Game Day: Manly v Penrith [Round 20, 2018]

[HoldenV8]

No. It wasn't. It said to the team that they are so useless, that 18 points isn't enough. As opposed to telling them you have confidence in them to score. Basic psychology right there.

Bingo.

GO FOR THE THROAT

 

[HK_Eagle]

Going for goal was the right call. Shouldnt have missed it... then those 2 knockons leading to try swung momentum. But we still should of won. Piss poor last 10min.

Completely disagree. You have to look at our performances this year and take into account we are hot and cold and easily leak points. More importantly, this modern game is all about momentum. The only time going for two would have been justified would be to wind down the clock because we are near the end or a player is in the bin. The negative decision has never worked for us once. We rely on uptempo high energy football. Why shoot ourselves in the foot by killing our own momentum? Sorry, for me it's just a dumb negative decision.

 

[The Royal Soup]

Did u miss Franks big 3 retarded minutes

Yeah super coach move

 

[davohan123]

@Mark from Brisbane hope you enjoyed your fishing much better than watching us play today.
That was tough to watch

 

[Fluffy]

900k fullback can't catch, has 3 tries to his name, and tries to play like a halfback in attack???
wow....

or tackle, just has no feel for the game and plays dumb.

 

[Shells Eagles]

Absolutely feel gutted.

 

[Kevinward777]

3 actually. Brad Parker, the most useless twat in history, ran in off his wing, took no one and they scored. From there it snowballed.

Bradley Parker??? Surely not... the kid is all heart, he tries so hard...

 

[bob dylan]

Why was Fainu taken off ..... thats when the game changed!!

That my friend is a question only one man can answer.

 

[robbiea]

And who was the descenter ?
My moneys on our biggest meathead Walker ,although Jake looked like he was in the vicinity(but Im turning a blind eye for him)

 

[HK_Eagle]

It was 15 mins. But i get your point. We didn't deserve to lose that, outplayed them for most of the match then stopped playing and couldn't regain any momentum

Nope, check the game sheet. Mansour's try at 67 minute and Cleary's last conversion at 75 minute (and Cleary took up some extra time with that last conversion).

 

[Volley]

No. It wasn't. It said to the team that they are so useless, that 18 points isn't enough. As opposed to telling them you have confidence in them to score. Basic psychology right there.

Especially when your goal kicker is mediocre at best.

 

[Jigzkiller]

Winterstien came on 68th min Left the field 73rd min They scored 3 tries while he was on

 

[niccipops]

I think that even feels worse than last week.

 

[HoldenV8]

And who was the descenter ?
My moneys on our biggest meathead Walker ,although Jake looked like he was in the vicinity(but Im turning a blind eye for him)

At least one of them cared enough to be pissed off about the knock-on call when it was stripped like a 2AM show in Kings Cross.

 

[Pepi]

Bradley Parker??? Surely not... the kid is all heart, he tries so hard...

Mate.. From what I recall apart from that miss he was pretty safe.
There were many other poor players out there including Tom T (on 10x the $).

 

[Kevinward777]

Surely now time for Suli and Parker to be dropped.

Suli played well I thought and I think like Brian Kelly, he’ll keep developing. But as far as Tangles goes... I’d be much happier to see him pursuing his football dream in the Nsw Cup. That missed tackle coming in off the wing was inexcusable... dumb dumb play from a perpetually average player.

 

[Spartan Eagle]

I dont know if anyone else noticed ,but one of the reasons we lost is -We have meatheads like Kapow celebrating & doing hand signs when we still have (F@#$ing) 2o mins left on the clock..

He still thinks we're a chance to win the comp..

 

[XV-1]

Nope, turning point was the knock on into toms shoulder then it all went pear shaped. The score a few tackles later and the dumb players do what dumb players do.

Agree. How come nobody saw that knock on?
We would have won if we got the ball like we should have.

 

[HoldenV8]

If Parker had stayed on his wing instead of rushing up to take Blake and all but missing him, he might have had a chance to stop Mansour. As it was he was allowed to stroll over untouched because his opposite had stuffed up.

 

[Fluffy]

3 actually. Brad Parker, the most useless twat in history, ran in off his wing, took no one and they scored. From there it snowballed.

Slowed Suli's player down enough for Walker to get to him and force a great pass otherwise straight in without the need for a final pass.