Not to sound like a d**k, but I think we are missing the point of the thread...about whining/ sooking...
A few things....we did get a massive lopsided penalty count and no one can deny a huge weight of possession 2nd half.
They were often offside and I felt infringed in basically every play the balls through the night.
This was obviously the game plan after copping a 60 point smashup, so no surprises really.
Fact is they won the contacts that first half, giving ascendancy in this area.
They started full of energy and turned up for an obvious ambush.
Manly were playing with half the enthusiasm.
So when you blend it all together, Manly were almost looking for a spark instead of finding the solution...as they did 2nd half....it was a chalk and cheese performance.
The thread's story is correct, as it was a lack of urgency against a hungry team fighting harder that won many of those decisions...and the Manly players were often looking at the ref, slowing the process also and not getting into the battle to win back momentum.
That's what I take from the thread, it's not a negative thing, more an observation of an area Manly can improve and I reckon Des will tell them the same thing....as he probably did at half time - "The ref's not gunna get you out of this, everyone has to roll up the sleeves and dig deep" which was the ONLY way out....and they did.
A few things....we did get a massive lopsided penalty count and no one can deny a huge weight of possession 2nd half.
They were often offside and I felt infringed in basically every play the balls through the night.
This was obviously the game plan after copping a 60 point smashup, so no surprises really.
Fact is they won the contacts that first half, giving ascendancy in this area.
They started full of energy and turned up for an obvious ambush.
Manly were playing with half the enthusiasm.
So when you blend it all together, Manly were almost looking for a spark instead of finding the solution...as they did 2nd half....it was a chalk and cheese performance.
The thread's story is correct, as it was a lack of urgency against a hungry team fighting harder that won many of those decisions...and the Manly players were often looking at the ref, slowing the process also and not getting into the battle to win back momentum.
That's what I take from the thread, it's not a negative thing, more an observation of an area Manly can improve and I reckon Des will tell them the same thing....as he probably did at half time - "The ref's not gunna get you out of this, everyone has to roll up the sleeves and dig deep" which was the ONLY way out....and they did.
