Game Day: Manly V Sharks [Round 27, 2024]

[EOL now nesting on the GC]

I think we look better with young Hoppa at the back. Nothing against Koula but hoppa is a smart player that reads the game so well.

 

[XV-1]

Rip into them Siebs

His first sentence at half time will be "I'm proud of you guys "

 

[Disco]

Few dummy's out of the cot in here but all in all I think its been a pretty good game.

Gee for mine is the No1 ref in the game, amazes me he didnt get Origin.

We started strong but Sharks have been winning the ruck and playing fast through the middle. Unpopular opinion but I think we have been quite good defensively.

I think our issue has been too many silly errors and penalties gifting them field position.

All to play for, if we want Brookie next week, lets get at it lads!!!

 

[dowdz]

We just seem slow. Whether this is to do with all the defending or not I don't know. Ruck seems very slow when we have the ball

 

[Uber Eagle 72]

The second half will test the character of the team. Only 8 points downs and playing at Brookie with have every reason to win! No excuses. It’s time to stand up.

 

[LeonardCohen]

As I feared , no Turbo our attack is disjointed. Not working hard in defense and too many dumb errors.

The attack is not the problem mate. We are losing the ruck in defence. After Brown gave away that stupid penalty, we touched the ball once in ten minutes and that equals fatigue. Since that period of fatigue, we couldn’t get any line speed. DCE and Brooks both kicked long to rescue the situation but the Sharks are a good side and still marched the ball downfield…you have to manage possession against a side with the speed that Cronulla have.

If we can get an even share of possession in the second half, we are still a chance.

 

[Simonmyers11]

They look too fast and too fit for us.

This will test us out.

I feel its because we have gifted them field position and territory.

Not the best game from manly so far, a lot of silly penalties and errors. We are already without our most dominant player, need to cut out the mistakes to get back in this

 

[Dion Johnson]

Seibold needs to get Tent and Lodge back on, no punch or yardage coming from Brown, Alioia and Jake.

 

[HK_Eagle]

Yeah, there’s lots of things going wrong… but, IMO it boils down to one thing. Playing with discipline and ensuring we are not inviting the Sharks for easy opportunities. It’s really as simple as that. We have the potential talent to towelup these Sharks, but we lack the mental fortitude.

 

[Eagle 1]

If we let their momentum continue we’ll be in trouble. Need some good sustained attack and ball control here

Let's see what the first 10min will bring, we've been in these sort of situations before.

 

[LeonardCohen]

We just seem slow. Whether this is to do with all the defending or not I don't know. Ruck seems very slow when we have the ball

Yes, fatigue. We were winning the middle until Brown gave away the dumb penalty and the Sharks were good enough to control the ball and fatigue our middle.

 

[EagleFromMay1967]

We look tired , spent, gassed, unfit by comparison.
Storm Panfers GF. Chooks will give too many injuries excuse. What excuse can MWSE offer up? There isn't one.

 

[Top End Eagle]

DCE that one is on you.

Tsk tsk.

Side note, Brailey is a bloody good footballer

Didn't exactly see a certain centre out there who should have moved back into the space instead of being at marker.

 

[Simonmyers11]

What another wasted game. We were all over them early and just refused to play with any discipline. It’s the same yo-yo $hit that makes us Manly unfortunately.

Started with good intent, but too many dumb mistakes which you cannot give to a good attacking side like the sharks

 

[Ron E. Gibbs]

Just really poor defence all over the park. Starts with the lazy ruck defence, nobody at marker, Brailey picking it every time, then continues with missed tackles and offloads ahoy-hoy. Been our problem all season and I guess it's too late to fix it now. But we can help ourselves out by holding onto the ball. Start with the basics and work from there.

 

[Disco]

I’ll say it till I’m blue in the face. We are a nothing team without turbo. Always will be. Every other club doesn’t fall off as hard as we do with ONE player out. We also need a proper hooker. Brailey has killed us through the middle with his quick runs. Why does this coach and club never learn.

Brailey is a great lil player

 

[DieHardManlyFan]

Let's see what the first 10min will bring, we've been in these sort of situations before.

Good opportunity to change the way the last couple of times ended up. It will be nice to see us recover the momentum from a game after having the cards stacked against up before finals. Come on manly

 

[Chunkytuna]

We just seem slow. Whether this is to do with all the defending or not I don't know. Ruck seems very slow when we have the ball

It stems from Croker. I’m sorry but he is spent. We’ll never win because of him, it’s always in spite of him. Compare braily with him. Chalk and cheese.

 

[XV-1]

If the sharks continue to play like the first half, we r no hope.
If the sharks play like this in the semis, they will make the grand final.

No real big deal if we lose, we just need to be competitive and close to the Sharks.
We will beat the dogs wherever we play them.

 

[Disco]

The reffing of the ruck has been killing us. That penalty against Brown for cuddling the kicker was woeful as well.

Disagree, that was foolishness from Brown.

I'm all for the tough guy routine but be smart.