Roobin Garrick sucks

[Waz13]

Right side edge of Garrick DCE and Saab lets in the majority of our tries and people want to blame Koula? Sounds about right

The three of them are terrible defenders individually so no surprise an edge with all of them together is so poor defensively

Take out Guac today and that equals what transpired with T’oo grabbing a few. The Guac injury will spare Garrick another week.

 

[CRPSI eagle]

Garrick is terrible and not first grade material.
Saab and Garrick to Blacktown.
1. Hoppa
2. Vaega
3.Tommy Turbo
4. Tommy
5.Koula
Varga has been good for us every time and had some yardage about him.
If nothing changes nothing changes.

 

[HK_Eagle]

Just watching a replay of the game now (missed it live because of work). For the first 15 minutes, Garrick actually had some good hard runs. He was one of the few getting over the advantage line, poking through and getting on his stomach, and a quick play the ball. All our forwards were getting monstered and muscled onto their backs. That said, the missed tackle on To’o for the first try was horrible. No excuse as he actually had him covered in terms of the space.

 

[HK_Eagle]

Kiss of death from Vossy, asking if goal kicking would be a factor after our first try, saying how Garrick had been strong on both sides this season… 😖

 

[PONTIAN SEA EAGLE]

Garrick is only there for goal kicking if he can’t kick them then he shouldn’t be playing 1st grade he offers nothing.

 

[JBW]

Fantastic winger, just not good in the centres. Just put Tommy into his natural position of centre and Reuben into his natural position on the wing and everyone's a winner.

Saab is just wasted outside Garrick. Even Morgan freakn Harper got some decent ball to Saab.

 

[lsz]

GCKT will fix this.

You take his name out of your mouth

 

[Dion Johnson]

If Garrick kicks at least 2 goals of the 4 he missed we only need 1 try to win with 7 minutes to go

Agree he had an off day with the boot, though kicking is about confidence and his would have been down after the Panthers first try.

If he was playing left wing he scores and his confidence would be up, be interesting to see if his goal kicking percentage is down with the position move.

 

[Kalvin]

FFS seibs just swap talau & Garrick around and everyone will be happy?!?!

 

[Sheikheagle]

Agree he had an off day with the boot, though kicking is about confidence and his would have been down after the Panthers first try.

If he was playing left wing he scores and his confidence would be up, be interesting to see if his goal kicking percentage is down with the position move.

I actually reckon aside from this game his goal kicking is excellent this year. Just saw the highlights wow he missed some tackles. 🫣

 

[LeonardCohen]

I like the idea of Talau in the centres with Saab outside him, and Koula and Garrick on the other side.

Talau is a big body and showed what he can do defensively against Staggs a couple of weeks back. Sure, we might not have Garrick’s speed and swerve to put Saab away but our team is doing a lot of defending due to an ability to win the yardage battle so goal line defence is crucial. The shootout approach is not winning us games.

 

[Tragic Eagle]

We don’t have time to continue this failed experiment. Enough is enough. We need to start winning otherwise it’s bottom 4 and a new coach.

 

[Forster eagle]

I'd have to rewatch the tries, but Garrick was not at direct fault for any from memory.

The first try is already advantage To'o when he gets the ball, he scores there 9 times out of 10.

Though certainly agree his defence needs to improve.

Unfortunately Cherry (who is generally a great 1 on 1 defender but can get spooked and turn in) left Reuben stranded for 1 try.

 

[manly al]

Just can 't go along with the general pile on with Garrick as a centre ..
Not a flawless game yesterday and a better day with the boot would have got Manly pretty close in the end but still put in quite well with his overall game and far from the reason that Manly feel short Has been a bit of a toss up between him and Talau for a centre spot for a while now and with some legitimate pros and cons .
Would not be a surprise either way if he [ Garrick ] continues as a centre or swaps with Talau ongoing
Plenty of games also where Garrick ' s goal kicking has got Manly home or really contributed towards it

 

[nightster]

Well his kicking totally sucks - hasn’t got close to the posts

well this game

 

[nightster]

Of course everyone will **** on this post because everyone acts like everything’s rosy with this club but ask yourself the question. How many good games has Garrick had as opposed to how many poor games he’s had?

I’d have it at about 8-5 in favour of **** but nothing will change until the season’s over. Story of this club in recent years!

On the wing? Plenty

 

[Jay Eagle]

He's a winger..simple.. seriously can't see the logic on having him at center and Talau on the wing

I would even go as far as saying IF Turbo was too go to centre and that's a big IF
Then I would leave Hoppa at fullback Talau to wing and drop Garrick.. DCE can kick goals

 

[BOZO]

We all see different things and I see exactly what the stats see
I see Ruben Garrick the Great Manly Centre of 2024
12 games
Tackle Efficiency 86.6 %
Tackle breaks 29
Line breaks 10
Tries 7
Try Assists 2

 

[Bomb Voyage]

He’s in the centres because as part of his extension there’s a clause saying he gets to play in the centres it’s not rocket science

 

[mave]

He’s in the centres because as part of his extension there’s a clause saying he gets to play in the centres it’s not rocket science

If this is true, then more fool the club for agreeing to a clause like that.

I still don't understand why blokes wouldn't want to play on the wing in today's NRL.

Wingers are a vitally important part of the modern game, and get game involvement just about every set.