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

[Chunkytuna]

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.

He had two or three good games and then back to crap for the last 2.5 games.

 

[double hoops]

Saab is having an ordinary game but Raiders are getting away with murder in the tackle holding down forever and hanging on to the arm with ball. They're also getting a home side defensive line
Bottom line though, we just don't have any game breakers in the forwards close to the line. Bulles about our best so far.

They are getting away with murder in slowing the ruck. It's not going both ways tonight.

 

[Disco]

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.

I mean as per my post, failing to convert will cost us as momentum swings however the narrative by some you'd think we were down by 50.

Anyhoo fingers crossed second half.

Back after the game

 

[rich]

Fogarty has been pretty poor for the raiders hopefully he keeps it up

 

[Nike]

The fact the referee had to defer to the bunker for the obvious sinbin tells you everything you need to know about the officiating.

 

[Woodsie]

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.

Before the game the experts on here were saying that we're playing with the worst forward pack in living memory ... one even added our worst backline ....

.. and now they're saying being 4 points behind is somehow a disastrous result ...

 

[mickqld]

Raiders get that much ball they'll put 40 on us. I'm turning this off, not worth the pain.

 

[Wombat64]

Before the game the experts on here were saying that we're playing with the worst forward pack in living memory ... one even added our worst backline ....

.. and now they're saying being 4 points behind is somehow a disastrous result ...

To be fair the game isn't over. .......

 

[WAMF]

Anyone got the stats on our 2nd half performances this season when going into the sheds behind after the first 40?
Can't imagine it would give us much hope.

 

[Wombat64]

Anyone got the stats on our 2nd half performances this season when going into the sheds behind after the first 40?
Can't imagine it would give us much hope.

They just said we've never won.....

 

[HoldenV8]

ANOTHER set in Canberra's 20 where we did sweet fvck all with the damn ball

 

[HK_Eagle]

Oh FFS! Can one of our halves put a bomb up for our tall men to contest… fark off

 

[God]

Tom is a marshmallow

 

[Hertera]

Sad with Tom now he is just another player. He used to bust tackles in his sleep now he seems solid but pedestrian.

 

[HK_Eagle]

Tom is a marshmallow

There were a number of times tonight where the 2021 Turbo breaks through tackles

 

[WAMF]

Tom is a marshmallow

Weekes is the better FB. Nuff said.

 

[skull61]

The raiders have defended well but we really haven’t challenged them

 

[bob dylan]

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

and dont look like adding tom that.

 

[Ashton Davis]

That Simpkin scoot on to Bullemor was great stuff

 

[bob dylan]

Bully the legend.