Game Day: Manly v Dogs [Round 22, 2018]

[Pittwater Legend]

Kels and Kapow just have bumps on their knees - ok to play

Thank fark!

 

[grassy]

Turbo can't drop kick to save himself. Kicked it out on the full from 5m in

What an ugly win

Yea but it keeps us away from the spoon. I am happy about the fact that we only gave 1 penalty away in the second half. That to me can win a game especially this one.

 

[SeaEagle21]

Am I the only one getting pissed off about Paseka riding the pine all game?

I know Barrett's trying to send a message, but do it outside of the 80 minutes.

What's the message Ryan? Has Paseka done something? Must have missed it. He would have been handy in the middle patch of the game when Klemmer and Tolman were ripping through the middle

 

[Terry Zarsoff]

Remind me why did we buy Hodkingson?

They didn’t.

They bought Hodkinson.

 

[davohan123]

Next week now more important with dragons choke.

Winner next week goes along way to avoiding the spoon.

Think we will need to win next week and one away win to be safe from the spoon.

Great game tonight from the boys a win at home.
We are missing api badly in attack.

 

[HK_Eagle]

Next week now more important with dragons choke.

Winner next week goes along way to avoiding the spoon.

Think we will need to win next week and one away win to be safe from the spoon.

Great game tonight from the boys a win at home.
We are missing api badly in attack.

I think we are missing Api in defence even more. I had forgotten how much he stiffens up that middle.

 

[Ron E. Gibbs]

Team song

https://www.seaeagles.com.au/news/2018/08/11/lottoland-team-song---round-22/

Breaks my heart to see Lane belting out the song knowing he'll be at the Eels next year. He knows all the words to the song! He can't leave!

 

[HappilyManly]

Breaks my heart to see Lane belting out the song knowing he'll be at the Eels next year. He knows all the words to the song! He can't leave!

It's ok, his talent won't make it across the Spit Bridge

 

[Terry Zarsoff]

Much quicker to go via Roseville Bridge, alternately Ring Road 3 (as us older members remember it), than the Spit.

 

[Fluffy]

Anything goes in the ruck for the Doggies tonight yet we're being told to get off before the tackles even complete.

Jake, the best defensive player in the league, got told to get off before the player hit the ground 1 time.

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

Hodkinson got -12 in supercoach diabolical is definitely the word

He’d better not be picked next week!!

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

Team song

https://www.seaeagles.com.au/news/2018/08/11/lottoland-team-song---round-22/

I just love seeing this and Thommo right in the middle of it all, he’s becoming a real a favourite of mine!!

 

[Fluffy]

Wow. According to the Fox commentator Barrett’s game plan is “run hard and tackle hard”. He’s a genius.

Trying to keep it simple but they still can't understand it

 

[Terry Zarsoff]

Horhay to coach Trent:

Don’t I do that anyway?

 

[Fluffy]

Why wouldnt have DCE had a crack at a field goal last visit in the dogs 20 and make it a 13 point lead.

miss and its a 7 tackle set from the 20m line and miss he might

 

[Fluffy]

Turbo can't drop kick to save himself. Kicked it out on the full from 5m in

What an ugly win

he could have run out and got a scrum and wind the clock down but another dumb play to just hand it straight to them quickly. Thankfully tonight it did not cost us.

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

If we beat the Titans ( easier said than done) and the Panthers beat the Knights we will be in 11th spot next week!!

Who’d of thought??

 

[ALinda]

Finally a win at Brookie, woohoo

Despite the fine weather, sad the crowd was so low.....again

Nice touch by the Dogs to wear pink socks, together with our pink jerseys for Women in League round

 

[Mal Cochrane]

in the press conference, can anyone understand at the end what question what asked to Barrett that he denied knowledge of and said they'd need to ask Lyall Gorman

 

[globaleagle]

Hooray! A win! woot.

That first half was hard to watch (seems like there weren't too many happy campers on here either...lol)

I missed Hodkinson getting 10 in the bin (skipped ahead).

That's twice (I think) Tom has had a try disallowed for 'intentionally tapping the ball forward'. Such rubbish. There is a world of difference between deliberately hitting a ball forward and away from an opposition player and a non intentional tap slightly forward when trying to catch the ball. Bosses should get the ref's in those situations at training so they understand not everything happens in slow motion, with minutes of forethought. I mean...if someone threw a can of beer at the ref I'm sure their reaction wouldn't be all that measured. *cough*

Then we had of the usual: If a Manly hand brushed the ball it was a penalty, dogs drop the ball = strip, Manly drop the ball = lost, all 50 - 50 calls = to dogs etc.

Nice to know the dogs have invented time travel as how else could they continuously be in the first receivers face so immediate and often.

When I saw Parker (I think) try and get up three times from being tackled around the legs and no penalty... I thought, uh oh, looooong night coming up.

But then:

The second half..... and all was well again! (eventually)

So well done Manly men!

Hopefully some decent money was raised for the Breast Cancer research people.

 

[BrendonStarr]

Hope hodkinson retires injured before years end. We don't need this lazy unskillful, hasbeen excess baggage for another 26 games. Please GO Hasbeen Hodkinson!