Game Day: Manly v Knights [Round 8, 2018]

[Simonmyers11]

The injury the crocker has changed the whole team dynamics. He was running good lines. Now Lewis brown crabs across the field and throws sh*those passes and API is wasted at 5/8. What luck

 

[Clay]

One of them's lost?

Kelly has been good recently at centre, seems a waste to put him on the wing

 

[brad]

Well I’m guessing TBaz has zero choice now, he has to chose Hastings next week and if he doesn’t then most of us will be on the @strone33 bandwagon!!

Dont think he will . He's made a choice .

 

[Simonmyers11]

You can tell we play with no confidence just one out stuff
The few times we have offloaded or 2nd phase we start looking ok but go back to the one out stuff

A couple of tries can change that, need to start well second half. Confidence is low for sure

 

[Harvies elbow]

Dunno if this has been said but MMM reports Lachie has done his acl.
I was enjoying him playing a great hand too.
Terrible news for the young bloke if true.

 

[niccipops]

The only good thing out of that first half was the intent for the forwards to hit the line and shelve the offloads. Started promising on the completions but then went to crap.

We’ll see what captain lap dance has up his sleeve to lift this side and actually conjour up a win. I want to see some back to wall manly spirit here. We are down on troops, I won’t be surprised if wright doesn’t come back either, that shoulder rocked him.

lol @captianlapdance
I think Cherry's playing very well so far.

 

[brad]

Dont think he will . He's made a choice .

#Decision

 

[grassy]

I am at the game watching Newcastle handing this game to us with 12 men and Tapau just keeps dropping the ball. I am stunned as to why this guycan’t hold on to the ball.We have had all the ball nearly all the penalties and we seem to be going nowhere.My voice is shot to pieces.Unless we come out in the second half and start making some good decisions then I can’t see us riding out this year without getting a flogging. Second half needs to be real good.This convenience ain’t going to last forever.

 

[Class of 96]

Apparently Jackson has put his hand up to replace Froggy.

 

[davohan123]

ACL lockie MMM have said
Feel sad for him

 

[HappilyManly]

Injury update
Lachlan Croker (knee) and Matthew Wright (concussion) won't be back in second half.

- 6
⚔️- 4

#WeAreManly #NRLManlyKnights

 

[mickqld]

Dont think he will . He's made a choice .

Well he needs to make another choice now. Hastings to 6. Leave Api at 9 and forget fuking poo.

 

[Fibro Eagle]

Someone tell Taupau to hold the ball like a dumbell he won’t drop it then

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

Matt Wright won’t be back in the second half either , Concussion.

Can’t see us winning this one now.

Feel for Froggy he was actually having his best game of the year!

 

[nightster]

Indiscipline and disrespect for the ball are killing us! I've just seen the dumbest ten minutes against a side down a man. We are not learning !!

I agree but they should have penalized a few times for holding us down in the tackle in their 20

 

[FlyingHigh]

Kelly and Walker are on the same side because Kelly is playing wing for Matt Wright who has concussion.

 

[Deleted member 26876]

Penalties and dropped balls , nothing has changed for 4 weeks now!

I agree, although at least we controlled the ball for 30 or so minutes. Still, any drop-off in this area is not good enough. Stupid penalties conceded and always late in the tackle. Loved our early line speed, although that's go to not be a momentum thing, that's got to be happening all the time, throughout the entire game.

 

[EaglesDontTweet]

Yep. Kapow started great thinking run not pass but fell into old habits late in the half. It’s not rocket science for these blokes. Control the ball and win. Frustrating .

Unfortunately the only NRL stat Manly might win this year is Martin Taupau offloads. Admirable stat to win but the coach needs to seriously look at the risk/reward of this. But credit to Marty for his early go forward, it has helped us be in the lead.

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

Score prediction

Knights 22 Manly 6

 

[The Royal Soup]

Barrett is a fool