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

[HappilyManly]

I liked what I saw from Suli.

I was hoping he would be used more like Jorge and bring the ball back from restarts

 

[Ron E. Gibbs]

Absolutely spot on analysis Kiwi.
Gee I wish we had Radley in our team. He proved that it was the size of the heart in the man that counts.

Boo to Radley. Yes, he made a great tackle on Walker close to the line. But as soon as Mitchell (I think) came from nowhere to flop in on the tackle and hold him down, it should have been another penalty to Manly. Perenara seemed to forget that with all the backslapping from the Roosters going on…

 

[Jerry1]

I'm happy with that performance, forwards went forward , backs were short just one more cog, and we would have had a good machine running, couple of ref decisions and 50/50 s but all in all a good game , finally I'm not gutted after a game..

btw, credit to Taupau, I have been critical of him of late but a good game today..

It's sad when we come to accept mediocre.

 

[KNUCKLES]

Couldn’t care less what he is on and he is worth every cent but mentally he isn’t right anyway because of our problems it won’t happen.

So Tom wright or funa then?? Big call

 

[malroon]

It's sad when we come to accept mediocre.

I agree, but they didn't drop there bundle they fought to the end, that's what I'm proud of..!!

 

[smithy]

Lanes 1 on 1 miss on JWH was very ordinary. Way too many dropped balls and mistakes. Was a poor quality game by both teams. Can’t believe with professional athletes who train full time there are so many forward passes for both sides

 

[damiennp90]

It's the second week in a row that we've won every stat under the sun

400 more meters. 13 fewer mis tackles. 57-43 possession. 6-3 line breaks. More penaltys.

Yet still manage to loose. Soo frustrating

 

[Tomay]

Goal line defence is still also an issue. It’s probably somewhat a attributable to our injuries in the backline and second row which makes it hard to cohesively defend as a unit, but still we need to do better. We were lucky the chooks didn’t throw much at us.

 

[Clay]

Today is the very first time in 22 years of supporting Manly that I wasnt angry/upset/disappointed we lost, there was just a sense of calm. It wss the first time I have ever tipped against Manly. I didn't yell at the ref for dodgey calls, or at the same culprits when a ball was dropped. I didn't care TB use of interchange was questionable.

I was just happy we didn't get flogged and it was a close game. I actually feel really contempt with this.

The team has hit Rock bottom in my opinion so the only way is up.

Here's to hoping we don't get flogged next week

 

[Sue]

Lanes 1 on 1 miss on JWH was very ordinary. Way too many dropped balls and mistakes. Was a poor quality game by both teams. Can’t believe with professional athletes who train full time there are so many forward passes for both sides

Yep. Efffort was better but the standard of the game overall was ordinary in comparison to a lot of the other clashes involving the top sides.. Neither team will frighten anyone.

It’s funny though. Some of these lower standard tight games with errors and ordinary defence can be entertaining simply due to them being unpredictable.I found it entertaining despite the result. We are at least 4 quality players short of the top sides.

 

[Spartan Eagle]

In terms of the basics, nothing has changed. Too many dropped balls, stupid play the balls and back chatting. We made the Roosters look better than they are. That aside, at least this week we put up a little struggle before bending over.

 

[Bird of Prey]

It's sad when we come to accept mediocre.

Or we can just pick up on the negatives and bag the **** out of them.

 

[Mitch]

Lanes 1 on 1 miss on JWH was very ordinary. Way too many dropped balls and mistakes. Was a poor quality game by both teams. Can’t believe with professional athletes who train full time there are so many forward passes for both sides

I thought the same re: Lane. Looks like he did cop the usual LWH elbow to the head in the lead up.

 

[highlandeagle]

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.

Because he is an L pated tosser thats why. Not blooding youth ( Funa & wright ).Having Frank on the bench when he could include Sipley. Look how good Paseka and Suli was. Our year is over time to blood some youth, sign them up to smaller contracts now for the sake of the salary cap. Have the foresight to drop Brown and Mat Wright. Mix up the front row rotatation.Time to bring back Hastings and to justify it all how good do we look without Croker? Barrett is a flog and his end can't come quick enough !!

 

[Ron E. Gibbs]

I thought the same re: Lane. Looks like he did cop the usual LWH elbow to the head in the lead up.

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Yeah, saw that at the time and wondered if that was why he fell off. It was a shame, really, because aside from that elbow-induced mistake, he was great today. Good runs, good offloads, good defence. He's really earned his place in the team.

 

[highlandeagle]

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

Yeah we look like the Bulldogs thanks to Barrett and the coaching brains trust.

 

[double hoops]

The team looked more balanced today. Walker didn't play 5/8 in attack only in defence. Tom played 5/8 in attack. Moving forward I think it's a good move. He didn't cope with it all today. But he is on as much as DCE and needs to earn his pay packet. But I do think Tom at 6 in attack probably is the way to go. I'd still making inquiries about Carney if I was Trent. But we can build off today.

 

[marga]

Thought we played with much more heart today, just too many silly mistakes. There were some odd calls against us but that's no excuse. Anyway I'm off to Brisbane to watch them next week and hoping for a win.

 

[BOZO]

From our past 5 loses the positive thing to come out of todays games was we played with a fighting spirit . We hung in their until the end . We also hung our selves with poor options , poor play and poor team selections . Today we played with guts but guts alone wont get you there unless you have an affective spine . Today our fullback was again not anywhere near his elite expectations and our world class centre is not an organizer he is a road runner and teams Know this which makes our attack predicable . Dylan the dynamic road runner looked like an extra centre out there today .

 

[malroon]

In terms of the basics, nothing has changed. Too many dropped balls, stupid play the balls and back chatting. We made the Roosters look better than they are. That aside, at least this week we put up a little struggle before bending over.

Bit of perspective, Rorters are on the 3rd line of betting $7.50 to win GF, we are $101 , we done good..!!!