The Daly Cherrygraph

[sheridanstand78]

There is no question that DCE was fatigued today, physically and mentally, yet gutsed it out and you can never question his commitment to the club, a well earnest rest soon to come.

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

There is no question that DCE was fatigued today, physically and mentally, yet gutsed it out and you can never question his commitment to the club, a well earnest rest soon to come.

Yes and that’s what annoyed me a bit , the comments made about him during the game.

It was clear he was well off his game , in hindsight I think he should have been rested but that’s Daly for you , Manly comes first.

Luckily it didn’t impact the result too much but his critics were pretty harsh , and not forgiving at all of the fact he’d just played in one of the most torrid Origin games of the last 5 years.

He would have been physically, and mores to the point , mentally , very fatigued.

 

[LeonardCohen]

A big reason he was not rested would be the bye coming up after the Chooks game. You can bet without that bye, he would have been rested. Also worth noting he did not play against the Knights and had a four day turnaround from Origin (which happens when a team plays Sunday into a Thursday night anyway). So, I think his load is being well managed.

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

A big reason he was not rested would be the bye coming up after the Chooks game. You can bet without that bye, he would have been rested. Also worth noting he did not play against the Knights and had a four day turnaround from Origin (which happens when a team plays Sunday into a Thursday night anyway). So, I think his load is being well managed.

I think he was mentally very down , and that is truly understandable.

 

[manlyfan76]

I think he was mentally very down , and that is truly understandable.

I would be if Slater was my coach.

 

[manly al]

Quite a few of D C E 's poor options had not much to do with fatigue , just ill judged plays and a few in the i st half when fatigue would have hardly been a major factor .
Plenty of other S O O players backed up on the weekend and seemed to have not much difficulty playing to a reasonable standard .
Not to say that D C E would not have been feeling some ill effects from last Wednesday and of course credit for backing up but a heap of other players did also of course so not as if it was some type of badge of honor in his case
Anyway, can also concede that he not that young any more but just saw some of his options against the Titans reminiscent of his not so good playing ways which has cost the side over time
More then capable of bouncing back and the side needs it also of course

 

[globaleagle]

I would be if Slater was my coach.

Mentally down, studs up.

 

[Tragic Eagle]

The good thing is that whilst DCE was not at his best, those around him rolled up their sleeves got into the grind and then rose to the occasion. DCE looked busted and lacking confidence. He will bounce back.

 

[jbb/james]

Well here it it. Its time

Forget all the past. Our halfback, experienced, decorated, its Time

Tomy, brooks , simpkins and DCE. Spine good
Speed out wide and depth performing
Forwards. Doing ok giving halves opportunity every week. Maybe not for 80 but they offer opportunities
Defence, improving
Browns on field leadership

Position 5 th playing 4th
next week BYE, chance to lick wounds, players return

its DCE ‘s game. He needs to run his forwards, play direct and guide us into this commanding position 5 weeks out.

big chance to prove he is worth the patience by carrying the team on his back when its needed and when all of the excuses have gone.

But if its touch footy and shovel it to Tommy then what we have there people is shortcuts

 

[MW66]

DCE looks tired and in need of a rest. Most other clubs have the luxury of being able to rest their stars after an origin game. I expect this to be another tough week for DCE with the likes of Crighton running at him all day. This feels like a bridge too far this week vs Chooks.

I expect DCE/us to bounce back post BYE. It has come at a good time with injuries/suspensions etc.

 

[jbb/james]

DCE looks tired and in need of a rest. Most other clubs have the luxury of being able to rest their stars after an origin game. I expect this to be another tough week for DCE with the likes of Crighton running at him all day. This feels like a bridge too far this week vs Chooks.

I expect DCE/us to bounce back post BYE. It has come at a good time with injuries/suspensions etc.

How Long were you writing media releases for Joe Biden. ?

good to have you on board.

Sorry if its too sarcastic, was trying to make a funny

If DCE Is Knackered why should we be worried about an equally knackered angus he asks. Angus went harder and got a sore neck.

A couple of saunas, some cucumber on the eyes, the hopoate watermelon drink and his general amazingness and the fact he is long due to stamp himself on manlys campaign when it matters

We dont need field goal amazing we need direction amazing. **** me stupid i would still take field goal amazing this week though……..just saying.

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

How Long were you writing media releases for Joe Biden. ?

good to have you on board.

Sorry if its too sarcastic, was trying to make a funny

If DCE Is Knackered why should we be worried about an equally knackered angus he asks. Angus went harder and got a sore neck.

A couple of saunas, some cucumber on the eyes, the hopoate watermelon drink and his general amazingness and the fact he is long due to stamp himself on manlys campaign when it matters

We dont need field goal amazing we need direction amazing. **** me stupid i would still take field goal amazing this week though……..just saying.

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(a lot of them are pretty good too!)

 

[jbb/james]

Congratulations, you've reached 1000 posts in this thread!


(a lot of them are pretty good too!)

They say the first 1000 is always the toughest

I like to thank my mum,

Support Global Peace and ADHD puppies

The usual suspects, and DCE for the opportunity

 

[rj90]

Absolutely loved watching him take down Curran in that headlock after he grabbed Gaz!
No hesitation at all, just grabbed that muppet and took him down.
Onya Skip.

 

[Sheikheagle]

Absolutely loved watching him take down Curran in that headlock after he grabbed Gaz!
No hesitation at all, just grabbed that muppet and took him down.
Onya Skip.

He was awesome yesterday. No headless chook plays 👏🏻

 

[mave]

Also his use of the Captains Challenge was instrumental in winning that game yesterday.

We have pissed some away early in games, and it has cost us in the past.

Well done DCE.

 

[Stuey Davis’s Socks]

The most impressive number in DCE’s 328-game career is the smallest​

By Dan Walsh​

September 19, 2024 — 11.45am
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Daly Cherry-Evans is closer to 36 than 35, and regularly gives away 30 kilos to the back-rowers trying to run him over.
But across a glittering 14-year, 328-game career that only seems to get better with each passing year, his most impressive number is the smallest of all.

The Manly, Queensland and incumbent Australian No.7 has missed less than 4 per cent of games he could have played through injury.
In all, Cherry-Evans has missed just 23 of the 351 NRL games since his Sea Eagles debut in 2011, with nine of those because he was away in Maroons Origin camp. Even when threatened with the first suspension of his career in April, Manly risked a three-game ban to successfully fight his charge at the judiciary.

The remaining 14 missed games over the years have been through injury, with just two of those coming after Cherry-Evans turned 31.
“Oh, I’ve had injuries though, I’ve had some this year,” the Manly skipper grins ahead of a sudden-death semi-final against the Roosters.

“I know I haven’t missed a game (this season) and it hasn’t been anything too serious obvious, but that’s not to say I don’t go without injuries.
“That’s not to say I don’t wake up some weeks thinking, ‘jeez, I wonder if I’m going to play this week’.

“I had ankle surgery in 2019 and got back quickly from that to play Origin. And there was post-season surgery at the end of 2016 on my shoulder. So I haven’t gone surgery-free.
“The timing of them has not been too bad, and the severity of them hasn’t been too bad either.

Daly Cherry-Evans and Luke Brooks celebrate their win over Canterbury.CREDIT: GETTY IMAGES
“I still have those weeks, those doubts and those niggles. But I do a lot of work with the medical staff here and externally I’ve got my routine.
“There’s a lot of work that goes into me playing. I know I’m not the only one in the NRL who’s doing extra routines and recovery programs … and my partner and kids understand that sometimes I have to give up a bit of time at home for an extra massage or going to a recovery place. My career isn’t going to last forever so I’m just doing everything I can to maximise it.”

Cherry-Evans has regularly laughed off suggestions of chasing down Cameron Smith’s NRL-record of 430 games given it would require another five seasons and playing into his 40s.
Smith’s durability – like Cherry-Evans, he only once played less than 19 NRL games in a season – as a fellow 80-something kilo playmaker makes him one of few that can match the Manly halfback.
Cherry-Evans can hit the open market on November 1 when his current deal – worth a little under $1 million a year – enters its final season, but a gentleman’s agreement with Manly officials to work out another deal for 2026 and/or 2027 over the summer has him at ease.
“That will get sorted at the right time, now’s just not it,” he says.
“The priority is finals and that’s where we want to be. I’ve been here so long as well that I’m not worried about the future. If it all ended tomorrow, I’d be a very happy man.

“But I know it won’t, and that’s why I’m not worried.”

Especially not when a display of game management like his second half in Manly’s comeback against Canterbury more than offsets the defensive reads that can see him targeted by opposition attacks.
Cherry-Evans expects more of the same when Luke Keary and Angus Crichton line up opposite him on Saturday night, just as he plans to send Haumole Olakau’atu right back at them.
“I’m giving up the best part of 30 kilos to some of the big boys in defence,” Cherry-Evans says. “So I’ve got to be careful and smart at times, but that comes with experience too.

“And when your number is called, you grit your teeth and do your best.”

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[SeaEagleRock8]

The most impressive number in DCE’s 328-game career is the smallest​

By Dan Walsh​

September 19, 2024 — 11.45am
Save

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4 min

Daly Cherry-Evans is closer to 36 than 35, and regularly gives away 30 kilos to the back-rowers trying to run him over.
But across a glittering 14-year, 328-game career that only seems to get better with each passing year, his most impressive number is the smallest of all.

The Manly, Queensland and incumbent Australian No.7 has missed less than 4 per cent of games he could have played through injury.
In all, Cherry-Evans has missed just 23 of the 351 NRL games since his Sea Eagles debut in 2011, with nine of those because he was away in Maroons Origin camp. Even when threatened with the first suspension of his career in April, Manly risked a three-game ban to successfully fight his charge at the judiciary.

The remaining 14 missed games over the years have been through injury, with just two of those coming after Cherry-Evans turned 31.
“Oh, I’ve had injuries though, I’ve had some this year,” the Manly skipper grins ahead of a sudden-death semi-final against the Roosters.

“I know I haven’t missed a game (this season) and it hasn’t been anything too serious obvious, but that’s not to say I don’t go without injuries.
“That’s not to say I don’t wake up some weeks thinking, ‘jeez, I wonder if I’m going to play this week’.

“I had ankle surgery in 2019 and got back quickly from that to play Origin. And there was post-season surgery at the end of 2016 on my shoulder. So I haven’t gone surgery-free.
“The timing of them has not been too bad, and the severity of them hasn’t been too bad either.

Daly Cherry-Evans and Luke Brooks celebrate their win over Canterbury.CREDIT: GETTY IMAGES
“I still have those weeks, those doubts and those niggles. But I do a lot of work with the medical staff here and externally I’ve got my routine.
“There’s a lot of work that goes into me playing. I know I’m not the only one in the NRL who’s doing extra routines and recovery programs … and my partner and kids understand that sometimes I have to give up a bit of time at home for an extra massage or going to a recovery place. My career isn’t going to last forever so I’m just doing everything I can to maximise it.”

Cherry-Evans has regularly laughed off suggestions of chasing down Cameron Smith’s NRL-record of 430 games given it would require another five seasons and playing into his 40s.
Smith’s durability – like Cherry-Evans, he only once played less than 19 NRL games in a season – as a fellow 80-something kilo playmaker makes him one of few that can match the Manly halfback.
Cherry-Evans can hit the open market on November 1 when his current deal – worth a little under $1 million a year – enters its final season, but a gentleman’s agreement with Manly officials to work out another deal for 2026 and/or 2027 over the summer has him at ease.
“That will get sorted at the right time, now’s just not it,” he says.
“The priority is finals and that’s where we want to be. I’ve been here so long as well that I’m not worried about the future. If it all ended tomorrow, I’d be a very happy man.

“But I know it won’t, and that’s why I’m not worried.”

Especially not when a display of game management like his second half in Manly’s comeback against Canterbury more than offsets the defensive reads that can see him targeted by opposition attacks.
Cherry-Evans expects more of the same when Luke Keary and Angus Crichton line up opposite him on Saturday night, just as he plans to send Haumole Olakau’atu right back at them.
“I’m giving up the best part of 30 kilos to some of the big boys in defence,” Cherry-Evans says. “So I’ve got to be careful and smart at times, but that comes with experience too.

“And when your number is called, you grit your teeth and do your best.”

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@jbb/james ... don't say it!!!!
(hope you're going well)

 

[Tragic Eagle]

I don't want to put any more pressure on DCE. But when he plays well we win. He needs to the pack to hold it's own or even better get on top and he can do his stuff. He looked a bit knocked about after origin but he is looking his old self again. Go Manly.

 

[jbb/james]

@jbb/james ... don't say it!!!!
(hope you're going well)

i dont need to these days. there are enough others of the same ilk

mutual respect and health back at you mate