Game Day: Penrith v Manly [Round 12, 2019]

[47MVEagle]

If we'd shown that same intensity in patches throughout the game we would have won.

Garrick wasnt able to do anything (apart from 2 conversions) tonight, the defence was all over him.

Elgey just doesnt look confident out there - in the first half I thought it was good that he was showing a bit of variety in his kicks (grubbers, long kicks, bombs) but they were ineffective & he just went into his shell in the 2nd half & regressed to weak bombs.

Waddell had a poor game, perhaps he allowed the emotion of the occasion get to him. Both he & Jetski were incapable of breaking through (or even bending) the line.

AFB played well I thought, he ran over 200 meters & must have been out there close to 70 minutes?

Tapau had a solid game apart from his 2 dropped balls - trying to force the offload every time is easy for the defence to anticipate, he seemed to sort that out in the 2nd half.

Walker tried when he got the ball, Cust had a 'mare but kept trying to make up for it at the end, Tafua was solid in defence & attack toiling away, Elliot was solid (apart from his fumble that led to a try), Fainu waa good while he was out there considering his nose.

 

[niccipops]

Manly scored two running tries. The riff, one running, one off a kick, plus a penalty goal and and a field goal. Scoring those two converted tries was vital for our FA.
A very frustrating match and it sucks to lose but things will turn. The table will be affected by the bye points, with bye teams pushing up the ladder but it's false.
With Jake, Tommy and Cherry it'll be on again for Manly.
Really liking Cade Cust.

 

[Kevinward777]

I thought apart from his run, Cust was ordinary.
Garrick and Waddell got bashed all night.
I liked Siro sticking it back to them, not many of our guys did that.

Garrick was nowhere near as effective at centre.

 

[Luke_m]

Elgey is a DISGRACE !!!! has the chance to prove himself and goes missing !! You’ve blown it mate completely !!!

Poor kicking game
No support play
No taking on the line

Goodbye Elgey

 

[Simonmyers11]

At least no injuries out of the match for once (except Fainu's broken nose in the warm up)

 

[Bring back the.... Biff?]

Sirro - 124 metres, 34 tackles, 1 missed tackle but apparently he was missing in action? FMD some people need to stay off the pissss!

He busted his ass off all night i thought he was the only good player for us. Oh and walker when he finally got the ball.

 

[Simonmyers11]

Elgey is a DISGRACE !!!! has the chance to prove himself and goes missing !! You’ve blown it mate completely !!!

Poor kicking game
No support play
No taking on the line

Goodbye Elgey

How bad are his cut out passes. They are getting slower and higher!

 

[joeboy]

Happy for Elgey and Tafua to be banished from first grade, Jorge simply doesn’t have it any more and Elgey is just ordinary

Jury is out on cust, did done good things and some really bad things, but he is better than Elgey

Elliot is trash, yeah he can catch bombs, but that is absolutely it

Thommo and Siro need to stop running inside and at the markers. The space was on the edges that game, we were getting dominated in the middle. Expect more from experienced players

Garrick didn’t look to be a centre.

Walker will be dynamite again with some quality around him. Need to put Garrick outside him, Jorge can’t keep up and walker just gave up waiting and went himself.


These games we are losing against lesser sides are gonna kill us if we aren’t careful. I didn’t expect much tonight, but Penrith were not great and we should’ve got them.

 

[frank stokes]

Taupau throws a slighty better pass to Taufua and its all different

Not his fault as he isnt a 5/8 but a sliding doors moment

Elliott grabs a ball that he JUST NEEDED TO MOVE HIS FEET to grab and we win too...
No shape in attack all night... Riff STILL haven't had to make a defensive decision...

 

[Bring back the.... Biff?]

I think Elgey has played his last game in the halves barring injuries... Both Crocker and Cust have to be ahead of him.

Guys just ****

 

[Terry Zarsoff]

I thought apart from his run, Cust was ordinary.
Garrick and Waddell got bashed all night.
I liked Siro sticking it back to them, not many of our guys did that.

At least the points didn’t ‘custcade’ Penrith’s way as predicted by some.

 

[Simonmyers11]

Thommo and Siro both had strong second halves. I dint see the first half but they looked aggressive in defence.

the whole team was asleep the first half.

 

[Waz13]

Jake, dce, tom, Parker coming back. We will b ok. I think we are all just frustrated that we should have won these last two games easily. I thought Miski went ok again tonight and showed good energy

 

[Sue]

Elgey will be gone. That’s four years in first grade. Just does t have the confidence.Cust was really ordinary but he has played three games so may have upside.Not prepared to write him off. At least he takes the line on. For the majority of the game the boys put in but you just can’t have halves kicking like that and win. It was Z grade.
And Elgey and Cust playing away from Walker was just so hard to wstch.

The scoreli e disguised how bad we were. That was truly awful. These guys have busted their guts for three months and the lack of class is telling now. Theyve done a brilliant job but they are shot. Until we get the big three on the field we won’t be winning again.

But bagging the effort tonight is a bit off the mark. They were a bit flat early but didn’t give up.Just not enough class out there.

Paseka 10 min???

Also can’t believe people saying we were unlucky , if Elliott doesn’t drop it etc. We were never winning that game. Panthers weren’t great but played with more enthusiasm and were clearly the better side. Score totally flattered us.

 

[pjayz]

If we'd shown that same intensity in patches throughout the game we would have won.

Garrick wasnt able to do anything (apart from 2 conversions) tonight, the defence was all over him.

Elgey just doesnt look confident out there - in the first half I thought it was good that he was showing a bit of variety in his kicks (grubbers, long kicks, bombs) but they were ineffective & he just went into his shell in the 2nd half & regressed to weak bombs.

Waddell had a poor game, perhaps he allowed the emotion of the occasion get to him. Both he & Jetski were incapable of breaking through (or even bending) the line.

AFB played well I thought, he ran over 200 meters & must have been out there close to 70 minutes?

Tapau had a solid game apart from his 2 dropped balls - trying to force the offload every time is easy for the defence to anticipate, he seemed to sort that out in the 2nd half.

Walker tried when he got the ball, Cust had a 'mare but kept trying to make up for it at the end, Tafua was solid in defence & attack toiling away, Elliot was solid (apart from his fumble that led to a try), Fainu waa good while he was out there considering his nose.

That Elliot mistake cost us the game. I think people overrate him on here (not meaning you - just a general comment). It was flat out sloppy, it wasn’t a tough take.

 

[Luke_m]

How bad are his cut out passes. They are getting slower and higher!

Yeahh he really frustrated me tonight hate to pick on someone but wooow he was useless tonight !!

 

[Simonmyers11]

Garrick was nowhere near as effective at centre.

He also had elgey passing it to him

 

[Cioran]

Disappointed as we all are by tonight’s result we should still be happy with the way things are developing. At the beginning of the year we were short odds for the spoon but another three wins and we will have left that horrible possibility behind. We’ll end up at worst on the fringes of the 8 and that’s a good spot to build from next year.

 

[HoldenV8]

Fifth tackle on the opposition line and they go to LG. Cade was good tonight and should turn into a long term half, 5/8 or hooker.

Cust played like $hit for the first 72 minutes.

If we had two good halves for the game tonight instead of one who played like a park footballer the whole game and the other who played like crap for almost all of it.....I dare say we would have won tonight. Penrith weren't good, we were just crap for all of about 5 minutes.

 

[Simonmyers11]

He also had elgey passing it to him

Way better winger. Missing parker and Suli. Suli was going great before he got injured, always took 3 tacklers to get him down and would often run over the first defender, getting a good role on