Game Day: Knights v Manly [Round 5, 2022]

[HoldenV8]

Jason Saab will actually be up against a winger taller than him tonight.

The Knights resident Pommy winger Dominic Young is 200 cm tall. Short arse Saab is "only" 199 cm tall.....

 

[globaleagle]

Jason Saab will actually be up against a winger taller than him tonight.

The Knights resident Pommy winger Dominic Young is 200 cm tall. Short arse Saab is "only" 199 cm tall.....

just needs some lifts and he'll be right

or stilettos'

 

[stoodamire]

Jason Saab will actually be up against a winger taller than him tonight.

The Knights resident Pommy winger Dominic Young is 200 cm tall. Short arse Saab is "only" 199 cm tall.....

Young defended on the RHS last game, which would be opposite to Saab.

 

[Ron E. Gibbs]

Jason Saab will actually be up against a winger taller than him tonight.

The Knights resident Pommy winger Dominic Young is 200 cm tall. Short arse Saab is "only" 199 cm tall.....

Young is actually a really good finisher. Been impressed with him during his time there.

 

[HoldenV8]

Young isn't a slouch either. Not as fast as Saab, or Koula, but last year he was Telstra Tracked at around 36-37 km/h.

 

[EOL now nesting on the GC]

I think the team will be stronger with Brad Parker back. In the expected conditions, his 90+ game experience, ability to play it tight and strong defence will come in handy. Especially when the other threequarters only have about 65 games worth of experience between them.

Reuben grew into the backup fullback role last year and won’t let the team down. DCE should be primed for a big one after extending for two more years and hopefully he and Kieran guide the team around the park. They have over 500 NRL games between them - that’s experience.

Terry!Terry!Terry! Mate while agree with your statement about BroParker 100% you know the rules here on ST. Under no circumstances are you allowed to say Parker coming into the side makes it stronger. Parker is slated to replaced every week on here by some young gun kid or moses suli or stag's or Gagai or..........

 

[Remy]

WE ARE UNDERDOGS AND WE CAN STILL WIN THIS!!!!

 

[Terry Zarsoff]

Yes what was I thinking?

Some ‘wet behind the ears’ lower grader who shone for 15 minutes or so in a trial game against the opposition’s NSW Cup side, has it all over a 91 game NRL veteran who has also worn the green and gold.

 

[NYEagle]

We hardly ever win on Thursday nights
We hardly ever beat Newcastle these days
We hardly ever win without Turbo

How about we win tonight?

NYEagle

 

[double hoops]

Teams look pretty even on paper. If it's as wet as they say, can't Imagine there will be much in it.

I'm expecting Walker to be our strike weapon tonight.

 

[Jethro]

I too think that it makes it so simple for me so that I don’t have to wade through a heap of posts to get to what I’m interested in.

I did lock the Pre-Game thread last week at kick off but I don't really think that it is justified if the Pre-Game thread is locked any earlier than kick off.

Prior to kick off, with the Game Day thread, I think that other than they "yay, it's game day, Go Manly" etc. type posts, all other posts should be posted in the Pre-Game thread until kick off when it will be locked.

You forgot about Woohoo it’s game day !!!
Go manly says Go manly but
Go Manly can say Go Manly anywhere
Even here
Go Manly

No I didn't. That is all covered in the 'etc.' part of my post. 😛

 

[Will on the hill]

rule!

The ball is in touch if a player jumps from touch and while off the ground touches the ball.

-As Saab is 10 feet tall, if a bomb heads his way, leap from outside the touchline and touch the ball.

3- profit

Seems like one of the easiest rules to take advantage of, especially from the kickoff. Every player on the sideline should start with 1 foot on the sideline, leap as far as they can if the ball comes their way, if they get a finger on the ball before they hit the ground, it's a penalty on half way.

 

[Will on the hill]

just needs some lifts and he'll be right

or stilettos'

He wears long studs, so on a firm field he gains an inch.

 

[Brisbane Tragic]

He wears long studs, so on a firm field he gains an inch.

always always wear the long steel studs on a wet ground.... never ever go with the short ones in the wet. Us oldies understand this key wet weather rule very well. So on a firm field you lose an inch because you have the short studs.

 

[The Royal Soup]

It’s pouring rain in Newy

Short turnaround

We have injuries

we won’t be winning this one at all

 

[Will on the hill]

always always wear the long steel studs on a wet ground.... never ever go with the short ones in the wet. Us oldies understand this key wet weather rule very well. So on a firm field you lose an inch because you have the short studs.

I'm stuck in the middle and for me it's moulded vs screw ins. Moulded can be catastrophic on a soft wet field.

 

[Kalvin]

We hardly ever win on Thursday nights
We hardly ever beat Newcastle these days
We hardly ever win without Turbo

How about we win tonight?

NYEagle

We hardly ever play well in the wet too!

 

[WiseyEagle]

Teams look pretty even on paper. If it's as wet as they say, can't Imagine there will be much in it.

I'm expecting Walker to be our strike weapon tonight.

Here on the Central Coast it's torrential. Already something like 150mm today and it's still going. So Newcastle would be the same. Add a 39 knot south easterly wind to that.

 

[WiseyEagle]

Here on the Central Coast it's torrential. Already something like 150mm today and it's still going. So Newcastle would be the same. Add a 39 knot south easterly wind to that.

 

[Eagles4Life]

It’s pouring rain in Newy

Short turnaround

We have injuries

we won’t be winning this one at all

Yeh nah. Manly by 5.