Game Day: Raiders V Manly [Round 23, 2025]

[johnperi01]

I dont follow this thread but I kust be watching a different game.

Sure we haven't converted on all our field position which is frustrating but I think all in all we are going alright.

Fear though when momentum starts to swing.

 

[Chunkytuna]

I dont follow this thread but I kust be watching a different game.

Sure we haven't converted on all our field position which is frustrating but I think all in all we are going alright.

Fear though when momentum starts to swing.

We’ve had enough ball and field position to win 3 games. Do you think that’s going to continue?? I doubt it. We’ve got no attacking ability. We should be winning this game by a fair margin if we were a half decent team.

 

[Eagle 1]

Who is worst of these two half backs?

Throw in Brooks.

All totally inept.

You mean those 2 grubber kicks from hell, with our momentum crushed.

 

[johnperi01]

You mean have 27 tackles in their red zone against their 4 and they had a man in the bin yet we are down by 4, and we are going alright???

 

[Waz13]

I dont follow this thread but I kust be watching a different game.

Sure we haven't converted on all our field position which is frustrating but I think all in all we are going alright.

Fear though when momentum starts to swing.

Too many emotions in this thread. Take it with a grain of salt. I’m happy it’s close and we are a show. Should be up, but Raiders will tire in the second half. They did a lot of tackling in that half.

 

[JBW]

We needed to score with all the possession. Short kicking game abysmal from both our halves. Once the raiders get some decent pill , they'll put this away. Their goal line defence is fantastic and our goal line attack is the opposite...

We definitely better than last week. It's a fast track and we like the harder surface. But we just don't have the structure.

Cheekam > Plodell. Navale > both....

 

[HoldenV8]

God we are a dumb team coached from a dumb asss grimace…we have Saab who is some what good in the air and the tallest out there and giraffe after all that time in their 10 can’t put 1 up for him….look how storm utilise Coates….we are a joke

Bingo!!!

Munster and whoever plays half at the Storm can put short kick bombs into the in-goal for Coates to go after. Whenever DCE or Brooks kick for Saab, the kick falls at least 5 metres short of the try line.

Saab's not even close to Coates's class in the air. But honestly, the kicks he gets hardly give him a chance anyway.

Its why we're looking forward to Fogarty's kicking game for the next year or 3.

 

[Waz13]

You mean have 27 tackles in their red zone against their 4 and they had a man in the bin yet we are down by 4, and we are going alright???

They defended very well. It will hopefully catch up with them in the second.

 

[Nike]

I love how he flinches, slows down and braces meters before the line… if he catches it.

C'mon man he runs good lines and is a good trainer, 3 year extension

 

[Chunkytuna]

So glad we re-signed Bully, he’s been great, our only good forward on the field.

Their defence is unreal but you can tell if they get more opportunities in the second we’re going to get demolished.

Yep. Raiders have done that to plenty of teams this year. They don’t go away and come home very strongly. We’re the opposite.

 

[HoldenV8]

So glad we re-signed Bully, he’s been great, our only good forward on the field.

Their defence is unreal but you can tell if they get more opportunities in the second we’re going to get demolished.

Lodge was good early with the go-forward.

 

[Ron E. Gibbs]

We've scored two more points than we've managed in our last two games, so that's something. It's possible we might even score some more! And we haven't had to do too much tackling, which is also good, because we're not very good at it. And we're only four points behind, so the game is not out of reach.

But man, are we clunky in attack. And man, are our last-tackle options woeful. So much ball, so many opportunities, and nothing to show for it.

I like it best when DCE is invisible, which also seems to be the way DCE likes it. Brooks has looked the more dominant and threatening half, but he's come up with some poor options as well.

Also, I like Jake Simpkin starting. Who would have thought that an actual dummy half could be of benefit to a rugby league team?

 

[bob dylan]

I, for some unknown reason, have faith in Tom and DCE to get us home.

Gotta keep hanging in.

 

[Dingo]

I’ll warn you all, this is a lot of Canberra games this year.

 

[nightster]

Chee Kam hasn’t been terrible

 

[Wombat64]

Our "weapons" have managed to score 3 tries in 200 minutes of footy.....

 

[double hoops]

As soon as DCE started inserting himself in our backline we lost all momentum.

The decision not to offer much appears a well informed and well timed one.

 

[Chunkytuna]

They defended very well. It will hopefully catch up with them in the second.

I don’t think so mate. That’s how teams like manly play. Raiders, dogs, Penrith and storm don’t play like that. They keep going.

 

[Eagle 1]

Cheers Kam is holding his own, nothing sensational tho. Surprised Schurop hasn't replaced him for the last 10min of the 1st h.

 

[mickqld]

Over 550 games between them and our 2 halves look like they're straight out of school with clueless grubbers, inaccurate bombs, slow and poor selection playmaking. Thank fu*k there's only 4 games of the $CE after this. What an absolute fraud.