Post-Game Discussion Manly V Titans [Round 20, 2024]

[Top End Eagle]

The game is 80 minutes long, if we win then no one will care that we were losing in the 30th minute...

That's solid logi

They have to find a negative somewhere to hone in on , and today it was the captain who in hindsight probably shouldn’t have played.

I agree he wasn’t great , but there was no thought for how he’d be after Wednesday

Yeah I'd love to see them even get out of bed today after tackling Angus Creighton for eighty minutes on Wednesday.

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

They are showing some spirit these boys , think we should be very proud of them.

Loads of injuries , next man steps up and does the job.

Reckon we are going to be in the finals this year, can’t see us winning but we’ll have a crack.

 

[NREagle]

Two convincing wins in a row.

We will miss Hopoate next week.

We should have Haumole at 11 (after the bye) and Lawton at 12. More threatening either edge. And stronger defence too. Really impressed with Lawton's work.

And I really like the difference Jake Simpkin has made to our side.

Our attack is flowing.

And our defence is improving.

Byes aside, we now have scored the third most points in the competition.

And we have conceded the sixth least points.

Building nicely.

Go Manly.

 

[Forster eagle]

Where have all the Lawton and Burbo critics gone

 

[The '47ers]

 

[ManlyTragic]

Where have all the Lawton and Burbo critics gone

They are still here…. But they are lost for words!

Just sayin’

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

They are still here…. But they are lost for words!

Just sayin’

Nah they are bitching in the dark mode

 

[Ron E. Gibbs]

Nah they are bitching in the dark mode

Is that still a thing?

Most pleasing thing for me today, apart from another good boost to the points differential, was the defence on the line in the second half. Holding out the Titans for multiple attacking sets was great to see. The start was shaky as hell, but once we started holding onto the ball we put the pressure back on the Titans and… they wilted. Gee, hasn't Des turned them around?

 

[Wombat64]

Nah they are bitching in the dark mode

Seriously, WTF is your problem? You don't like negativity here and then when you don't see it you still complain? WTF? Actually The Dark Mode is all positive .......

 

[Smokin Joe]

Thought Erin Clark was a standout for the Tits.Ex hooker,moved to a part time middle role at lock last year and thought he was great for them today at prop.
Des has done a good job with him this year.

 

[Dion Johnson]

Despite the points scored the positive was to keep the Titans to 8, some good efforts in the second 40 where the Titans had plenty of ball in the red zone.

Turbo building in form brilliantly up until the Knights game his season was below par, hopefully this is the start of something like 2021 Turbo!!!!!

 

[The Royal Soup]

that game was a cream dream for me!

I’m delighted!

Well done all
players and Manly!

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

Seriously, WTF is your problem? You don't like negativity here and then when you don't see it you still complain? WTF? Actually The Dark Mode is all positive .......

Don’t see it , WTF you talking about , read the game day thread !!

 

[Wombat64]

Don’t see it , WTF you talking about , read the game day thread !!

Mark from Brisbane said:
Nah they are bitching in the dark mode

 

[Eagle 1]

Oh boy, even that final pass of the game from DCE… a day to forget. I don’t think I’ve seen him play worse than that… EVER.

Give him a break HK, good to see us get up even without Ola, Koula and a down on form DCE.

 

[Wombat64]

Mark from Brisbane said:
Nah they are bitching in the dark mode

We aren't .... we are riding the highs and the lows of watching a footy team and typing **** that often looks stupid 10 minutes later. Mate have you never watched a game of footy and cursed player X only for them to shove it up your arse 10 minutes later? That is all the Dark Mode is about ..... freedom to get frustrated about a missed tackle or dropped ball without being labelled "negative" by you and your cronies...... The "Dark Mode" thread today is a happy place.......

 

[The '47ers]

Where have all the Lawton and Burbo critics gone

I'm still here, Lawton's fine but Bent doesn't make our strongest 17. We'll see how he goes against the Roosters next week. He's my most disliked player so he's got 29 in front of him to climb.

 

[AndWeDon'tCare]

One name - Brian Kelly.

Without a doubt, that was one of the worst performances of his career and he has had his fair share of poor games.

I've never understood the "love" with this player and I feel there are far more "rocks" than "diamonds" in many of his games.

He's having a tough year.

 

[Eagle 1]

One name - Brian Kelly.

Without a doubt, that was one of the worst performances of his career and he has had his fair share of poor games.

I've never understood the "love" with this player and I feel there are far more "rocks" than "diamonds" in many of his games.

He's having a tough year.

We didn't give him anything to go on with. Completely shut him out today.

 

[Nordburg]

I'm still here, Lawton's fine but Bent doesn't make our strongest 17. We'll see how he goes against the Roosters next week. He's my most disliked player so he's got 29 in front of him to climb.

Each to their own.But he adds value with his ability to play back row and centre,as evidenced by today’s performance.They’ve struggled in the past when an outside back gets injured and the likes of Waddell or Gosiewski have moved out wide.Given his age and the development years he’s missed,I believe there’s a lot of up side to him