maxta
First Grader
Maybe...the Eels game was a nightmare, but this may just top it by a cherry.
The intensity was lax and there was an almost a vibe Manly did not know how to stop the momentum and were shellshocked expecting to just play out the 2nd half at 50% and get the win, but after getting boo'd off the field, there was an ominous feel the knights would come out hard...no suprise here as a fan...but the players seemed suprised
The 40/20 attempt early 2nd half was something you'd expect chasing points, not up 16 - 0 and the rest of the kicking game including a clanger out on the full and Brooks bomb to gft a 7 tackle set were hard to swallow.
If your an opposition team looking to make a break....look no further, it's the Brooks n Ben edge and there's a very good chance you will have success.
Garrick has copped plenty over time for his defence, but its 3 levels up on this performance, but the effort on Marzew wih him and Faulolo was a shocker and how NO MANLY players were covering or even trying when that Hunt knocked it back to Pinga for the GP winner is a mystery
To be fair it was Koula shuffled back to fullback that made these changes possible, but still expect just a little bit better than what we got.
I like what Ben has done recently back row as far as improvement, but still needs more...and as a centre, I prey not to see this as an option again....made Gagai look like a combination of Inglis and Latrell.
Brooksy makes some good stops 1 on 1, but his positioning is terrible rushing up or staying back and you could see he gave that winger oodles too much space on that wing tonight.
Hopefully get a few back next week and improve on that disasterous effor....I rate that as bad as the Eels game ...or worse
The intensity was lax and there was an almost a vibe Manly did not know how to stop the momentum and were shellshocked expecting to just play out the 2nd half at 50% and get the win, but after getting boo'd off the field, there was an ominous feel the knights would come out hard...no suprise here as a fan...but the players seemed suprised
The 40/20 attempt early 2nd half was something you'd expect chasing points, not up 16 - 0 and the rest of the kicking game including a clanger out on the full and Brooks bomb to gft a 7 tackle set were hard to swallow.
If your an opposition team looking to make a break....look no further, it's the Brooks n Ben edge and there's a very good chance you will have success.
Garrick has copped plenty over time for his defence, but its 3 levels up on this performance, but the effort on Marzew wih him and Faulolo was a shocker and how NO MANLY players were covering or even trying when that Hunt knocked it back to Pinga for the GP winner is a mystery
To be fair it was Koula shuffled back to fullback that made these changes possible, but still expect just a little bit better than what we got.
I like what Ben has done recently back row as far as improvement, but still needs more...and as a centre, I prey not to see this as an option again....made Gagai look like a combination of Inglis and Latrell.
Brooksy makes some good stops 1 on 1, but his positioning is terrible rushing up or staying back and you could see he gave that winger oodles too much space on that wing tonight.
Hopefully get a few back next week and improve on that disasterous effor....I rate that as bad as the Eels game ...or worse
