Player Ratings - Manly vs Cows

[HoldenV8]

Yeah I might have been a bit harsh on Thommo, even if I did give him 6/10 which is a pass mark at least. Ironically I gave him 2 points in the player voting.

Go figure.

 

[Keffola]

Suli did ok in attack (despite not combining that well with Dce, ran into him a few times.) but defensively he was pretty poor.

As idiotic as that "minimal" contact" call by the video ref was, if Suli made more of an effort to close that gap, the call could have gone the other way. There were a few defensive errors that lead to cowboys points too on that side.... might not be entirely his fault but the cowboys definitely targeted that side.

I mean he has great potential, but still needs work. 5/10 for him is generous imo.

Hard to argue with the rest points wise. We were disappointingly poor.

 

[HoldenV8]

Suli did ok in attack (despite not combining that well with Dce, ran into him a few times.) but defensively he was pretty poor.

As idiotic as that "minimal" contact" call by the video ref was, if Suli made more of an effort to close that gap, the call could have gone the other way. There were a few defensive errors that lead to cowboys points too on that side.... might not be entirely his fault but the cowboys definitely targeted that side.

I mean he has great potential, but still needs work. 5/10 for him is generous imo.

Hard to argue with the rest points wise. We were disappointingly poor.

Even though Aku as usual copped the brunt of criticism after last weeks game in Canberra, that was also more Suli's bad defensive reads than Aku who was being forced to react like he did because Moses was often rushing up and getting no one. And it was the same last night.

While he is a good ball runner, unfortunately Suli is yet another example of U/20 graduate three-quarters who are great with the ball in hand, but have zero idea in defence.

 

[Jethro]

That was a pretty piss poor effort tonight. Nth Qld had one first grade forward and they killed us.

Anyway.....

Matt Wright 2/10 - May have been seen as the safe choice, even by me, but he was a liability tonight.

Jorge Taufua 5/10 - Went well until his big hit which did more damage to him than his opponent. Failed the HIA at half time.

Moses Suli 5/10 - Solid, but his defensive reads need work.

Brian Kelly 6/10 - Gets crowded too often in attack by sideways running team mates. Needs to work on his defence. Good footwork and his dummy half try was good work.

Akuila Uate 4/10 - Strongish runs early in tackles, but otherwise unsighted. Not great defence.

Trent Hodkinson 3/10 - Poor kicking game and needs to do more than just be a link passer.

Daly Cherry-Evans 2/10 - Easily his worst game in a Manly jumper. Made Thurston look like he was 25 and at his peak.

Addin Fonua-Blake 4/10 - Didn't really do much tonight did he.....wasn't bad, but wasn't all that crash hot either.

Api Koroisau 5/10 - Made some good runs from dummy half, but his double pumping dummies at first receiver while standing still do nothing but allow the defence to crowd you and take away most options.

Martin Taupau 5/10 - Sure he made a lot of metres, but he needs to pick and choose when to offload. Some of his offloads hit grass rather than the chest of a team mate.

Joel Thomson 6/10 - Defence was OK, but runs too much at markers looking for a penalty that never comes.

Jack Gosiewsk 4/10 - Not good his hit on Thurston which was very late. Dislocated shoulder could see him out for a while.

Shaun Lane 7/10 - Easily our best tonight until he got knocked out. Would still like to see him get mean out there and put some mongrel in his game.

Frank Winterstein 3/10 - Frustrating as hell. Oh sure his defence was OK, but he doesn't go looking for work in attack. In that respect he reminds me a bit of T-Rex, needs a rocket up his arse to run the ball.

Brad Parker 2/10 - I'm starting to question whether he really is first grade standard as he seems to offer very little. Kinda hoping Tom Wright gets the next chance at being on the bench.

Lloyd Perrett 3/10 - Didn't get much game time and didn't do anything with what little he had.

Toafofoa Sipley 6/10 - Made some strong runs.

Trent Barrett 1/10 - Do we actually have a game plan? Do we have a Plan B or even Plan C if things don't work? This team under him seems to have zero creativity, zero set plays. We're a bunch of individuals.

Well, that's my take. By rights we should have won easily tonight.....at home. But we were flat from the start and never recovered.

Based on those scores, the team effort averages out to a 4/10. I thought it would be lower than that.