Pre-Game Manly v Warriors [Round 13, 2022]

[Ryan]

Well, my team would be:

01. Tolu Koula
02. Jason Saab
03. Morgan Harper
04. Christian Tuipulotu
05. Reuben Garrick
06. Kaeo Weekes
07. Kieran Foran
08. Josh Aloiai
09. Karl Lawton
10. Taniela Paseka
11. Haumole Olakau'atu
12. Josh Schuster
13. Jake Trbojevic

14. Dylan Walker (if fit) OR Croker
15. Marty Taupau
16. Sean Keppie
17. Andrew Davey

 

[Terry Zarsoff]

Confirmation just in that DCE has been picked for G1SOO.

 

[Son of Manly Beach]

Not sure if I agree with the betting odds for this one. We're $1.65 and the warriors $2.25, two out of form teams, it really is a flip of a coin

the line's only 3.5 so not much in it really. Not even a try

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

Love the optimism on here , hope you’re all a better judge than @Ryan and myself.

We might win the next game ( might ) but very unlikely to win the three after that.

14th possible, more likely 12th as right at the end of the season when it means absolutely **** all we’ll start winning a few.

 

[Ryan]

Love the optimism on here , hope you’re all a better judge than @Ryan and myself.

We might win the next game ( might ) but very unlikely to win the three after that.

14th possible, more likely 12th as right at the end of the season when it means absolutely **** all we’ll start winning a few.

No signings next season, apart from Tuilagi, which honestly, is more of the same (slow play-the-balls, no impact, no metres, inconsistent) - but he'll fit right in. Oh, and losing the one spark from the bench in Walker. And our best half in Foran. And the forward who historically made more metres on average per season than any other in Taupau.

Great recruitment crusher, Des, Fulton and Warwick.

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

No signings next season, apart from Tuilagi, which honestly, is more of the same (slow play-the-balls, no impact, no metres, inconsistent) - but he'll fit right in. Oh, and losing the one spark from the bench in Walker. And our best half in Foran. And the forward who historically made more metres on average per season than any other in Taupau.

Great recruitment crusher, Des, Fulton and Warwick.

Yep , nothing will change in 2023, just more of the same.

Tommy Tissue will be back , might make a small difference for the 5 games he’ll play.

No Look will the 5/8 ( cause his manager said so ) , who knows might work but probably not.

 

[BOZO]

No signings next season, apart from Tuilagi, which honestly, is more of the same (slow play-the-balls, no impact, no metres, inconsistent) - but he'll fit right in. Oh, and losing the one spark from the bench in Walker. And our best half in Foran. And the forward who historically made more metres on average per season than any other in Taupau.

Great recruitment crusher, Des, Fulton and Warwick.

It is great recruitment by Des Fulton and Warwick
Who have secured some of the brightest young talent in the game to make our future bright
Koula
Shuster
Olakau'atu
Tuipulotu
We also have also secured other great young players like Humphreys ,and Fainus brilliant brother just to name a few , There are a lot of great young players coming up at Manly

The moral of the story
What we see depends mainly what we look for
Look for positives at Manly and you will find them Feathered friend Ryan

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

Look for positives at Manly and you will find them Feathered friend Ryan

Lol - pretty small but I think I may have spotted one!

 

[Ryan]

It is great recruitment by Des Fulton and Warwick
Who have secured some of the brightest young talent in the game to make our future bright
Koula
Shuster
Olakau'atu
Tuipulotu
We also have also secured other great young players like Humphreys ,and Fainus brilliant brother just to name a few , There are a lot of great young players coming up at Manly

The moral of the story
What we see depends mainly what we look for
Look for positives at Manly and you will find them Feathered friend Ryan

Every club has up-and-coming players @BOZO - the trick is to find one's that make a difference in first grade. Most clubs are blooding their rookies, like us, yet it's us that are the one's tumbling down the ladder.

 

[BOZO]

Lol - pretty small but I think I may have spotted one!

One small step for Man

One Giant Positive Leap for Manly !!!

 

[BOZO]

Every club has up-and-coming players @BOZO - the trick is to find one's that make a difference in first grade. Most clubs are blooding their rookies, like us, yet it's us that are the one's tumbling down the ladder.

The trick is to find the ones that make it in first grade and we have
Koula
Shuster
Olakau'atu
Tuipulotu
And there is more great talent coming through thanks to our smart recruiters

 

[BOZO]

Losing sucks the life out of passionate fans and it demorolizes them

How many more loses can we take ? How many more loses can we bare ?

There is only one cure before we all fall into deep depression

And a dose of successive wins can only save us

 

[Ryan]

Losing sucks the life out of passionate fans and it demorolizes them

How many more loses can we take ? How many more loses can we bare ?

There is only one cure before we all fall into deep depression

And a dose of successive wins can only save us

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The point is everyone is saying we should beat The Warriors. They are literally one game worse off. They are on 8 points, we are on 10, but people are saying "they" are a basket case.

 

[manly al]

Well, my team would be:

01. Tolu Koula
02. Jason Saab
03. Morgan Harper
04. Christian Tuipulotu
05. Reuben Garrick
06. Kaeo Weekes
07. Kieran Foran
08. Josh Aloiai
09. Karl Lawton
10. Taniela Paseka
11. Haumole Olakau'atu
12. Josh Schuster
13. Jake Trbojevic

14. Dylan Walker (if fit) OR Croker
15. Marty Taupau
16. Sean Keppie
17. Andrew Davey

Like it , except Croker still the starting 9 , Sipley if Paseka is still unavailable and even ahead of Marty . Bullemor there abouts as well

 

[davohan123]

Lol - pretty small but I think I may have spotted one!

 

[BOZO]

The point is everyone is saying we should beat The Warriors. They are literally one game worse off. They are on 8 points, we are on 10, but people are saying "they" are a basket case.

We should focus on our case and not the other teams

The more loses we have the more we start weaving our own Basket case

We better start winning games and start living up to our Legendary clubs Greatness

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

I’m positive this is a mental thing.

Yeah we don’t have a team of superstars but whilst there’s some plodders there’s still some good players.

It’s a simple game , we can’t match the top 4 that’s a given , but by competing and keeping to a simple game plan surely we can frustrate the opposition into errors.

Trouble is it’s the reverse , poor discipline , lazy game plan ineffective across the board.

That’s why we lose.

You are going to get errors, even the Panthers make them.

But keep things simple , nothing flashy , high percentage plays , that’s how we might get our mojo back.

 

[maxta]

Well I know this is a non rocket science statement but this game could go two ways.

1) the same disinterested **** as we’ve seen in the last 2 months.

OR

2) they’ll have a point to prove and come out firing.

Grab a coin , go heads or tails as no one will know to the day !!

Tails never fails

 

[joeboy]

I would just like to see some semblance of a game plan, the warriors have weaknesses there for exposing. A smart and well executed game plan would see us get the win. That been said, there has been no evidence of a game plan or tactics all year.

 

[Shoe1]

I would just like to see some semblance of a game plan, the warriors have weaknesses there for exposing. A smart and well executed game plan would see us get the win. That been said, there has been no evidence of a game plan or tactics all year.

How's this for a gameplan?

1) Don't force offloads in your own half within 5 minutes of either side of half time.

2) Hide Keppie, or tell him the game is on sunday.

3) Defend in one line.

4) combine 1, 2 and 3 and collect 2 points.