Game Day: Manly v Roosters [Round 9, 2018]

[Harvies elbow]

Did Poo get on the field or just get splinters?

Didn't see him.
But that doesn't mean he didn't play.

 

[Simonmyers11]

Yeah. Twenty instructed Tom Turbo to drop balls, pass balls forward, be out of position defensively. . .
Give yourself an uppercut. This loss was not the result of poor coaching, it's just 3-4 of our players are not up to standard.

Exactly. Most of the team played well. Wright and Tommy had shockers

 

[The Royal Soup]

Barrett is a ****ing myth

 

[fLIP]

Do we actually have a coach??? Because our team has absolutely no idea wtf they're doing. I am bewildered.

There's beating a dead horse and then there is your comment.

Have you seen what our club has endured so far this season?

We just went toe to toe with the league's biggest cap cheats and just about snagged a win.

Give kudos where it's earned. If our coach was **** we don't even have a chance today.

 

[Loobs]

The guys just look tired as well. I’m sure training and playing and then having all that negativity clouding everything you do is tiresome. They need the rep break to refresh.

 

[Ron E. Gibbs]

As much as the refereeing didn't do us any favours, we lost another game we should have won purely and simply on the back of our own mistakes. The forwards were great - ran hard and tackled hard all game. Jake and Marty were outstanding. And we looked a lot better without Croker on the field. Happy for Jake to be doing the ball playing and Dylan the running - they split the role very well. Still not happy with DCE's last-tackle options but he ran well and tried hard.
But Tommy's dropped balls killed us. Honestly, I thought Barrett should have hooked him just to drive home the point that he's not performing anywhere near the standard of a first-grade fullback. He needs a reality check, or maybe a week or two to get his ankle right.
And why did we stop taking the gift two points when we were behind by six and eight? One or two of those and we would have at least taken the game to golden point.

 

[TimmyQ]

You would have to say.
Our fullback did have a shocker.
But all you ask for is effort and today we can say we got that.
They can hold their heads up.

Wouldn't mind a bit of execution and a heap less school boy errors

 

[Dan]

Ladbrokes pay out if your team scores the first 2 tries, luckily every inown just increased by 3.75

 

[Haliaeetus]

Hope nobody thinks that was a good performance. The roosters were awful tonight. We had all the ball and couldn't put anything together.

that's cos our pack put it to them.
i think it was a good battle of the forwards, with manly having the slight upper hand

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

Pretty proud of our team today. Those players have let us, and more importantly themselves down in recent weeks. Something must have changed during the week. When you can see the boys trying. Hurting when they make a mistake. Having some passion. How could you not be screaming and cheering on our boys today.

Agree mate, lots of mistakes , but gee they tried hard didn’t they!!

 

[Cliffymagic]

Is it the way turbos been coached??? Cause he is goin downhill fast. What happened to his amazing attack....

 

[midsteyne]

Liking Suli and Paseka,big future for them.

 

[Bird of Prey]

Situation doesn’t allow it but Tom needs a rest , sad to see his body language today. The team tried hard you couldn’t bag that effort but things just aren’t going our way and less said about the officials the better. Keep going lads we will get there , Manly forever.

 

[highlandeagle]

Sack the whole coaching staff, terrible team selection and bench rotation. Why have 4 on the bench if you don't use them. Barrett is beyond a joke he is a dead set f@#$wit! !! Blood the youth now. Suli was great, why not give Funa and wright a go? Why have Frank on the bench? Dead set what does he have to offer? Why start with both Addin and Marty? Our left edge attack is not existent. Give Tom a spell in reggies and bring back Hastings. Give yourself an upper cut pretty boy. Our only hope is if someone loosens your wheel nuts.

 

[nightster]

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Then the create Thread is on top right

We are all in suspense as to your secret topic

I clucked my avatar ... but I forgot what I was so worked up about 3 hours ago !!

 

[eaglebuzz]

At least our last 2 losses have been narrow and the effort has been there.

We may just avoid the spoon yet.

 

[TimmyQ]

Whats that - like our fourth or fifth loss on the trot and now half of u are talking like TB... 'Tried hard, gutsy effort .' We are not the Titans ffs we are Manly. We won the penalties 12-7 ffs. Had heaps of good field possession and couldn't ice it. Our completion rate was atrocious as was our composure. Those of u that think that was a satisfying performance clearly don't remember what an outstanding team we used to be. They might have tried hard , but they failed against a star studded team of duds that played with few clues themselves.

 

[The Who]

Is it the way turbos been coached??? Cause he is goin downhill fast. What happened to his amazing attack....

Again, a negative coach call. Give it a rest. To blame the coach for schoolboy errors is childish. Why not give Twenty some credit for galvanising the team into a competitive one, especially given that we have several reserve graders having to be selected because of injuries.

 

[grassy]

We dug in deep but our ball control was the worse I have seen from us. The roosters did not play that well either. We really have to go back to footy school and learn either how to catch a ball or at least hold on to one. Such simple errors and that’s why I say we will be fighting to stay away from the bottom 4 this year.God help us when we play a side that is on their game.I am trying to stay positive but can only see wounded feet.We have certainly done our share of shooting ourselves in the foot.Thats been the only thing we have been consistent with.

 

[GrahamHughesHairHat]

All the better teams have attacking plays they obviously practice and get results
We from 10 out have zero plays and zero ideas just hit up with forwards and we look impotent