It was a solid 35 minutes to start this game, Thommo was so unlucky not to score the first try and credit to Dufty it was a great tackle to deny him, the first turn of the game was the ref giving them another set when he ruled that we played at the ball and the result was back to back tries for them as they took advantage of the possession.
Tom Wright did the most positive thing I have seen from a Manly player in weeks, took on things and scored a breathtaking try. What did we do next? Well instead of building on this our five-eighth kicked the ball dead when looking for the sideline and gave the Dragons the initiative for the rest of the half and the inevitable try followed!
We start the second half coughing up the ball with our first two sets and then the try that is conceded when a Dragqueens player does NOT play the ball in the lead up to the try scored by Widdop! The rest of the game is Manly chasing their tails, making more and more errors with the ball and conceding soft tries.
I saw the Turbos giving it their best and trying so hard, I again saw our halve fail in a big way to impose themselves on the game, I thought Joel Thompson was good for us but the fact is we have too many passengers and we have not resilience or character to deal with decisions that go against us.
The game is up for Barrett!! play some younger players or Perish. Bite the bullet and get rid of the players who are NOT performing. The glimmer of hope that we saw from Tom Wright surely proves my point!!
It was sad to see a game that we started with such promise fizzle out into another black day for the club!!