Game Day: Manly v Cronulla [Round 21, 2018]

[bob dylan]

Great half of footy by Manly overall.

 

[Deleted member 26876]

Is Tom the worst full back in the comp? Defending his line, positional play. The answer is by a mile.

I really wish we could move him to wing for a while again, but no Baz usb too gutless to do it

Whilst i'm happy to see us lead the efforts in our try-line defence are making it embarrasing to be a manly fan

 

[nightster]

and just why did we let Jesse Ramien go again?

 

[40 years an eagle]

Holmsey, Holmsey.. are you watching?

 

[Clay]

FMD!!!! Tommy & his air grabs........

We basically defend with 12 every week

 

[HK_Eagle]

Drop Tom he's not even providing anything in attack.

Nah, just shift him to the wing.

 

[Fibro Eagle]

Good thing we go into 1/2 time with a lead
Do the same and let in soft tries and score some good ones ourselves and we by 2
Go Manly

 

[globaleagle]

Still.....

we're in the lead!

woohoo

 

[Michael Clare]

Our boys have played with heart all season, but our general game management and reading in defence is truly awful.

 

[40 years an eagle]

Tanga is a keeper. He will be very good.

 

[Bill Hamilton]

Turbo playing with no confidence, his defence is woeful. Reminds me of this bloke.

 

[Oracle]

If I hear anymore muppet talk about how good Turbo is I'm gonna spew
Let's face it just isn't good enough at fullback

 

[HappilyManly]

Depressing to see last week's mistakes being repeated.

Suli and Parker are still out of sync

Jorge still playing for penalties 5m from his own line

Turbo's positional D is truly awefull and his lack of urgency in getting the ball out to the field was unforgivable

 

[Volley]

You’re attacking the line, against 12 men, and you go for 2?

If you’re not confident about scoring against 12 men, then how do you expect to score against 13?

That was horrible from Kelly at the end. His defence needs massive improvement.

 

[Kevinward777]

I call it the perenara effect.

Perfectly stated Neddy..,

 

[Sillybus]

Tanga is a keeper. He will be very good.

Reminds me of Richie fa'aso, little terrier with quick legs and doesn't step back

 

[mave]

Shows how much we DONT use our wingers and centers

Agreed.
Kelly especially has not seen any consistent early good ball all season.
It is terrible coaching.

 

[40 years an eagle]

Nah, just shift him to the wing.

I would prefer to give him a go at centre and Suli to wing. Agree in principle though.

 

[HoldenV8]

Lack of quality.

While I don't disagree, its also our coach who keeps us playing with 3 centres and only one genuine half while leaving the other half on the bench for 60 or 70 minutes a game to cover hooker.

If Barrett was any good at team selection, Parker wouldn't be in first grade.

 

[Volley]

Turbo can’t win. He takes the non-safe option and gets criticised, he takes the safe option and gets criticised. Can’t blame him for Kelly’s limp effort on Ramien.

 

[HK_Eagle]

tom mustn't go to those mon morning video sessions.

Geez the ref's give jake a hard time.

It's all I can here them go on about.

jake, stay onside
jake stay square
jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaake!

poor bugger

He has brought onto himself with his victim mentality, in my opinion