PRE GAME DISCUSSION: Manly v Broncos Round 5, 2020.

[susan]

Klein. Another goose

 

[jamesie]

Not too mention, Horsehead as the Senior Review Official. He's from the Shire and a confirmed Manly hater

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

Broncos having to fly to Sydney then bus to Gosford won't help their cause. They are always a danger but hard to think of a better time for us play them.
Our team being settled is a big plus for us too, we may quibble about the odd bench spot but continuity counts for a lot especially at this time of year when teams can be a bit clunky.

 

[Shoe1]

Has Te'o been playing centre in Rugby Union and now playing in his first game back as a backrower? And Oates partning him the 2nd row?
This could be their weak spot along with their backline and halves......and hooker

I'm scared they will flog us in the lineouts. Also he is arguably better than our breakaways.

 

[40 years an eagle]

Isn't Monro the touchie that was demoted last year when ho F'd up?

 

[Waz13]

Not too mention, Horsehead as the Senior Review Official. He's from the Shire and a confirmed Manly hater

I hate that p**** Maxwells drone voice “And he grounds the ball, WE HAVE A DECISION!”

 

[Ben]

I’m so glad we play in a coupe days time. Sitting any longer on that decision will do my head in.
We didn’t play well last week so it’s great to play ourselves back into some form before we play the Raiders the following week.
But to take the Donkies lightly as they have a mountain of changes and a touch unpredictable.
Bring on Thursday!

 

[TimmyQ]

Yup big danger game. We're what 8th atm. This is not a season when we can afford to have an off day against teams struggling with confidence. The other thing that I always harp on is the importance of a good for and against record - it can make a big difference at the pointy end. That means playing hard for the full 80 and getting as many points as we can. We need to play smart patient footy and hey! maybe even get a repeat set or two. I thought our edge defence always looked susceptible too against the Eels so plenty of work to do. Lets do it boys. Go Manly

 

[Moops]

I know everyone is tipping us by a long way. But I always hate playing Brisbane. And I hate playing teams when they’re coming off bad performances. We’ve seen this Manly team lose focus against “weaker” opposition in the past few seasons. I’m hoping the boys are fired up after losing like they did on Saturday. I don’t care how much we win by, so long as we get the W!

It's like playing against the Dragons. Given our record, I wouldn't be confident playing them. We should get the Broncos but they have been copping a lot of stick.

 

[Go manly]

Porridge Oates has been vocal & wanting to play forwards for a long time without success

he us an international and Origen player of some class and will go hard and be determined

Can’t underestimate

Got to meet him at the QLD origin launch and he seemed reasonable

well that’s my rap
Now I hope the goose fails
Go manly

 

[Bring back the.... Biff?]

These poor bastards are going to cop the full force of the Manly pain we suffered last week. Dce or turbo man of the match most probably tom. Watch for walker to carve them up in the left side also

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

Donkeys were a rabble last week and will still be a rabble on Thursday , even the Pinkies won’t save them.

Us by 30+

 

[Bring back the.... Biff?]

No doubt they will come out hard...but if Manly turn up with good Attitude prepared for the ambush, will break their resolve....their energy will only maintain if Manly lack commitment.
Oates defending on the edge is a Massive step up so will target him big time, along with their 2 halves who have been instrumental in many opposition tries in 2020.
Let Kapow and AFB roll their middle and it will open up after 20.

Who's edge is he on dce or walkers?

 

[maxta]

Who's edge is he on dce or walkers?

Will be on DCE's side mate, as last start when Brisbane got whooped they stuck Oates on the left edge the last 10 -15 minutes and being a left winger used to that side.....just a little (lot) different role....I won't be surprised to see him come in as an edge runner in attack and then defensively, switched out wide as the defensive responsibility is a massive gamble, especially after 15 - 20 minutes and doubt he will handle the work load for a long period.

 

[Pittwater Legend]

I’m hoping for one of our biggest wins in recent times for this game, for a couple of reasons. Our record on the Central Coast is pretty good and includes a previous 30 point thrashing of the 1st placed Broncos at the time. Also the Broncos are so badly out of sorts and it would be wasteful to not try and bully them at the moment

 

[globaleagle]

Canadian Fans.....

This weekend's Manly v broncs game is on Sportsnet!

Thursday morning approx 2.30am with a repeat about 12 hours later (2pm).

Check your schedules for those in different time zones and also it's on a variety of SN channels (SNP, SN1, etc).

I'll remind everyone in our hidden "North American Manly fans" sub forum that we use so we don't have to put up with the great unwashed aussies and kiwis, etc on here! 😛

Other games on 'free' are Parra v Penrith and Tigers v Raiders.

 

[EOL now nesting on the GC]

I think its a real danger game. 2 things we need to be careful of is the rebound and thinking the win is already locked in.
We need to start fast. Would love to see a few early tries and watch their heads go down.

 

[Waz13]

It's like playing against the Dragons. Given our record, I wouldn't be confident playing them. We should get the Broncos but they have been copping a lot of stick.

They are copping a lot of stick for very good reason. They are awful. We won’t let this get away after the Parra loss. I think the broncos are getting us at a very bad time nit vice versus.

 

[Eagle thru 'n' thru]

I think its a real danger game. 2 things we need to be careful of is the rebound and thinking the win is already locked in.
We need to start fast. Would love to see a few early tries and watch their heads go down.

We will start fast, score early and multiple times until the 80th, game ovaaahh! The game is locked in for a win with Darius having a shocker and calls immediate retirement. GO MANLY!

 

[manly al]

Unfortunately not likely that the Broncs will be as lackluster as they were last week but think that Manly should be able to keep their game together to get the win . Short turn around is not ideal but the hard and professional edge has been restored , full strength side and plenty of incentive to make amends for the dreadful Para result .Looks like some reasonable playing conditions as well .Milford seems to play well against Manly for some reason and they have a couple of other players to watch but Des has the defensive resolve back and again really should have enough going for them to get the result .