Manly - Top 8

[Kiwi Eagle]

Actually, I take back my post, and apologize. I am shocked to say we are the 6th BEST team defensively. Wow, I didn't expect that tbh. Last I looked (months ago), we were 3rd worst.

I wouldn’t have thought we were that high up either tbh, sometimes it has looked awful but I guess the scramble has been the difference. Plenty to work on though to get better but the effort has been there rather than just giving up

 

[Disco]

Scores against us:

24, 14, 28, 20, 18, 22, 30, 18, 26, 30, 13, 20, 32, 14, 14 (average against 22 - per game).

Our literal best effort defensively all season is 13 against. We haven't kept a team to under 10 since early April 2023 (15 months ago).

But I'm glad we are finding positives in not getting thrashed.

You know we are actually 6th best for points conceded in the league.

We need to improve no doubt but we are not some defensively shambolic outlier

 

[Disco]

Actually, I take back my post, and apologize. I am shocked to say we are the 6th BEST team defensively. Wow, I didn't expect that tbh. Last I looked (months ago), we were 3rd worst.

Ooops, should have read ahead, see you already caught that.

 

[mickqld]

I wouldn’t have thought we were that high up either tbh, sometimes it has looked awful but I guess the scramble has been the difference. Plenty to work on though to get better but the effort has been there rather than just giving up

I do agree that the last few games have shown some encouraging effort signs. If we can just get most of the squad fit enough we might have some hope. Geez I didn't think we'd be 6th in defense either. That is a big surprise.

 

[Carl]

Our defense (and attack) totals would have been relatively higher (compared to teams with byes) b4 we had our first bye

 

[Eagle 1]

Need to win at least one of next two. Non negotiable. Comp is tight. From here u til the end teams will come in and out of the 8 each week. We just need to keep with the pack and time the run home well. We’ve lost the same amount of games as 5th and win the same amount as 13th. A good run of wins cements us in the 8.

Agree, usualy after SOO 3, that's when the comp turns into the straight with top 8 in view. It's been a pretty congested comp coming into the last quarter of the season. It's going to be a wild ride, let's just hope we've got the stayin' power for the run home.

 

[Dion Johnson]

Their Origin players will all be nice a fresh.

Deardan low on confidence and form the last few games, hopefully he stays that way for his next couple of games.

Tents bending of the line is one that will be missed.

 

[Waz13]

Actually, I take back my post, and apologize. I am shocked to say we are the 6th BEST team defensively. Wow, I didn't expect that tbh. Last I looked (months ago), we were 3rd worst.

This is the thing with this year. In 3 weeks time we could be in the top 4 or the bottom 4. One game at a time from here on. Enjoy every game as at this point they still have meaning. A number of teams already fairly well have nothing to play for. Not us tho!