Game Day: Manly v Broncos [Round 5, 2020]

[niccipops]

The past two games, worms and donkeys, Manly's had two days less preparation than the opposition.
It looks like it's taking it's toll.
There's no enthusiasm at all.
Hopefully this is just an off game otherwise roll on 2021

 

[Under the Sticks]

Didn't take long.

I thought players actually didn’t mind the short turnaround

 

[Dan]

Never thought I'd see someone less sure under the high ball than Jorge

Funa must mean "can't jump"

 

[Steve76]

Youd think Garrick would have practiced kicking 6 hours a day when the rest were sitting on the lounge eating fish n chips during isolation... obviously not

 

[cherry_poppins]

50 laps a day please
A performance this inept requires severe punishment

 

[Bring back the.... Biff?]

Paseka needs to be dropped for Boyle.. guy is useless. Dce fukt us early with another ****ty kick and then marty got injured. Great! Once again being outplayed by walker.... the international center

Ps. Darius boyd scored on us.... yes darry B should of been a double. Shame! What a mockery

 

[Terry Zarsoff]

Not watching it but I take it it’s the usual stuff - DCE can’t lead a horse to water, Scarface can’t kick a goal and in general the team lacks maturity under pressure?

 

[Jerry1]

How are we down 4-18 to this bunch of losers?

Almost none of them have turned up.

How are we only down this much..

 

[Bring back the.... Biff?]

50 laps a day please
A performance this inept requires severe punishment

Yes agreed. Dce needs to be dropped and cust brought in

 

[joeboy]

We have no first grade quality hookers or wingers and our halves are borderline in how they are playing. I reckon dce has put in maybe 2 great performances in the last 18 months. His general play and nous hasfallen off a cliff. May as well just put a tackle bot in the number 7. That’s all he is really giving us at the moment.

 

[Jigzkiller]

Funa must mean "can't jump"

be careful players are now so sensitive maybe they will call that racism.

 

[Steve76]

Get walkers missus to hide his Xbox. We may then be able to buy a decent half

 

[double hoops]

Don't give them excuses for this. No. No. No.

 

[maxta]

Anyone bagging Funa...Coates will outleap ANY einger in the comp...it starts by putting SOME pressure on Milford who with 3 hours has a kick game like Cronk...AND just a tad more protection would be nice

 

[Cioran]

Serious question. What is Des up to. It looks as if he’s decided that halves and a short kicking game are irrelevant in his plans. The team is super fit and tries hard for the whole 80 but we’re being strangled by teams that play a tactical, field position game.

the strange thing is that’s the sort of game we used to play under Des before he went to the dogs.

 

[swoop]

WTF has Garrick changed his kicking style, he's gone from a very good goalkicker to a **** one.

 

[Simonmyers11]

Yep. We went from no footy for 2 months to a 6 day turn around and now a 5 day turnaround. Tough draw, but this is first grade ...

That match last week was very intense, massive hits. We just haven't got out of first gear, just getting out muscled and out enthused

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

This performance is typical of a side just expecting to turn up and win , it’s very Trent Barrett like.

 

[Simonmyers11]

Serious question. What is Des up to. It looks as if he’s decided that halves and a short kicking game are irrelevant in his plans. The team is super fit and tries hard for the whole 80 but we’re being strangled by teams that play a tactical, field position game.

the strange thing is that’s the sort of game we used to play under Des before he went to the dogs.

Cherry needs to kick deeper into their corners.

 

[HoldenV8]

How are we only down this much..

Pure luck. If Cherry hadn't fallen over and was deemed obstructed, it could easily be at least 24-4 or even 24-0 assuming that had Boyd scored a second that the rest of the half would have gone differently given a halfway restart and not a penalty.