The Daly Cherrygraph

[Mark from Brisbane]

While his form is pretty bad, i do think its pile on DCE time because of his unpopularity. Honestly…….gardeners leave is best for all. He gets covid

Go on holidays and think about your choices and he probably should be angry enough with himslelf

No way the chooks need the headless variety to guide them into the promise land. I imagine his slide will be epic .

I am so longing to see him play against us and read the room . Finally in the 14 getting paid 10000 to clap his hands and point in huddles. He is very photogenic in our victory huddles, almost like he knows how to position himself which is ironic as feck

A few more consolation sundays, a few quiet beers and next year

Last game at brookie getting more interesting by the day. Wonder who doesnt attend

Look I hope it isn’t a protest , regardless of the ending he’s been here for 15 years.

But I feel it will be relatively subdued.

 

[jbb/james]

Look I hope it isn’t a protest , regardless of the ending he’s been here for 15 years.

But I feel it will be relatively subdued.

I reckon they should do one of those big old style banners to run through. Like the peter sterling nsw in LA moment.

he would probably even run around it to avoid the hit , skirt wide , bring the second man through on the inside probably Tom and DCE sprints past after Tommy smashes his banner. Pretty fitting really

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

I reckon they should do one of those big old style banners to run through. Like the peter sterling nsw in LA moment.

he would probably even run around it to avoid the hit , skirt wide , bring the second man through on the inside probably Tom and DCE sprints past after Tommy smashes his banner. Pretty fitting really

A BBQ would be a nice touch, maybe Luke Brooks could present it to him

 

[madmax]

A BBQ would be a nice touch, maybe Luke Brooks could present it to him

Maybe give him his? Funds are limited remember.

 

[nightster]

A BBQ would be a nice touch, maybe Luke Brooks could present it to him

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[The Indian]

Let’s face it there’s good reason why at almost 37 he’s hardly had an injury to mention.

Cam Smith was another , hookers are usually avid defenders , he was okay but never much put his body on the line.

Think you've nailed it - Daly has always played with a higher element of self preservation that the normal NRL player. He's cleverly avoided a lot of the contact by playing much more before the line than on the advantage line, Foran takes more shots from the defense while ball playing in one game than DCE does in a year. DCE will occasionally take a run up the blind side at a winger or centre when the defence is in disarray. But to me he has always played somewhat in a dinner suit to steal the old cliche. Very rarely squares his shoulders to the defensive line and usually fades crossfield. Done it very well for a long time to be fair too, with a lot of success, but age has caught up with him.

He hasn't quit on us really - he's just trying to do what he has always done but he's not as athletic as he was and at age 37 and who can blame him.

But I'm counting down the days......

 

[Mals]

DCE’s best years were when he had Foran beside him as he covered well for his deficiencies and they complemented each other quite well.

When he’s had a “lesser half” beside him his flaws have been there for all to see but some choose to ignore them and focus on his moments of magic.

 

[Tragic Eagle]

Give him a leather wallet!

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

I hope you accept my sincere apologies , I couldn’t see what you were seeing for years and to be honest thought you were just both , anti the guy.

The anti-DCE team running with the wind (howling gale) right now. But I'll not be retracting the various positive observations I've made about DCE over the years.

His character? I was as horrified as anyone at his bombshell this year. To publicly **** on Manly like that was unprecedented. Definitely 'not the done thing' in a footy club, let alone by a captain. Probably already regrets it. Or maybe he doesn't? But I'm also not naive to the times Manly (and every club) has shat on players.

The destruction of the 2008 side was not down to DCE. Manly 2013 was something of a last hurrah, within a couple of years Gift, Choc, King, Kite, Ballin, Rose, Snake, Skivvy, even Killer were all past it. Champion teams do break up eventually and must regenerate. Manly, due probably to their own incompetence, were not able to regenerate. The 2 brilliant young halves were the players to keep but Foz, champion as he was (and is) screwed Manly and suddenly Manly had neither. It was down to him, the club and Bozo as much as it was down to DCE that we threw all that money at DCE to stay. Some sane people may have rejected the huge deal, many wouldn't.

On field - DCE's form currently is crap. He's never been 'immortal quality', but over a long period was often very high quality. His flaws are real, but so is his talent. A brilliant player but often frustrating player.

Anyway I can't wait for him to leave now. And to see how Manly goes with a more conventional half. It's great to know Manly will go far better next year, without him holding us back (we hope!)

 

[Terry Zarsoff]

DCE’s best years were when he had Foran beside him as he covered well for his deficiencies and they complemented each other quite well.

When he’s had a “lesser half” beside him his flaws have been there for all to see but some choose to ignore them and focus on his moments of magic.

He did ok with Blake Green alongside him too.

Pity that all went up in a bonfire.

 

[hozza]

Been a staunch detractor of D$E for many many years, along with a select few on here….

Personally I’m over the moon most on here have finally seen this guy for what he is….A well spoken smarmy salesman……

It took him sh!tting on the club in a grand way, for many to see it, but I’m glad it happened. Finally showed many what a poor character he has, pure salesman. Guarantees he’s never going to be considered a Manly great, which he isn’t.

And find it extremely amusing a select few fanboi’s have basically disappeared..

New era approaches, and I can’t wait!!

 

[madmax]

Give him a leather wallet!

lol so he can put the unlimited debit card Mr Politis will give him in it!

 

[JenEagle]

Think you've nailed it - Daly has always played with a higher element of self preservation that the normal NRL player. He's cleverly avoided a lot of the contact by playing much more before the line than on the advantage line, Foran takes more shots from the defense while ball playing in one game than DCE does in a year. DCE will occasionally take a run up the blind side at a winger or centre when the defence is in disarray. But to me he has always played somewhat in a dinner suit to steal the old cliche. Very rarely squares his shoulders to the defensive line and usually fades crossfield. Done it very well for a long time to be fair too, with a lot of success, but age has caught up with him.

He hasn't quit on us really - he's just trying to do what he has always done but he's not as athletic as he was and at age 37 and who can blame him.

But I'm counting down the days......

Yep this is 100 percent correct. He is a very smart player and that is why he is still playing NRL at age 36.
I thought he has his best season last year however naturally as he turns 36 his speed has gone down again this year and his lateral speed has also decreased so age is catching up with him.

 

[HK_Eagle]

Give him a leather wallet!

Pleather will do, and suit his branding whoreship.

 

[HK_Eagle]

Been a staunch detractor of D$E for many many years, along with a select few on here….

Personally I’m over the moon most on here have finally seen this guy for what he is….A well spoken smarmy salesman……

It took him sh!tting on the club in a grand way, for many to see it, but I’m glad it happened. Finally showed many what a poor character he has, pure salesman. Guarantees he’s never going to be considered a Manly great, which he isn’t.

And find it extremely amusing a select few fanboi’s have basically disappeared..

New era approaches, and I can’t wait!!

Yes, I remember a few small duels with (let’s say, I certain poster on here), whom would call me out for attacking DCE garbage performances during games over the years. He seems to have shut up and gone quiet. Ironically, he would only call people out after the game and criticise them in hindsight for comments they made in the heat of the moment riding the game. Got off on taking a moral high ground after the event. Thankfully, his garbage has stopped.

 

[Chip and Chase]

@Chip and Chase @jbb/james

I hope you accept my sincere apologies , I couldn’t see what you were seeing for years and to be honest thought you were just both , anti the guy.

But looking back , after the events of recent months and being reminded yesterday of that piss poor performance in the 21 Prelim final by @susan I can see you were all right , the whole time.

I’m sorry I doubted you.

No apologies required. He fooled plenty of people. I'm first to admit that on his day he is a great running half when behind a dominant team. What he isn't is an elite NRL halfback that can run a team and turn a game on his own skill. He's just an average to good NRL halfback, who I would put in the "try hard" bracket. Thinks he is great, tries to emulate the real good skillful players but just comes up short. Lacks the finesse and the natural footy brain.

He has very little subtlety in his ball playing, 8 times out of 10 its a hard face ball that could be caught by backrower, centre or winger. Not sure he knows a lot of the time either. How he hasn't managed to unlock Guaca on that edge shows me he isn't a natural ball player. He rarely takes on the line, and his junk dish off inside ball to a flat footed forward is sad. Good backer upperer though, and I'd say a fair chunk of his tries have come from that.

Sure he has kicked field goals to win us close games, but I've maintained for many a year that an elite halfback would have closed out over half those games before they got to golden point. Looks good on his resume though and makes a nice Insta post when you are the clutch hero.

His kicking game is diabolically inconsistent. Where he truly lost me was a few seasons back when we were behind in games and he started grubbering the ball into touch like that was a tactic that would score us points. His other favourite hiding place is getting into dummy half late in games when something needs to happen and he doesn't know how to make it. Clueless.

But what has always annoyed me most about DCE in this place, is the mentality of those who can't separate his paypacket from his skillset. He gets paid a lot of money therefore he must be good - what a thought process. That's not DCE's fault by the way, nor is how much we are paying him to be honest. But really ?? Actually watch the guy week in and week out and see how he isn't even in the top 10 best players in the NRL, let alone getting paid for years as THE highest money earner in the game.

Then come the excuses.... our pack is hopeless, we don't have a good 5/8, the coach is ****, Tommy is injured, we need a better dummy half, other teams target him, ........ they are endless. You could write a book on them. He tried his guts out though and never got injured in 10 years. He's really eloquent and a free thinker according to some. Like all that's worth $1.2mil a season to his fan club. I don't want a "brand" that talks in the 3rd person, I want someone who can win me some footy games.

In 10 - 20 years time when they talk great halfbacks of the NRL era, they'll mention Johns, Thurston, Cronk, Cleary and maybe some others. You can guarantee that DCE won't feature in any of those conversations.

His contract was the single worst contract that this club has ever entered into. Period. Look at the results over the last 10 years since he backflipped and we started paying him a fortune. This is the leanest run in this great club's history and it is no coincidence it has been while he has been at the helm. He suckered management as well.

But it's over now, and I'm kind of happy that more posters here are seeing the light. I will shout out @jbb/james though, he has been willing to fight the good fight more than I. I didn't have the patience anymore after the idiots extended his contract for 2 more years. Too many chess playing pigeons.

 

[HK_Eagle]

Imagine putting Johnny Gibbs in DCE’s body (for those of us who watched JG run around)…🙏

 

[aidan]

No apologies required. He fooled plenty of people. I'm first to admit that on his day he is a great running half when behind a dominant team. What he isn't is an elite NRL halfback that can run a team and turn a game on his own skill. He's just an average to good NRL halfback, who I would put in the "try hard" bracket. Thinks he is great, tries to emulate the real good skillful players but just comes up short. Lacks the finesse and the natural footy brain.

He has very little subtlety in his ball playing, 8 times out of 10 its a hard face ball that could be caught by backrower, centre or winger. Not sure he knows a lot of the time either. How he hasn't managed to unlock Guaca on that edge shows me he isn't a natural ball player. He rarely takes on the line, and his junk dish off inside ball to a flat footed forward is sad. Good backer upperer though, and I'd say a fair chunk of his tries have come from that.

Sure he has kicked field goals to win us close games, but I've maintained for many a year that an elite halfback would have closed out over half those games before they got to golden point. Looks good on his resume though and makes a nice Insta post when you are the clutch hero.

His kicking game is diabolically inconsistent. Where he truly lost me was a few seasons back when we were behind in games and he started grubbering the ball into touch like that was a tactic that would score us points. His other favourite hiding place is getting into dummy half late in games when something needs to happen and he doesn't know how to make it. Clueless.

But what has always annoyed me most about DCE in this place, is the mentality of those who can't separate his paypacket from his skillset. He gets paid a lot of money therefore he must be good - what a thought process. That's not DCE's fault by the way, nor is how much we are paying him to be honest. But really ?? Actually watch the guy week in and week out and see how he isn't even in the top 10 best players in the NRL, let alone getting paid for years as THE highest money earner in the game.

Then come the excuses.... our pack is hopeless, we don't have a good 5/8, the coach is ****, Tommy is injured, we need a better dummy half, other teams target him, ........ they are endless. You could write a book on them. He tried his guts out though and never got injured in 10 years. He's really eloquent and a free thinker according to some. Like all that's worth $1.2mil a season to his fan club. I don't want a "brand" that talks in the 3rd person, I want someone who can win me some footy games.

In 10 - 20 years time when they talk great halfbacks of the NRL era, they'll mention Johns, Thurston, Cronk, Cleary and maybe some others. You can guarantee that DCE won't feature in any of those conversations.

His contract was the single worst contract that this club has ever entered into. Period. Look at the results over the last 10 years since he backflipped and we started paying him a fortune. This is the leanest run in this great club's history and it is no coincidence it has been while he has been at the helm. He suckered management as well.

But it's over now, and I'm kind of happy that more posters here are seeing the light. I will shout out @jbb/james though, he has been willing to fight the good fight more than I. I didn't have the patience anymore after the idiots extended his contract for 2 more years. Too many chess playing pigeons.

One of the best and most accurate posts I’ve ever read on this forum. Amen to that

 

[Scorpio]

No apologies required. He fooled plenty of people. I'm first to admit that on his day he is a great running half when behind a dominant team. What he isn't is an elite NRL halfback that can run a team and turn a game on his own skill. He's just an average to good NRL halfback, who I would put in the "try hard" bracket. Thinks he is great, tries to emulate the real good skillful players but just comes up short. Lacks the finesse and the natural footy brain.

He has very little subtlety in his ball playing, 8 times out of 10 its a hard face ball that could be caught by backrower, centre or winger. Not sure he knows a lot of the time either. How he hasn't managed to unlock Guaca on that edge shows me he isn't a natural ball player. He rarely takes on the line, and his junk dish off inside ball to a flat footed forward is sad. Good backer upperer though, and I'd say a fair chunk of his tries have come from that.

Sure he has kicked field goals to win us close games, but I've maintained for many a year that an elite halfback would have closed out over half those games before they got to golden point. Looks good on his resume though and makes a nice Insta post when you are the clutch hero.

His kicking game is diabolically inconsistent. Where he truly lost me was a few seasons back when we were behind in games and he started grubbering the ball into touch like that was a tactic that would score us points. His other favourite hiding place is getting into dummy half late in games when something needs to happen and he doesn't know how to make it. Clueless.

But what has always annoyed me most about DCE in this place, is the mentality of those who can't separate his paypacket from his skillset. He gets paid a lot of money therefore he must be good - what a thought process. That's not DCE's fault by the way, nor is how much we are paying him to be honest. But really ?? Actually watch the guy week in and week out and see how he isn't even in the top 10 best players in the NRL, let alone getting paid for years as THE highest money earner in the game.

Then come the excuses.... our pack is hopeless, we don't have a good 5/8, the coach is ****, Tommy is injured, we need a better dummy half, other teams target him, ........ they are endless. You could write a book on them. He tried his guts out though and never got injured in 10 years. He's really eloquent and a free thinker according to some. Like all that's worth $1.2mil a season to his fan club. I don't want a "brand" that talks in the 3rd person, I want someone who can win me some footy games.

In 10 - 20 years time when they talk great halfbacks of the NRL era, they'll mention Johns, Thurston, Cronk, Cleary and maybe some others. You can guarantee that DCE won't feature in any of those conversations.

His contract was the single worst contract that this club has ever entered into. Period. Look at the results over the last 10 years since he backflipped and we started paying him a fortune. This is the leanest run in this great club's history and it is no coincidence it has been while he has been at the helm. He suckered management as well.

But it's over now, and I'm kind of happy that more posters here are seeing the light. I will shout out @jbb/james though, he has been willing to fight the good fight more than I. I didn't have the patience anymore after the idiots extended his contract for 2 more years. Too many chess playing pigeons.

...but apart from that, you're a fan of DCE?

 

[Rosko]

While his form is pretty bad, i do think its pile on DCE time because of his unpopularity. Honestly…….gardeners leave is best for all. He gets covid

Go on holidays and think about your choices and he probably should be angry enough with himslelf

No way the chooks need the headless variety to guide them into the promise land. I imagine his slide will be epic .

I am so longing to see him play against us and read the room . Finally in the 14 getting paid 10000 to clap his hands and point in huddles. He is very photogenic in our victory huddles, almost like he knows how to position himself which is ironic as feck

A few more consolation sundays, a few quiet beers and next year

Last game at brookie getting more interesting by the day. Wonder who doesnt attend

Me for one. It will be ugly, however it plays out.