Post-Game Discussion Knights v Manly [Round 13, 2023]

[bob dylan]

On buying a ticket back to England.

Yeah - I refuse to use his name.

Id hate to say it and Manly in the same sentence.

 

[Frogz]

Yeah our coaching staff are really just experimenting this year. I don’t think they really know all the strengths and weaknesses of all the players

More weaknesses than strengths

 

[Alfreddo]

Sorry guys but the NRL won't allow us to play finals this year

 

[cc eagle]

Scoreline flattered us today, we never looked like winning, 2 intercept trys kept the game close, both our half's were terrible

 

[EOL now nesting on the GC]

Its ridiculous you have to play a side without your best players though. Should never happen

Look at the Broncos mate. It is possible with the correct retention and recruitment. Cooper johns and Jake Arthur... oh and apprently we were signing kyle Flannagan. Say no more.

 

[JBW]

Wasn't expecting much, 6 tries to three, some controversy, Hastings boot stopped it being a blow out.

My biggest gripe is with Ponga, him not scoring cost me a multi of $100...

In seriousness though. Shows how valuable our skipper is. Our kicking game and speed of play was woeful.

Schu..... A long way to go... Is good enough though. Fainu was the pick of the young guys.

 

[TheSoaringEagle2023]

Harsh on keppie. Does a lot of work in the middle.

I thought he did well. He really shouldnt have to be making that tackle on the wing.

 

[Jerry1]

Harsh on keppie. Does a lot of work in the middle.

He’s pants

 

[bob dylan]

So if Ponga put that same tackle on Koula do you think he would of got 10 in the bin?

 

[davohan123]

Well we never deserved to win that today
We were never close that scoreline by the knights was kind to us.

Yes we got done by the ref but we didn't make it easy on ourselves just dumb selections all week cost us.

Shows how far josh has to go today didn't have his best game at all.

Even with everything going against us today knights should of been beat today they were there for the taking.

 

[EOL now nesting on the GC]

Very hard to beat nc with thier best player in yellow and friends in the bunker disgusting, not to mention no DCE turbo Jurbo and even Nuevo
We were never going to be allowed to win

We won all our state of origin matches last year did we not. No DCE. No Turbo. No shoe No Jake.

 

[Kiwi Eagle]

Mixed bag, gutsy with the ball in hand but very ordinary with it, most of them weren’t interested in any effort off the ball

If DCE plays, we win comfortably

Johns is woeful, and Seibold can have a huge piece of the blame pie for firstly picking him then leaving him on so long

Rorted by the refs, never a clearer example than Garrick held down for an age then we got pinged next set for nothing. Did a hell of a job defensively to stay in the fight considering the possession and field position

Koula had a day to forget, but that ruling was an absolute joke, if Ponga got hit in the head at all, he wouldn’t get back up. And they try that followed, we may have stripped it, but he still made contact with it after that action into a Manly arm

Olakau’atu had a really bludge today, big bandaging but he had no interest in running the ball. Compare him to Fainu who went looking for it

 

[davohan123]

I thought this thread was closed but hey let's keep it going

 

[Wombat64]

Utter joke of a club

Coaching staff have no idea picking Johns

who would you pick? we only have duds?

 

[bob dylan]

He’s pants

15 hit ups and 142 metres plus 31 tackles in 50 minutes.

Id say he was one of our best.

Tried his heart out

 

[Simonmyers11]

So if Ponga put that same tackle on Koula do you think he would of got 10 in the bin?

That call on Koula was embarrassing. I could maybe cop a penalty, but 10 in the bin

It wasn't intentional or reckless or forearm to the head??

 

[bob dylan]

That call on Koula was embarrassing. I could maybe cop a penalty, but 10 in the bin

It wasn't intentional or reckless or forearm to the head??

Yeah a penalty and we say "they got it wrong".

10 in the bin and we say "cheats"

 

[Simonmyers11]

15 hit ups and 142 metres plus 31 tackles in 50 minutes.

Id say he was one of our best.

Tried his heart out

agree

actually thought one of our best. plenty of cover defence. Would love him to play like that every week off the bench

 

[Chunkytuna]

I’m sorry weekes is not a first grade fullback. He’s possibly a 14 maybe. He’s not up to standard at all. Cooper Johns is not up to it either. Sorry, tried hard but he’s not up to standard. Defence was much better in the second half when Arthur was on. In some parts of our attack it seriously looked like we had literally put this team together from complete strangers. Schuster running around backwards, players not running proper angles. It was a rabble today. Which I guess is fair enough when we’re missing the players we were but why can the good clubs just bring the next man in and it works.

 

[Ron E. Gibbs]

We had opportunities in the second half but our attack was completely stagnant - seriously some of the worst sets with the ball I've seen from a Manly team. Seemed like everybody was waiting around for Schuster to do something special, which he can't do if everybody else is standing still. So we didn't deserve the win.

That said, it really did feel like we wouldn't be allowed to win regardless. That sin bin for Koula was an absolute joke. If it was any player other than Ponga, it's not a penalty, let alone a sin bin. But the decision after that one to award the Knights a try when the ball was clearly propelled forward before being knocked back, was spectacularly bad. Hard not to think the fix is in when the referee does the right thing and sends it up as a "no try", and the idiot in the the bunker watches it once and says, "Try!"