Post-Game Discussion Manly v Roosters [Round 2, 2024]

[frank stokes]

Truth be told we should have won that by a LOT more than just 7 points.

If we ever actually click ... damn we're going to be tough to stop.

But we did not get our head down @HoldenV8
In years gone by we get blown away after not converting on opportunities but we never let the rirters out of the grind today… our forwards should be massively proud of their efforts…

 

[Eagle 1]

Truth be told we should have won that by a LOT more than just 7 points.

If we ever actually click ... damn we're going to be tough to stop.

Try at least 13, Ola's no try was out of order.

 

[eagleron]

Truth be told we should have won that by a LOT more than just 7 points.

If we ever actually click ... damn we're going to be tough to stop.

Best start to a season for donkeys, I'm confident of our best season for a decade, these blokes are playing with heart

 

[eagleron]

Great win. We weren't winning any games against the "top teams" in 2021 but I'm confident we have the fitness and grit to win them now.

Can't wait for round 5

 

[BOZO]

FYI today is Garrick's 6th game at centre for us @BOZO

But you're right, he'll learn and improve.

The fact is it was not his 6th consecutive game at centre .
Round 25 last season against the warriors he played fullback
Momentum is only built on repetition

 

[DanielTurbo888]

A good old fashioned UGLY win against quality opposition. That win will keep us grounded. So much to like but also so much to work on. Huge game next week. If we learn from our mistakes this week we should be able to make it 3 from 3

 

[mickqld]

Defense pressured the rorters into errors. Well done Manly great win

 

[HK_Eagle]

You say that but he has 24 runs and 230 run metres according to nrl.com. Every team knows they have to cover Tom so he often gets marked out of the game.

I expected that. Tupou had about 170+ m himself in a team that hardly had the ball, and his game was pretty ordinary too.

Of course, I expect teams are often going to mark him up and blunt his impact, but his hands let him down a bit today. I know we scored that first try, but Turbo should have been taking that bomb and scoring himself. Dropped the ball a couple of times, threw an intercept, and also failed to defuse a fairly innocuous bomb to put pressure on the team at a crucial time. It was far from his best, which bodes well for us if we can win with both he and DCE having ordinary games.

 

[BOZO]

Our Manly Win Today was a gutsy Win The Manly way
So proud of all the boys
The Manly Winning Momentum is on our side
Bring on our next Victims

 

[DanielTurbo888]

Roosters made 19 errors thanks to our relentless up in their faces defence

 

[HoldenV8]

Try at least 13, Ola's no try was out of order.

Add in the 2 Brooks didn't score. At least.

Get that far ahead and who knows if the flood gates would have opened??

 

[frank stokes]

The fact is it was not his 6th consecutive game at centre .
Round 25 last season against the warriors he played fullback
Momentum is only built on repetition

I thought sandwich was very very good today… defensively he stood up and his runs out of our own end were excellent…

 

[Eagle 1]

Best start to a season for donkeys, I'm confident of our best season for a decade, these blokes are playing with heart

And with Lodge, Sipley and Saab to come back in over 4 or 5 weeks it's all looking dandy.

 

[Super Manly Bros]

Our Manly Win Today was a gutsy Win The Manly way
So proud of all the boys
The Manly Winning Momentum is on our side
Bring on our next Victims

Will be the eels with a backline the super league would laugh at. The speed you mention will be on full display and im tipping us 13+

Go Manly

 

[Tragic Eagle]

The score flattered the roosters.

 

[LeonardCohen]

As much as the defensive reads down Garrick’s edge were a problem, it’s a very isolated concern in our defence. The contact and intent of our line won us the game today, not our attack. That’s a great sign. We won the middle and tired the Roosters out, nullifying their attack. They barely had the ball in our 20 all match because we did all the basics well. Completed our yardage sets (our mistakes were mostly using the ball in attacking zones), kicked long, chased hard and cramped the Chooks in their own end.

 

[HK_Eagle]

Wow, how times have changed. Vossy just mentioning the "immaculate surface" at 4 pines this afternoon...

 

[Rackets]

Great to see the new boys Brookes, Brown, Talau and to some extent Paulo fitting in well and playing well especially this early on in the season. Still a few errors but as time goes on will only improve. The Manly Way starting to flow in their blood. We'll played by all today 👏

 

[HoldenV8]

The fact is it was not his 6th consecutive game at centre .
Round 25 last season against the warriors he played fullback
Momentum is only built on repetition

Its his first time regularly playing centre since 2018 for the Dragons in NSW Cup. And the transition from wing to centre is not as easy as some of us think.

He'll own that No.4 jumper.

 

[Eagle 1]

Add in the 2 Brooks didn't score. At least.

Get that far ahead and who knows if the flood gates would have opened??

Brooks looks so threatening with the ball against tiring forwards, what a weapon he is.