Game Day: Manly v Dragons [Round 17, 2016]

[niccipops]

Footy night. I'm going. Excited.
I've got a feeling we'll win, probably by less than 50.
A one pointer will do me.
Go you Mighty Sea Eagles!

 

[The Who]

Monday night feels anything but Footy Night.
I'll drag myself there, but without much enthusiasm.
It's not just our position on the table, it's more the fact that all football results should be known by Sunday night for full discussion on Monday morning.

 

[Brooke]

Monday night feels anything but Footy Night.
I'll drag myself there, but without much enthusiasm.
It's not just our position on the table, it's more the fact that all football results should be known by Sunday night for full discussion on Monday morning.

I agree. Monday night footy sucks. I can't go to the game either because my son has training.

 

[tookey]

Barrett should receive the Toovey treatment from ZTC now that he has dropped ZTC's best mate in snake

Goorrrrnnnnne

 

[Budgie]

Do we know the team with Snake out?

 

[robbiea]

I cant remember the last time we played the exact same side one week and the next.

In reality this has been half our issues in 2015 & 2016.

(Fixed)

 

[HappilyManly]

Footy night. I'm going. Excited.
I've got a feeling we'll win, probably by less than 50.
A one pointer will do me.
Go you Mighty Sea Eagles!

Cheer Manly on to a 38+ victory, then we will be moving up the ladder to lucky 13th

 

[Ned]

Cheer Manly on to a 38+ victory, then we will be moving up the ladder to lucky 13th

I'd be stoked to see that!!!

 

[Eric Galt]

Get out to Brookie and see what could be Barrett's last game as coach (fingers crossed anyway).

 

[davohan123]

Dragons by 14
Our worst ever losing record head up by a dragons imposter of a coach.

Seriously TB go back to the dragons where your heart is.

You can take John C with you as your assistant.

 

[HappilyManly]

A moments silence in memory of the late Fred Brown will be held before kick-off at Brookvale Oval with the Sea Eagles NRL team to black armbands in the match against St George-Illawarra Dragons.

Described as a ‘rugged prop from Newcastle’, Brown played 106 First Grade games for Manly from 1948-53. The Sea Eagles entered the NSWRL premiership in 1947

 

[Terry Zarsoff]

He was a good 'un, according to all reports.

 

[KOMORI]

Tonight will be about the third time I've gotten to watch the boys live this year, what with working nights..

Please turn up. Please?!?

 

[qldeagle]

I can't believe Barrett just trots out the same team that lost on the weekend.

The guy is out of control, maybe we will get lucky and Zorba will eat him.

Same sheet different game day.

 

[Harmless27]

#migoty

 

[qldeagle]

This isn't the easy game that many are suggesting it might be, Benji was on fire last weekend and I can't see us having it easy at all.

Yes we improved last weekend , and I'd hope Jamie might be better after a run last week, but we still have a player in one of the most important positions on the field who is either injured or doesn't give a **** and every team from now to round 26 will target any weakness, so expect plenty of bombs at Tafua and our fullback to be targeted in defence all night.

Wonder how many of our players will limp off this time. I'm thinking 3 going by the last 16 games.

 

[HoldenV8]

With Snake out I can see us lining up as:

Tom Trbojevic
Jorge Taufua
Dylan Walker
Lewis Brown
Brayden Wiliame
Jamie Lyon (c)
Daly Cherry-Evans
Darcy Lussick
Api Koroisau
Martin Taupau
Nathan Green
Jamie Buhrer
Jake Trbojevic

Res - Josh Starling, Siosaia Vave, Addin Fonua-Blake, Isaac John/Matthew Wright

Barrett being Barrett, I can see Brown starting in the centres with Tom now in his rightful spot at fullback. Personally though I would have Wiliame and Wright as the centre/wing combo with Brown on the bench as a utility.

 

[ALinda]

Footy night. I'm going. Excited.
I've got a feeling we'll win, probably by less than 50.
A one pointer will do me.
Go you Mighty Sea Eagles!

I know for you being at Brookie to see a Manly game is a rarity @niccipops so I hope tonight is a memorable and successful one....enjoy, and Go Manly!
PS I'll be there and a one point win will do me too!

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

I am heading in now, should be better than my last trip to Brookie - Round 1!

 

[HoldenV8]

Tonight will be interesting. St Merge have no attack and Manly's defence is softer than a Mr Whippy cone on a 40 degree summer's day.

St Merge's defence isn't great either and I think that is where we'll have the advantage because I believe with DCE and Killer in the halves, Walker in the centres and Tom at the back, we're a better attacking team (if you can believe it).

Manly by 20 with Tom to score a double and Cherry to have a blinder.