team.
Haumole is just the laziest defender in the Manly team now that Suli has gone. A few big hits each game is not good enough.
Yep 100% right, its not like the good old days of Watmough, Gift, ballin and Kitey all making 30 tackles.
Poor Froggy and Jake bust their humps for us every game in D.
I think our use of the bench lets us down in this area too.
Yet everyone wants to blame the captain !!
Why did Reynolds play so well last night??
Well yes he’s a great player but their forwards absolutely dominated the game , not just dominated they owned all 80 minutes , yes every single minute.
When we had the ball they were smashing us!!
When they had the ball they were making huge yardage.
Reynolds job was easy , probably the easiest game he’s had in years.
Red Pill
Enthusiastic Amateur
100% agree with the doomsday merchants comment even if you were maybe being sarcastic. :So many doomsday merchants .
We are exactly where Des wants us to be, under the radar
As long as we have not had 50 put against us, we are on track to win the grand final
Thank god some of these flippant weaklings do not play for us or we will be in some real trouble. Anyway we could start naming cyclones after some of these cry baby sookie panic merchants.
Son of Manly Beach
Reserve Grader
I highly doubt we even make the eight this year...even with all those other **** teams.
We need to recruit new players. I don’t understand why we don’t go for more big name signings.
Would any elite players even consider Manly?
Like a Munster for example?
We need to recruit new players. I don’t understand why we don’t go for more big name signings.
Would any elite players even consider Manly?
Like a Munster for example?
Simonmyers11
First Grader
No
I believe it was the immortal Scholar Alfred E. NEUMANN that famously said .. "if you keep your head, whilst everybody around you are losing theirs.. then you obviously don't understand what's happening " ..
Red Pill
Enthusiastic Amateur
Nice quote but out of context imo. Not everyone is losing their heads atm. Only the more fragile amongst us. If they were the majority we certainly would have a lord of the flies type scenario
NYEagle
Bencher
I think all the attention around Foran was a massive distraction during the week. The team were headless last night from the opening whistle.
That plus the injury to Tommy Turbo. You could just see.multiple times how much the team structured attack and defence around him and he was missing.
I think if Manly can rest turbo for a few weeks, put Garrick back at FB and get Parker and Saab back in, and then bunker down and tell everyone else to PI$$ off. We will be ok.
NYEagle
That plus the injury to Tommy Turbo. You could just see.multiple times how much the team structured attack and defence around him and he was missing.
I think if Manly can rest turbo for a few weeks, put Garrick back at FB and get Parker and Saab back in, and then bunker down and tell everyone else to PI$$ off. We will be ok.
NYEagle
eagleron
Bencher
I find that hard to believe on what I saw last night
double hoops
First Grader
Performance wise we are miles away from being a top 8 team.
That we are currently in the 8 is purely the luck of the draw.
That we are currently in the 8 is purely the luck of the draw.
Terry Zarsoff
First Grader
Only a couple of weeks ago they held their own for about 60 minutes with 12 men against last year’s runners-up. The week before they came back in the second half after a horrible start.
Talk of losing dressing rooms seems a little premature.
Talk of losing dressing rooms seems a little premature.
Done crying .. now just having a laugh.
| Team | P | W | L | PD | Pts |
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8 | 7 | 1 | 109 | 16 |
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8 | 7 | 1 | 56 | 16 |
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8 | 6 | 2 | 66 | 14 |
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8 | 5 | 3 | 51 | 12 |
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9 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 11 |
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9 | 5 | 4 | 95 | 10 |
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9 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 10 |
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8 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 10 |
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9 | 5 | 4 | -14 | 10 |
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9 | 4 | 5 | -16 | 8 |
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9 | 4 | 5 | -19 | 8 |
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8 | 3 | 5 | -55 | 8 |
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9 | 4 | 5 | -70 | 8 |
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9 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 7 |
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8 | 2 | 6 | -63 | 6 |
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8 | 1 | 7 | -89 | 4 |
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8 | 1 | 7 | -166 | 4 |
