HoldenV8
Journey Man
Gutsy win over another top 4 team yesterday. That's 2 from 3 against the top 4 at Brookvale so far in 2019. But, it came at a cost didn't it.....
Brendan Elliot 6/10 - Starting to play like a fullback, but still not a great attacking threat from the back. Safe though and we can't ask for more than that.
Jorge Taufua 7/10 - Suddenly has good hands, thankfully. Couldn't really fault Jorge yesterday.
Moses Suli 7/10 - I think he needs to get involved in attack more. Showed some good defence.
Brad Parker 9/10 - Scorpio is surprising a lot of people right now and its good to see. His defence is strong and given some open space, shock horror he can actually attack. Kept Leilua quiet yesterday and that is no mean feat.
Reuben Garrick 6/10 - Needs to improve his defence, especially if he wants to be a centre. Otherwise he's going OK. Scored a nice try to ice the game. Not a bad goal kicker either.
Lachlan Croker 8/10 - Missed 3 tackles early, but turned it around and showed more in one game than he did at any point last year. Took control of things when Cherry went off which was good to see.
Daly Cherry-Evans 7/10 - He is going to be a big out for Manly over the next month. But this team under Des is made of steely stuff.
Toafofoa Sipley 7/10 - Solid yesterday which was what we needed.
Api Koroisau 7/10 - Api was good yesterday, but Fainu was better....again.
Martin Taupau 9/10 - When he was on the field he was nigh on unstoppable.
Joel Thompson 6/10 - Needs to pass more and not die with the ball. 3 times he killed attacking raids on the left when the defence was retreating in the first half. Then the one time he did pass he put Parker into space for Croker's first try.
Curtis Sironen 8/10 - Has struggled to get into games lately, but Des moving him to 5/8 after Cherry went off saw Siro come alive and it was only scrambling defence on the right that stopped him scoring twice and setting up two more. His best game of the year.
Jake Trbojevic 8/10 - Does Jake ever stop? If he's not running the ball, he's tackling anything that moves. If Fittler doesn't pick him as the starting NSW lock then he needs his head read. With Cherry out we'll get the chance to see what Jake the Manly captain is like.
Manase Fainu 9/10 - I'd say he is currently the most creative dummy half in the NRL. Manly need to re-sign the kid before someone else makes him an offer we can't match and he can't refuse.
Jack Gosiewski 7/10 - Played well when he came on yesterday. Showed great awareness when he stepped back to get onside so that he could get the ball to Garrick for his try.
Corey Waddell 7/10 - Not quite as strong as last week, but still good. Put up a nice pass for Marty Taupau to score.
Morgan Boyle 5/10 - Did OK, nothing special. I think he'll be the one to drop back to Blacktown next week with AFB back in the side.
The worst case scenario came yesterday.....we've lost DCE to an injury that is likely to keep him out for a month or so. At least we do have covers though in Croker, LG, Hodko and at a pinch, Siro, though I wouldn't want to start Siro in the halves. It'll be interesting to see which way Des goes. I think he'll play Croker and LG in the halves, at least next week.
Who would have thought we'd be 4-3 after 7 rounds and sitting in 6th spot with two wins over what are currently top 4 teams? Especially seeing as we've done that totally without Dylan Walker and for the most part without Turbo and AFB. The test is going to come now though as we can add DCE to the MIA list, though at least we get AFB back this week.
Brendan Elliot 6/10 - Starting to play like a fullback, but still not a great attacking threat from the back. Safe though and we can't ask for more than that.
Jorge Taufua 7/10 - Suddenly has good hands, thankfully. Couldn't really fault Jorge yesterday.
Moses Suli 7/10 - I think he needs to get involved in attack more. Showed some good defence.
Brad Parker 9/10 - Scorpio is surprising a lot of people right now and its good to see. His defence is strong and given some open space, shock horror he can actually attack. Kept Leilua quiet yesterday and that is no mean feat.
Reuben Garrick 6/10 - Needs to improve his defence, especially if he wants to be a centre. Otherwise he's going OK. Scored a nice try to ice the game. Not a bad goal kicker either.
Lachlan Croker 8/10 - Missed 3 tackles early, but turned it around and showed more in one game than he did at any point last year. Took control of things when Cherry went off which was good to see.
Daly Cherry-Evans 7/10 - He is going to be a big out for Manly over the next month. But this team under Des is made of steely stuff.
Toafofoa Sipley 7/10 - Solid yesterday which was what we needed.
Api Koroisau 7/10 - Api was good yesterday, but Fainu was better....again.
Martin Taupau 9/10 - When he was on the field he was nigh on unstoppable.
Joel Thompson 6/10 - Needs to pass more and not die with the ball. 3 times he killed attacking raids on the left when the defence was retreating in the first half. Then the one time he did pass he put Parker into space for Croker's first try.
Curtis Sironen 8/10 - Has struggled to get into games lately, but Des moving him to 5/8 after Cherry went off saw Siro come alive and it was only scrambling defence on the right that stopped him scoring twice and setting up two more. His best game of the year.
Jake Trbojevic 8/10 - Does Jake ever stop? If he's not running the ball, he's tackling anything that moves. If Fittler doesn't pick him as the starting NSW lock then he needs his head read. With Cherry out we'll get the chance to see what Jake the Manly captain is like.
Manase Fainu 9/10 - I'd say he is currently the most creative dummy half in the NRL. Manly need to re-sign the kid before someone else makes him an offer we can't match and he can't refuse.
Jack Gosiewski 7/10 - Played well when he came on yesterday. Showed great awareness when he stepped back to get onside so that he could get the ball to Garrick for his try.
Corey Waddell 7/10 - Not quite as strong as last week, but still good. Put up a nice pass for Marty Taupau to score.
Morgan Boyle 5/10 - Did OK, nothing special. I think he'll be the one to drop back to Blacktown next week with AFB back in the side.
The worst case scenario came yesterday.....we've lost DCE to an injury that is likely to keep him out for a month or so. At least we do have covers though in Croker, LG, Hodko and at a pinch, Siro, though I wouldn't want to start Siro in the halves. It'll be interesting to see which way Des goes. I think he'll play Croker and LG in the halves, at least next week.
Who would have thought we'd be 4-3 after 7 rounds and sitting in 6th spot with two wins over what are currently top 4 teams? Especially seeing as we've done that totally without Dylan Walker and for the most part without Turbo and AFB. The test is going to come now though as we can add DCE to the MIA list, though at least we get AFB back this week.
