Post-Game Discussion Raiders v Manly [Round 23, 2021]

[Marto1970]

No fan should be happy with that, three weeks from the finals.

Take the win, but wow, we bought the dumb again.

Raiders were up for it good line defence coming up quickly

 

[Daddycool]

Geez what a relief! A 1 point win will do. Now I can enjoy the weekend.

 

[HK_Eagle]

I am disappointed about that every week. Walker did play well tonight but Lawton seems to lift us most times he has played. He would have been worth a shot at centre with Suli on the wing tonight. He is a good footballer, and has the skill set to play in that position. We didn't need to play Funa.

Funa was a major disappointment in my eyes

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

Funa was a major disappointment in my eyes

I hope that’s his last game , EVER!!

 

[Eagles4Life]

I hope that’s his last game , EVER!!

At least for us.

 

[Nathanial Jackster]

Yeah, i would have cust in the team over Funa

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

At least for us.

Yes sorry that’s what I meant

 

[HK_Eagle]

I hope that’s his last game , EVER!!

If only we had Garrick on his usual wing when Foz threw that wide pass in our own 20.

 

[grogbog]

Aloiai is starting to build into some form which is promising. He was our best forward IMO before he got injured.

 

[Eagles4Life]

Yes sorry that’s what I meant

Can we send him to the Eels?

 

[eagleron]

Ok. We started ****. We came back. It was always going to be this way. 😊
PS A lot of very negative posts again tonight. Silvertails of little faith. 😎

Bit hard not to be negative watching that first half, after the fluency of last week watching that sh!t was almost impossible, tbh they didn't deserve to win that and it exemplifies the fact that without Turbo we are a rabble, even when we had it won we did our best give it back to them, an almost embarrassing win imo

 

[Terry Zarsoff]

good to see we were dumb from start to finish

I haven’t watched the game yet, so I don’t know if your comment is accurate, or the usual close result/post-game hyperbole.🙂

My observation is that the team’s collective IQ grows significantly when Tom plays.

Earlier this year, Tom raced up in a close game (at the time) and directed DCE to take the penalty goal. DCE was unsure.

Tom is the captain in all but name.

 

[Jerry1]

I haven’t watched the game yet, so I don’t know if your comment is accurate, or the usual close result/post-game hyperbole.🙂

My observation is that the team’s collective IQ grows significantly when Tom plays. DCE has a good footballing brain, but I would wager that he isn’t in the same ballpark as Tom in the IQ department.

At times, DCE is like a newer version of Matt Orford - unsure of what to do at key moments, like should we take the penalty shot or not?

Earlier this year, Tom raced up in a close game (at the time) and directed DCE to take the penalty goal. DCE was unsure.

Tom is the captain in all but name.

DCE can get more than 25 meters from a line drop out though.

 

[HK_Eagle]

Can we send him to the Eels?

He'd fit right in there with their philosophy of plodders playing as a team lol

 

[Ranga]

If that tackle in last seconds was in the first 5 mins it’s a set restart why is it a penalty in the last minute

Or even defending on the line at any time in the game.

 

[Marto1970]

I don’t know who posted tapau as having a good game above but I couldn’t agree less. He is past it. I can’t wait till we get rid of him. He’s running sideways. Jogging into the line. Just trying to fend rather than run hard. He’s a liability. Paseka, sipley and aloia are WAY better. See you Marty. Thanks for the memories.

He was a one man band when Sifly went of in the first half when Walker came on , Papalia and Tarpine playing big minutes

 

[Terry Zarsoff]

And no more Funa , he’s ****ing hopeless !!

Have you considered that without a game to play in between scattered first grade appearances, his skills might atrophy?

 

[Nathanial Jackster]

3 - Suli
2 - DCE
1 - Jake

 

[HK_Eagle]

Have you considered that without a game to play in between scattered first grade appearances, his skills might atrophy?

Well, that would be based on the assumption he had any to begin with 😉

 

[Rafferty]

Or even defending on the line at any time in the game.

Hard to argue with a professional foul there mate