Game Day: Manly v Penrith [Round 14, 2016]

[Budgie]

I agree these guys were no good, but who do we replace these guys with? We are running out of players. We have more injuries than I have ever seen at Manly

Feleti Mateo for one.

 

[qldeagle]

Better kicking game and better options on their line

Are you kidding me. Shirley you can't be serious.

 

[damiennp90]

Cos I said we should hire Des, didn't I?
If Baz can't get his players to stick to a game plan isn't that his problem? And he doesn't have much of a game plan anyway, we're pretty awful in attack and got some lucky tries off lazy Penrith defense today. Were any of our tries set pieces?
He's ****. He may get better, but it doesn't seem like it. There was a better coach sitting on the hill at Brookie today.

Not arguing with you mate.

I think we should still have tooves. Cleary is a great coach.

But changing coach every year doesn't help. Ask parra.

And more importantly can the team afford it. We're in court all the time now days anyway. With no sponsor.

I've said on many coaches give them a few yearsbto get the team playing how they like. So I'll say it with Baz.

 

[COMMANDER]

Ahh, another DICE fan

 

[COMMANDER]

Are you kidding me. Shirley you can't be serious.

He is serious, and stop calling him Shirley.

 

[double hoops]

I would lay the blame firstly at players like Tafua, who stuffed up a play the ball after scoring; or Buhrer, who likes to give away penalties by holding down opponents. Something he has been doing for years.

In both instances Penrith went on to score.

That was a horrendous example of controlling the ruck. We pretty much couldn't hold the panthers in a tackle, lost the wrestle, what wrestle. We were rarely square at marker the entire game. We should have had way more penalties against us even in the first half.

I can't blame the players. Basics, areas of the game we have seen the same players dominate in the past. Our fitness given we had so much possession in the first half has to looked at. From the outside looking in The culture at the club Appears off.

Way more off then 12 months ago.

Freddie commented before the game we couldn't even be bothered to make the line in the practice drill. His 10 second assessment. A team who are allowed and will cut corners. We Lazy.

When push comes to shove. And the game was there to be won. Our players and the current culture proved Freddy to be correct.

 

[Dan]

That must have been one hell of a half time speech by Barrett!

Actually I commented to Archie on this very thing during the half time vision (no one else to talk to about it)
The body language of the team standing around Barrett whilst he was giving his speech was horrible, they all looked disinterested and distracted looking off at other things and not really focussed on him even though they were standing around him.

Either the team has a bad attitude problem, lacks leaders or they have no respect for Barrett

 

[Scorpio]

Freddie commented before the game we couldn't even be bothered to make the line in the practice drill. His 10 second assessment. A team who are allowed and will cut corners. We Lazy.

The team was doing 10-metre drills before the game and Brett Stewart was just slowly walking 1 metre back and forth.

For whatever reason he just looks like a complete passenger.

 

[Shoe1]

Home now. Bloody disappointing. The first 60 mins was exciting and enjoyable for a change. The last 20 was terrible. Manly crumbled, but Penrith were not going anything different to the first 60 - the change was manly's right side defence structure. Or lack of it. I suspect it coincided with Myles being back out there.

I don't know where Barrett will go from here. It was embarrassing.

 

[Mr Manly 007]

Can't defend, can't defend.

Over 30 missed tackles in second half alone .

 

[niccipops]

Oh. I have to be five for that? (puts teddy away)

I'm 35 and that's what I'll be doing.

I got my teddy too....and killed it.

 

[EaglesDontTweet]

Some irony in our team wearing the heritage jersey tonight.

 

[cherry_poppins]

Home now. Bloody disappointing. The first 60 mins was exciting and enjoyable for a change. The last 20 was terrible. Manly crumbled, but Penrith were not going anything different to the first 60 - the change was manly's right side defence structure. Or lack of it. I suspect it coincided with Myles being back out there.

I don't know where Barrett will go from here. It was embarrassing.

I hope it's centrelink

 

[highlandeagle]

Home now. Bloody disappointing. The first 60 mins was exciting and enjoyable for a change. The last 20 was terrible. Manly crumbled, but Penrith were not going anything different to the first 60 - the change was manly's right side defence structure. Or lack of it. I suspect it coincided with Myles being back out there.

I don't know where Barrett will go from here. It was embarrassing.

Hopefully back to St Merge,the team looks uncoached,undisciplined,unmotivated and unwilling. We are disgrace and it all stems from the coaching department. Barrett is green and out of his depth,Cartwright is useless,Seibold is a myth and a piece of storm scum.And most blame lies at the feet of Bozo the senile old fool for assembling this cabal of imposters.

 

[Terry Zarsoff]

Manly shut down when the sun set - that's the real problem.
NRL only gave us one afternoon game

That could be their new nickname...the Sundowners.

 

[CBreeagles]

Anyone watch the presser? Barrett looks lost and furious.

 

[Eagleheart]

Just got back home after being at the game......!

I will censor some of my comments and post something after I have settled down a bit actually after I have settled down a lot.

But what a ****ing joke that second half was. And there are several players who are simply not ****ing good enough and that includes the coach. Absolutely diabolical **** dished up yet again. How dare I get my hopes up to be bought down with a crashing thud. Our defence is a disgrace. But wait, we surely have to love this one fellow silvertails we have created the new 'no defence tackle'. Where we have players that just stop and look at the opposition and don't even attempt to tackle them when they have the ball. Un ****ing believable.

O.k. I must breathe now, I will post more later........!

 

[Dee Why Eagle]

Absolutely fn hopeless. Blame Tafua for this winning comfortably and he can't play the ball properly they score next set and haven't looked back

possibly, but nvertheless one of our best today

 

[nightster]

amongst other things we are unfit & we give up .... ie we are not Manly .... bring Manly back ... this is a team (including coaching staff) of imposters

 

[HoldenV8]

Wasn't Seibold dubbed the "Minister for Defence" before the season?

Fits, like any good government department they go missing when the tough questions are asked.