I’d imagine the injury that kept him out of the last game potentially still isn’t 100% mate
Round 18, 2018. Melbourne pregame discussion
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I’d imagine the injury that kept him out of the last game potentially still isn’t 100% mate
Cheers, thanks Mitch
HappilyManly
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Manly Daily July 11, 2018
Dylan ready to walk a back into a Storm
Jon Geddes
Dylan Walker at Sea Eagles training. Picture: Toby Zerna
THE Sea Eagles yesterday named five-eighth Dylan Walker in their side to play the Storm on Saturday evening, setting up an explosive showdown against their bitter foes at Lottoland.
Walker had been considered a doubtful starter for the game after suffering a knee injury in his side’s 18-10 win over the Panthers last start.
The two teams had a fiery encounter back on May 19 at AAMI Park when Walker ended up with a fractured eye socket after being punched by Melbourne centre Curtis Scott in reaction to Walker sledging him.
Walker subsequently said he would not be toning down his on-field banter and coach Trent Barrett didn’t want him to.
And Walker’s presence will give the Manly side a big lift for Saturday’s game.
“I see him, I hear him, he is still yelling out s … from the sideline,” team-mate Joel Thompson laughed.
“He’s a competitor he is a goer, he digs deep, he’s got a big heart. He never gives up and that is the sort of attitude we need from one to 17.”
And Saturday’s game will be a massive test.
“These are the type of games you don’t need to build up too much talking about it,” Thompson said.
“We just need to focus on the game we need to bring and what we need to bring as individuals.
“We still have a long way to go, we’ve been battling this year.”
He said the team had a good win against Penrith and must now build on that.
“That’s the standard, we need to go from there and not drop below that,” he said,
Sea Eagles team: 1 T Trbojevic, 2 M Wright, 3 M Suli, 4 B Kelly, 5 B Parker, 6 D Walker, 7 D Cherry-Evans (c), 8 A Fonua-Blake, 9 M Fainu, 10 M Taupau, 11 J Thompson, 12 S Lane, 13 JTrbojevic. Interchange: 14 T Hodkinson, 15 K Tanginoa, 16 F Winterstein 17 T Paseka
Dylan ready to walk a back into a Storm
Jon Geddes
Dylan Walker at Sea Eagles training. Picture: Toby Zerna
THE Sea Eagles yesterday named five-eighth Dylan Walker in their side to play the Storm on Saturday evening, setting up an explosive showdown against their bitter foes at Lottoland.
Walker had been considered a doubtful starter for the game after suffering a knee injury in his side’s 18-10 win over the Panthers last start.
The two teams had a fiery encounter back on May 19 at AAMI Park when Walker ended up with a fractured eye socket after being punched by Melbourne centre Curtis Scott in reaction to Walker sledging him.
Walker subsequently said he would not be toning down his on-field banter and coach Trent Barrett didn’t want him to.
And Walker’s presence will give the Manly side a big lift for Saturday’s game.
“I see him, I hear him, he is still yelling out s … from the sideline,” team-mate Joel Thompson laughed.
“He’s a competitor he is a goer, he digs deep, he’s got a big heart. He never gives up and that is the sort of attitude we need from one to 17.”
And Saturday’s game will be a massive test.
“These are the type of games you don’t need to build up too much talking about it,” Thompson said.
“We just need to focus on the game we need to bring and what we need to bring as individuals.
“We still have a long way to go, we’ve been battling this year.”
He said the team had a good win against Penrith and must now build on that.
“That’s the standard, we need to go from there and not drop below that,” he said,
Sea Eagles team: 1 T Trbojevic, 2 M Wright, 3 M Suli, 4 B Kelly, 5 B Parker, 6 D Walker, 7 D Cherry-Evans (c), 8 A Fonua-Blake, 9 M Fainu, 10 M Taupau, 11 J Thompson, 12 S Lane, 13 JTrbojevic. Interchange: 14 T Hodkinson, 15 K Tanginoa, 16 F Winterstein 17 T Paseka
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HoldenV8
Journey Man
If Melbourne actually had to rely on the Victorian state league as their junior area, they'd be wooden spooners just about every year (not that I would care, they can have that). But having an unsuccessful team in the heart of AFL territory goes against everything that the league wants so they get a leg up by having areas of Qld and teams in the Qld Cup as feeder clubs.
Really all they really are is a 4th Queensland side domiciled in Victoria.
All the players ( well most) are from there , or NZ, all the staff are from QLD, and their feeder clubs are in QLD.
Even after all these years they are largely irrelevant in Melbourne, outside of their supporter base ( mostly Kiwi’s).
BUT the NRL remain infatuated with them and the concept of a side in the heart of AFL land!!
HoldenV8
Journey Man
I think Melbourne have had a total of 2 Victorian kids come through and actually play first grade with them. And there were a couple of kids with Pacific island background from memory.
2......in 20 years.
You'd think they would be doing a hell of a lot more to help the local system get stronger so that they eventually wouldn't need Qld. Not a lot of forward planning there though, just make sure there is a strong team in Melbourne by hook or by crook and be done with it.
The worst thing that ever happened was South Melbourne moving to Sydney to become the Swans in 1982. Ever since then its been a turf war.....and I don't mean out at Rosehill.
2......in 20 years.
You'd think they would be doing a hell of a lot more to help the local system get stronger so that they eventually wouldn't need Qld. Not a lot of forward planning there though, just make sure there is a strong team in Melbourne by hook or by crook and be done with it.
The worst thing that ever happened was South Melbourne moving to Sydney to become the Swans in 1982. Ever since then its been a turf war.....and I don't mean out at Rosehill.
How is our rookey coach progressing ?Manly Daily July 11, 2018
Dylan ready to walk a back into a Storm
Jon Geddes
Dylan Walker at Sea Eagles training. Picture: Toby Zerna
THE Sea Eagles yesterday named five-eighth Dylan Walker in their side to play the Storm on Saturday evening, setting up an explosive showdown against their bitter foes at Lottoland.
Walker had been considered a doubtful starter for the game after suffering a knee injury in his side’s 18-10 win over the Panthers last start.
The two teams had a fiery encounter back on May 19 at AAMI Park when Walker ended up with a fractured eye socket after being punched by Melbourne centre Curtis Scott in reaction to Walker sledging him.
Walker subsequently said he would not be toning down his on-field banter and coach Trent Barrett didn’t want him to.
And Walker’s presence will give the Manly side a big lift for Saturday’s game.
“I see him, I hear him, he is still yelling out s … from the sideline,” team-mate Joel Thompson laughed.
“He’s a competitor he is a goer, he digs deep, he’s got a big heart. He never gives up and that is the sort of attitude we need from one to 17.”
And Saturday’s game will be a massive test.
“These are the type of games you don’t need to build up too much talking about it,” Thompson said.
“We just need to focus on the game we need to bring and what we need to bring as individuals.
“We still have a long way to go, we’ve been battling this year.”
He said the team had a good win against Penrith and must now build on that.
“That’s the standard, we need to go from there and not drop below that,” he said,
Sea Eagles team: 1 T Trbojevic, 2 M Wright, 3 M Suli, 4 B Kelly, 5 B Parker, 6 D Walker, 7 D Cherry-Evans (c), 8 A Fonua-Blake, 9 M Fainu, 10 M Taupau, 11 J Thompson, 12 S Lane, 13 JTrbojevic. Interchange: 14 T Hodkinson, 15 K Tanginoa, 16 F Winterstein 17 T Paseka
Barrett's back to the future selections
2016 May 22nd
Walker's No.6 experiment over: Barrett
Manly coach Trent Barrett admitted his star recruit had wilted under the pressure of playing in the halves over the opening 11 rounds and is hoping a move back to the centres will kickstart Walker's season.
|Asked whether he was likely to stick with Walker in the centres, Barrett said: "Yeah, I think so."
HappilyManly
Journey Man
To be fair the current set up got us the wins against Brisbane, Melbourne and Penrith.
Perspective ....
Look at the ladder mate . Our season in over .
Get a vedio tape of those games and put up a poster of Trent and the current set up in your tv room and celebrate those rare wins over and over again because our team will have nothing to celebrate this year as we have been a complete failure .
To be fair .....
Mediocre is not Manly
Mate you keep harping on about Baz and his negative selections but when he tries something else that, mind you, has won us 3 tough games this season he's still not enterprising enough?
While we're at it, why not play the entire U20s team at first grade?
Fair dinkum, Baz has made many mistakes in his career but playing Dylan Walker at 6 is not one of them.
3 tough games does not make a season . 24 tough games does .
You have had your say and I have had mine and as they all say Look at the NRL ladder
We were on top of the Cowboys last year. Did that get us any closer to a premiership?
With the two coaches that we currently have we wont go any where near a premiership but if you think we can then that is your right to believe so
That's unlike you? No picture? No motivational slogan? Come on, lift your game.
So what? The season has been a complete and utter disaster. Unless something changes dramatically in the last games of the season on a % win / loss basis this will be the 3rd worst season in our clubs 72 years and you are OK with that? We actually have to go back to our first two years 1947 and 1948 to find the only two seasons that were worse.
I wish my expectations were set that low, then I would have enjoyed this season.
Sack Barrett. Save Manly
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| Team | P | W | D | L | PD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bulldogs | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 14 |
| 2 | Storm | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 70 | 10 |
| 3 | Raiders | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 10 |
| 4 | Warriors | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | -18 | 10 |
| 5 | Broncos | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 54 | 8 |
| 6 | Sharks | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 8 |
| 7 | Dragons | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 8 |
| 8 | Rabbitohs | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | -36 | 8 |
| 9 | Cowboys | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -42 | 8 |
| 10 | Tigers | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 6 |
| 11 | Dolphins | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 6 |
| 12 | Sea Eagles | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 6 |
| 13 | Titans | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -36 | 6 |
| 14 | Knights | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -60 | 6 |
| 15 | Panthers | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -10 | 4 |
| 16 | Roosters | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -80 | 4 |
| 17 | Eels | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -123 | 2 |
