Pre-Game Manly v Dragons [Round 18, 2021]

[davohan123]

Well turbo should be fresh come Friday not sighted at all tonight , not his fault at all by the way.
oh wait that’s right we are resting him.
I know it won’t happen but I would play turbo for one half on Friday night , the club wouldn’t risk it.

 

[Peter C]

Bozo …. You forgot to mention the penalty count in that game!

just sayin’

Not to mention that the sin bin rule didn't apply to Newcastle.

 

[mickqld]

No Turbo, no hope. Goons x 12.

 

[court83]

If Tom doesn't play Friday night, I fear dragons win.. not because we can't win without tom, but because des showed his hand last week...

Normal people... No tom = Garrick to fullback, funa/Koula to wing... Manly win

Des... No tom = Garrick to fullback, slow as cold treacle Parker to wing, slow as cold treacle + EXTREMELY LAZY suli to centre... ANY team in the NRL win...

Instead of having a weakened fullback slot, des will happily weaken fullback, wing and centre for no apparent reason whatsoever

 

[40 years an eagle]

Tom should be backing up on friday...a training day would be much harder on him than tonight was, and 2 days rest.

 

[HK_Eagle]

We had one decent performance without Turbo and now everybody carries on like we can win without him.... Sheesh!

I'll be rooting for the boys on Friday night, but every game without Turbo I'm happily surprised if we can pull it off.

 

[HK_Eagle]

Oh, and just quietly Tom, you owe us big time. We've sat through the struggles with heart in throat... we watch you go off and enjoy your rep games. Now, it's time to be the man for your club. It's been an awesome return from injury but let's not surrender another game because playing for Manly was a secondary choice.

 

[BOZO]

Bozo …. You forgot to mention the penalty count in that game!

just sayin’

You forgot to count the times our players took the wrong options and did not make the most of their opportunities with the ball feathered friend

 

[BOZO]

Not to mention that the sin bin rule didn't apply to Newcastle.

Not to mention we were playing a team we were favourites to win

Not to mention we could not over come adversity like winning teams do when the knights shut down Tommy

 

[Ryan]

Just hope we see intensity. I'm glad whoever our centres and wingers are will see the ball with Schuster back, and Olakau'atu the other side.

 

[Fibro Eagle]

Turbo being rested says Des , Hopefully Turbo tells Des he is good to go , Like when Des wanted to replace Turbo on the Canterbury game and Turbo over ruled Des and said I'm staying on .C'mon Turbo tell Des your playing
If not simple change Harper to fullback Walker to centre , Harper will attempt to catch the ball

 

[Disco]

Chill everyone, not worth risking Tom.

We'll win Friday.

It is amazing how the collective confidence of this forum drops after a loss.

Cherry and Schuster back makes a huge difference

 

[Terry Zarsoff]

Hold on, Bozo has just come in with a late entry 🙂

However is that Bozo being ironic and thus self aware, or a total lack of self-awareness?

Over to the Muscles who eats his Brussels (sprouts)::

 

[manlyfan76]

Tom looked quite busted last night. Off the ball he got his head bandaged a lot, but he looked well spent in the second half watching live.
I'd rest him.

 

[Waz13]

Tom looked quite busted last night. Off the ball he got his head bandaged a lot, but he looked well spent in the second half watching live.
I'd rest him.

Yeah he did look a bit spent and despite the lack of ball was still very active around the middle. It was just hog Tedesvo got in the way most of the time and stifled his involvement. Last night was an indicator of how Tom and Ted don’t work well together (and yes halves were a big problem). Look at the results with Tom the dominating force nsw put 50 on, with Ted it was 26 and last night a loss. Ted runs around like chook with his head cut off. Hold on…….

 

[Tragic Eagle]

Tommy made a bit of late burst trying to turn the game last night and got a bit gassed. But he didn't seem to have to do much in the first half and early in the second half because of the poor delivery from the halves. I really hope he is good to go on Friday. We need the win big time.

 

[manlyfan76]

Yeah he did look a bit spent and despite the lack of ball was still very active around the middle. It was just hog Tedesvo got in the way most of the time and stifled his involvement. Last night was an indicator of how Tom and Ted don’t work well together (and yes halves were a big problem). Look at the results with Tom the dominating force nsw put 50 on, with Ted it was 26 and last night a loss. Ted runs around like chook with his head cut off. Hold on…….

Unfortunately he was in the middle when Qld scored in his centre position.

 

[EOL now nesting on the GC]

There's been more quality in those minutes than anything jetski has produced in all his time on field, jetski should never see first grade in a Manly jumper again, this is a joke by Hasler

Apart from when he took that intercept against souths in the finals series for a race away try perhaps. #shortmemories.

 

[EOL now nesting on the GC]

If Tom doesn't play Friday night, I fear dragons win.. not because we can't win without tom, but because des showed his hand last week...

Normal people... No tom = Garrick to fullback, funa/Koula to wing... Manly win

Des... No tom = Garrick to fullback, slow as cold treacle Parker to wing, slow as cold treacle + EXTREMELY LAZY suli to centre... ANY team in the NRL win...

Instead of having a weakened fullback slot, des will happily weaken fullback, wing and centre for no apparent reason whatsoever

Geez better get on the blower to Des and share your years of Premiership coaching know how asap Court. 🙄

How many games have you coached? How many Premiership rings? Whats your win percentage again.

FMD.........

 

[EOL now nesting on the GC]

Infoi

Yeah he did look a bit spent and despite the lack of ball was still very active around the middle. It was just hog Tedesvo got in the way most of the time and stifled his involvement. Last night was an indicator of how Tom and Ted don’t work well together (and yes halves were a big problem). Look at the results with Tom the dominating force nsw put 50 on, with Ted it was 26 and last night a loss. Ted runs around like chook with his head cut off. Hold on…….

I felt the same in game 2 as well. Call me suspicious but after game 1 it was like Teddy and a few of the superstars decided to minimise toms time on the ball.
Egos at 100 paces by ghe looks of it.