Manly Daily 2018-6-27
‘We’ll give it a crack’
Sea Eagles players on mission for remainder of the season
Jon Geddes
THEY will need a minor miracle to make the play-offs after a turbulent season but defiant Sea Eagles players have vowed not to die wondering and are determined to make an impact over the remaining nine rounds of the premiership.
“We want to finish the back half of the season really, really well,” declared backrower Frank Winterstein.
“It’s a big long shot to make the eight but we really want to give it a crack.
“Mathematically, we’ve still got a chance and we’ve got to keep believing.
“The effort has been there the last couple of games but we just haven’t been clinical enough to get the win.”
Winterstein indicated the team had been tinkering with a few things in attack and defence ahead of Saturday’s game against Penrith at Panthers Stadium.
“And I’m sure you’ll see the benefits of it this week,” he said
Three-quarter Brad Parker reiterated the feeling among the playing group.
“We are not going to give up now,” Parker said.
“We’ve still got a good side and we are eager to keep the competitive nature going.
“I don’t know what our chances are to make the finals but that’s not what we are going to think about at the moment.
“We are thinking week by week, playing every game to our fullest potential and winning every game.”
In another blow, winger Akuila Uate has played his final game for the club after suffering a season-ending syndesmosis injury playing for Fiji against PNG.
He joins UK Super League club Huddersfield next year.