Game Day: Raiders v Manly [Round 23, 2021]

[mave]

Wasn’t Suli’s fault, that was all on Funa

Ok seriously, this shouldn't need to be explained.

If Moses is 15m infield, and the Raiders winger and centre have kept their width, it is in no way on Funa that he made a call to come in to make a tackle and leave his man unmarked.....it all happens a lot further infield than the winger in that situation.....possibly a lot further infield than Suli as well.

 

[Captain Moondog]

Glad we got to half time only 12 down. Hope Des gives them a big attitude adjustment.

 

[HK_Eagle]

Hasler should have played turbo rested him for the next two.

This. It's not farking rocket science. This was the one critical challenge game we had of the last three... why would you leave Turbo out of this one if he isn't injured as they are all claiming. Somebody's lying or somebody's stupidly inept.

 

[Jerry1]

Headless chook mode is engaged and running on autopilot.

 

[Will on the hill]

And thus why Brad Parker is ahead of Moses Suli in our centres pecking order.

Moses sucks in defense most of the time.

Moses did his job there, Funa came in to early.

 

[pjayz]

We used to suck when Snake was out but this is just next level.

 

[Eagles4Life]

Ok. That was pretty ****. Errors are killing us, and we are losing the forwards battle. The Raiders look pretty tired though. I think there will be some opportunities in the middle, if we can get some field position. Right now we have too many playmakers, and not enough runners. We are seriously missing Parkers defence.

 

[QLDSeaeagle]

Lack of energy combined with errors and compounded with poor decisions and don't get me started on the officialdom.

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

Mistakes are coming from frustration , they’ve made it a grind , we don’t like the grind we love flashy stuff, it’s the way to beat Manly.

 

[eagleron]

We will be out of the finals in one game

We don't deserve anything else, every club knows all they have to do is shut Tom out and the win is theirs, we're sh!t

 

[malroon]

can't beat Can'tberra , semi's are way out of our league...

 

[HK_Eagle]

Isnt Jakes attack ordinary these days.

I understand his role has changed with Schuster and Oli.

I would throw Schuster into that as well. He seems to be morphing into Jake more and more as the season unfolds. He looks heavier and has put his offloads and trickery completely away

 

[Cioran]

Really clever kicking game from DCE. He kicks 30 metres ahead of our chasers so the Raiders back 3 tire themselves our running the ball back. The stupid Raiders halves land the ball on top of their chasers so the Manly defender never has to run the ball back. We will be fresher at the back end.

 

[Snake]

Ok seriously, this shouldn't need to be explained.

If Moses is 15m infield, and the Raiders winger and centre have kept their width, it is in no way on Funa that he made a call to come in to make a tackle and leave his man unmarked.....it all happens a lot further infield than the winger in that situation.....possibly a lot further infield than Suli as well.

It was Funa’s fault mate. No trust. Suli had Tomoko covered and Funa bit for no reason.

we numbered up on the edge so there was no need for him to hit in. It wasn’t a good hit in either. He didn’t go in hard and try and wrap the ball up...awful defence.

 

[Rafferty]

Need to shift the ball and stop this one out ****,

 

[Scorpio]

I can’t remember too many games this year where our pack has dominated. It’s a clear weakness. When we have Tom, he is so potent that we would have scored a try with the ball we had early in the match. Sometimes that scoreboard pressure we apply can mask the deficiencies of our pack and turn the game our way.

alas he is not playing so the team is forced to win ugly and we don’t have the pack to win ugly.

Pretty obvious that Jake and Marty are not worth $1.6+ million between them

 

[Fibro Eagle]

Faders will live up to there nickname in the 2nd 1/2
Manly cut the errors and get away with the win

 

[mave]

Moses did his job there, Funa came in to early.

Lmao. Moses was at least 5m too far infield, for whatever reason.

 

[EaglesDontTweet]

DCE kept looking to his long pass to Saab but Raiders smothering that side.

 

[The Eagle Has Landed]

Canberra seem to be our bogey team. They always seem to beat us. 12 Down I don't think we can come back from this. I hope I'm wrong. Go Manly!!