Post-Game Discussion Manly v Storm [Round 16, 2022]

[Damien2812]

Something is seriously wrong with our attitude in the last 5 minutes of games. It's comical and embarrassing to be giving away simple errors which lead to tries. Even the captain who suppose to lead by example adds to this woeful ending of games. It's time for Jake to take over captaincy.

 

[Snake]

Daly was a big reason we were able to leak four tries in ten minutes and still win the game so I’m not gonna worry about it.

 

[The Royal Soup]

The last 10 minutes of that game is everything wrong with this football side at present.

sure is!!!

PATHETIC

 

[The Royal Soup]

And that last 10min is why we won’t make the 8

 

[Under the Sticks]

He needs to play for Blacktown. He sat on the pine for an hour and came out with less energy than the guys that had toiled for the full duration. There’s no excuse for that.

Also, anyone saying his lack of fitness, lack of enthusiasm, lack of anything, is Hasler’s fault...let me remind you...this is professional sport and you earn your stripes. His potential doesn’t mean anything.

He could have come out and dug in and forced Dessie’s hand. Instead he came out and vindicated his coach’s decision to sit him on the bench for most of the match.

Apparently he has been sick all week according to channel 9.

Doesn’t excuse his 5m false start

 

[40 nil]

He could have come out and dug in and forced Dessie’s hand. Instead he came out and vindicated his coach’s decision to sit him on the bench for most of the match.

The commentators mentioned that Schuster had been ill the last couple of days and there was doubt whether he would be able to play.

 

[hozza]

Where are the punters -

I had a $20 multi at $15

Manly to win
Koula to score a try
Total match points over 43.

Had $10 on-
Manly 1-12
Koula to score 1st,2nd or 3rd try
Saab anytime try.
$510 return😉

Apologies to @Lyonstomenzies for jinxing you.

Still disappointed not to smash the Storm though..

 

[47MVEagle]

We beat them in every facet of the game.

Yes the last 10-15 minutes was squeaky bum time but we won.

Happy that the rapid fall off in the last 10-15 minutes wil be addressed.

Now we get a bye to rest & recover.

 

[Dee Why Eagle]

This talk of Storm being off their game was only due to Manly's superb defence. Could not have asked for more... then the last 7 or so minutes.
Hopefully we have a great base to build on and not fall away from.

Time will tell

 

[Pepi]

He needs to play for Blacktown. He sat on the pine for an hour and came out with less energy than the guys that had toiled for the full duration. There’s no excuse for that.

Also, anyone saying his lack of fitness, lack of enthusiasm, lack of anything, is Hasler’s fault...let me remind you...this is professional sport and you earn your stripes. His potential doesn’t mean anything.

He could have come out and dug in and forced Dessie’s hand. Instead he came out and vindicated his coach’s decision to sit him on the bench for most of the match.

I agree he has been poor, but channel 9 commentators said he has been sick all week and probably shouldn't be playing. Needs some time to in reserve grade to work on the basics.

 

[HK_Eagle]

Daly was a big reason we were able to leak four tries in ten minutes and still win the game so I’m not gonna worry about it.

Well, we aint winning any premiership if thats the standard you accept. No point being brilliant in moments if you also allow that sort of garbage.

 

[Snake]

He is the laziest most entitled prick I have seen. at least the sualis and walkers get stuck in. I would happily let the bludger go based on what i've seen so far

He’s a nice kid, good person...but...not performing to a fg standard. Does he want a successful career? If so, he needs to train hard and run, run, run, until he is shape.

You know, there’s been many, many conversations about Schuster’s best position over the years on this forum. I’ve always wanted him in the forwards. A few good development coaches wanted him the forwards too. The concern was always that playing him at 6 in the juniors was going to hurt his development, and it has.

He needed to learn to play dirty and do the 1%ers well. Instead, he learned to do all the flashy stuff against kids, and now he’s playing against adults and that crap doesn’t work for ya.

 

[Terry Zarsoff]

Jake was still filthy when he got to the bench and the three other players there were laughing at him.It was a funny moment but it sums up his attitude and the rest of the team

Not sure who was on the bench but that could be the difference between a Manly junior, as opposed to a pack of blow-ins from western Sydney, with no cultural affinity (when they were growing up) with the Manly-Warringah district and our team. Jake is an inheritor of the mindset of great Manly forwards of the past like Bull, Randall, Krilich or Vautin.

Or am I reading too much into this? They were looking at a big winning margin at that point.

Shows we cannot afford to rest him again between now and September.

 

[Tongan Eagle]

Imagine if Pappy scored a length of the field try 😳

I literally felt sick once he kicked that ball 🤢

 

[Pepi]

Not sure who was on the bench, but that could be the difference between a Manly junior and a pack of blow-ins from western Sydney, with no cultural affinity (when they were growing up) with the Manly-Warringah district and our team.

Or am I reading to much into this? They were looking at a big winning margin at that point.

Shows we cannot afford to rest him again between now and September.

His younger brother Ben was one of them!

 

[HK_Eagle]

He’s a nice kid, good person...but...not performing to a fg standard. Does he want a successful career? If so, he needs to train hard and run, run, run, until he is shape.

You know, there’s been many, many conversations about Schuster’s best position over the years on this forum. I’ve always wanted him in the forwards. A few good development coaches wanted him the forwards too. The concern was always that playing him at 6 in the juniors was going to hurt his development, and it has.

He needed to learn to play dirty and do the 1%ers well. Instead, he learned to do all the flashy stuff against kids, and now he’s playing against adults and that crap doesn’t work for ya.

Completely agree. I don't mean to disparage the person, it's his play that attracts my ire. It is so sad to think how we may have screwed his potential.

 

[Snake]

Well, we aint winning any premiership if thats the standard you accept. No point being brilliant in moments if you also allow that sort of garbage.

The part that upsets me a bit, is I was worried what the Cowboys game would do psychologically to our players. When we were up 36-12, I was happy that it appeared it would be a once off and we’d put it behind us. That it’s happened again, kinda concretes the psychological damage of that Cowboys game.

 

[XV-1]

He needs to play for Blacktown. He sat on the pine for an hour and came out with less energy than the guys that had toiled for the full duration. There’s no excuse for that.

Also, anyone saying his lack of fitness, lack of enthusiasm, lack of anything, is Hasler’s fault...let me remind you...this is professional sport and you earn your stripes. His potential doesn’t mean anything.

He could have come out and dug in and forced Dessie’s hand. Instead he came out and vindicated his coach’s decision to sit him on the bench for most of the match.

I am beginning to agree with you if he hands out that crap every time he comes on.

 

[Terry Zarsoff]

His younger brother Ben was one of them!

Damn it. There goes my theory.

 

[Snake]

I am beginning to agree with you if he hands out that crap every time he comes on.

He’s such a nice kid and I don’t like saying it. I wanna see him succeed but geez the forum is an excuse-a-thon for Josh and sooner or later we gotta face the facts...he’s not performing.