Game Day: Penrith v Manly [Round 8, 2021]

[Kevinward777]

Well not embarrassed today.

Panthers are a f$$$king dirty team , they played like that today.

We are back, I saw enough today with turbo plating we could take the Panthers again if we meet them in the finals.

Warriors watch out on a sunny Sunday afternoon next weekend at brookvale we could put 40 on them if we play like we did today.

Yes we did not get the win but I saw enough to be optimistic for the season ahead.

More than enough.

 

[EOL now nesting on the GC]

friendly reminder that we pay Jake more than what the Sharks are offering Reynolds

And..........

 

[sheridanstand78]

Well it was about our errors that cost us this game. I loved the way we hung in there and competed which shows you how much we have come in a month.

To beat a top side you need to do the basics 100 percent. We were guilty of squandering the ball in our own half too many times and every key turnover led to point from them.

The effort was great, our pack held its own pretty well, the difference was Penrith were always on the front foot during the match due to their amazing go forward and post contact metres. Our set finishes were so rushed compared to them.

The team is certainly better now and equipped to do well as the season goes on.

The two missed goal kicks really killed us, you cannot afford to miss easy ones as we would have been within 2 after the Saab try and really put the wind up them.

There is a lot to build on and this team is very much a work in progress.

 

[The Royal Soup]

Got lucky

Nah, just could see what was coming

 

[Kevinward777]

Garrick man of match for riff

@Woodsie rates him though, and @Woodsie played reserve grade when Stuey Davis was around. Don't have a crack at Garrick.

 

[The Royal Soup]

What is wrong with you. One if not the most negative moaning bastards I've ever crossed. Jog on champion......

Nah mate, it’s a free forum to have an opinion if I like champ!

anyone who knows the game knows you don’t ball watch so go for a run and don’t come back CHAMP!

 

[EOL now nesting on the GC]

The complete best part of todays performance is we did it as a team. most if not all our guys had a dig and in the end it wasn't just the Tommy Turbo show. Well done boys.

 

[HoldenV8]

Des not a happy man.....

 

[Rafferty]

I’m with Des, I think it was ours but we just didn’t get it done

 

[HoldenV8]

I’m with Des, I think it was ours but we just didn’t get it done

One that might well have gotten away.

 

[Highflier]

Pretty good effort from Manly. We only gave that last try to them because we needed the ball to have any chance of winning.
I do think a decent hooker would have made that game different. When we have the ball in the opposition 20, we need to make better use of quick play-the-balls. So often the markers were shot and Croker just casually picks the ball up and dishes off.

Cust needs to be on earlier ,Croker is solid offers slow passes and zero attack from dummy half

 

[mickqld]

Why does the game begin with momentum killing set restarts to them which puts us on the backfoot immediately and then it gets put away while they slow us down for the rest of the game. Not to mention the garbage offside all game and them constantly moving forward in the play the ball. We weren't the better side today, we didn't deserve to win but f**k me we got put under the pump by Klein to begin with.

 

[Dan]

Quick call for first orders at the sports club. I'm just about at the bar, no coopers on tap so may have to be a kozzie

 

[Bring back the.... Biff?]

Nah, just could see what was coming

Rubbish you got lucky hahaha king of negativity! We just lost to the best team in the comp. We were talking about the spoon a few weeks ago

 

[Nordburg]

The 3 days difference between the two teams turn arounds looked obvious as the game went on.Penrith’s defence just kept showing up

 

[The '47ers]

Why stoop to Ricky Stuart’s level?

Yeah you're right. Roll out the "back to the drawing board", "one game at a time", blah blah blah

 

[febs01]

Don’t care my Manly boys showed me they are heading for top 8. Just remember 46-6 a few weeks ago. You youngsters, Oka, Schu, Saab, Turbo, Saab, Lionel take a bow. We lost you earning respect.

 

[Cioran]

How lucky can you get? Serves us right for ball watching though

We really needed that extra bounce and I can't criticize the boys for giving it a chance. They should have surrounded the ball just in case a Panthers player got to it. You live you learn. It's amazing how all those .0001% plays come off for the Panthers. God must own a house in Kingswood.

 

[Simonmyers11]

Missed the game, just been reading sivertails. Seemed we were right in it, just some costly errors and some rough refs calls. Considering panthers are the red hot favs to take the title, good to see us compete and almost get it done. Definitely improving which is awesome

 

[Will on the hill]

Good game, credit to Penrith, they iced almost every opportunity, whereas we blew a few. 40-6 a month ago, to scoring more points against them than any other team, shows how far we have come. The fact Tommy didn't star (although he was good) and we were still in it, till Chez missed the goal, is a sign we are moving in the right direction. Onward and upward.