Ron E. Gibbs
First Grader
Great win, but we're certainly not bound for the top four just yet. Give it a few more weeks and we'll have a better idea where we stand. Remember the team is a work in progress and don't expect too much too soon.
We looked like a top 4 team
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Thurston had a very quiet game due to the fact that the cows couldn't get any go forward. For once out men upnthr front stopped them from rolling down the park.
Does that mean that JT is not worth 1m a season now?
All the DCE haters out there should take a good look at themselves. It's hard when your team is always on the back foot and as a half your making 30 tackles a game.
With DCE only making 16 tackles (which is still high for a half) he was in much better form.
Does that mean that JT is not worth 1m a season now?
All the DCE haters out there should take a good look at themselves. It's hard when your team is always on the back foot and as a half your making 30 tackles a game.
With DCE only making 16 tackles (which is still high for a half) he was in much better form.
madmax
Bencher
Not happy when they lose & now not happy when they win........hard to please some.
Loobs
Living in the demountable.
It is massive. Like us missing 4 props is a massive blow to our ability to go forward. They still had plenty of ball on the line but we had men in each tackle and constantly wrapped up the ball so they couldn't offload. They had their chances.
Loobs
Living in the demountable.
At the end of the day though, did we look like a top 4 team? No. Still too many penalties and dropped balls. The defence was amazingly solid but we need to address why we are having to defend so much. We can't go 20+ rounds giving teams that much possession.
Having said that it was a huge improvement, mentally if anything. Go to a hostile place and come away with the points that you had to bust your arse to get. Hopefully with the guys back it's the start of something.
Having said that it was a huge improvement, mentally if anything. Go to a hostile place and come away with the points that you had to bust your arse to get. Hopefully with the guys back it's the start of something.
Loobs
Living in the demountable.
Look at who gives it to DCE - former hot heads. Can't understand he is a chill/happy guy. That's his personality but they want him losing his **** because they're so dumb that's all they equate to being passionate and caring.
Ralphie
Bencher
He didn't say he was not happy, he said we need to not get carried away with how good we were and we must back it up next week otherwise it was just a flash in the pan.
I gave us no hope before the game and was delighted to be proven wrong. String together 3 or 4 of those wins in a row and I will start to believe. Right now, that was a great result but one good win does not make a season nor signal we have turned a corner, 3 or 4 just might.
Ned
Bencher
Dunno about that dude, the Cowgirls had 50 some odd tackles inside our twenty. They might not have had the go forward but thy got penalties and dropped ball enough to post plenty on us if our defense wasn't as good as it was.
On the whole a MASSIVE improvement from last week in both attack and defense.
Cherry - Got his kicking game back, everything in this area was better, Long kicking for 40/20, but other long kicks were going to space and not directly to the opposition (unlike last week) short kicks were accurate to the in goal and dropouts were over 50M, unlike 30M against Parra. We need more of this.
Nate's first spell was good and bad imo, he gave away 3 penalties and took out Tom for 15 minutes, but he ran and tackled with aggression and purpose, a huge improvement from this guy. Maybe he's trying to justify SOO selection, but whatever it was Keep it up.
Brown played very limited minutes, I think he came on with 25 minutes to go. No standout, but no stand out garbage so a big improvement from him.
On the whole it was a huge improvement from last week, and If Cherry could've kicked like that I reckon the Parra game would've gone out way too.
But to say we're top 4, let's wait a few weeks before making assessments like that. We need some consistency and that's where the coaching staff come in. Hopefully they can keep the boys at this level for a few weeks, it'd be great to demolish the dogs and the rorters!!
SeaEagle007
Reserve Grader
They had suspensions and injuries , so did we. We got out reffed round one , and a couple or asrey Corney Norman plays. Otherwise are 2/3 and everyone says we are greta. In reality we a definite top 8. We can be top 4 but we have to back it up 3 games out of 4 to do so. The old Manly could do this well.. This team can just need to give them some patients.. This is 2006 all over again.. stick with them
Im happy with the win for sure, but lets be brutally honest (even if it gets dislikes)
When manly were a dominant team, which games worried you the most as a supporter, coming up against the other top teams in the comp, or playing the nuffies a week AFTER playing the top teams?? Wede always slay the big teams, then fail to get up for the bottom feeders the next week...
This is EXACTLY what happenend last night.. After having 2 golden pt wins against teams most punters have top 4 easily in raiders and broncs, they then came up against the nuffies team and failed to fire... Seen it a hundred times before..
When manly were a dominant team, which games worried you the most as a supporter, coming up against the other top teams in the comp, or playing the nuffies a week AFTER playing the top teams?? Wede always slay the big teams, then fail to get up for the bottom feeders the next week...
This is EXACTLY what happenend last night.. After having 2 golden pt wins against teams most punters have top 4 easily in raiders and broncs, they then came up against the nuffies team and failed to fire... Seen it a hundred times before..
also, i watched the game at a club with little volume, didnt realise coote and winterstein wernt playing and o'neill went off hurt... forget our front row issues, pull tom turbo and tafua out of our side then take walker off injured in the first half and see how manly go lol... top 4?? nahhhh
brad
First Grader
The Cowboys were only aloud to play good as we let them . Great effort.
brad
First Grader
Thats what im talking about , well said man well said .
madmax
Bencher
The way the Cows played last night......neither are they!!!
looked great rounds 1 and 2 tho... ide rather have 1 off bad week as opposed to manlys sh%t start to the year and having a 1 off good week
pjayz
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Why forget our prop issues, forget their back issues then. That's just silly. They also bring in the best young prospect in the game in Ponga, so it wasn't much of a loss. We also lost Tom for 15 minutes during the game.
We were outstanding last night, we aren't top 4 material, but I think the boys deserve more credit than what you are giving them.
madmax
Bencher
The Cows team should start better!! They've been together for much longer than we have! Give us some time & see how we go when combinations start to gel!
i think next week will tell us everything we need to know.... if we get over the dogs maybe we are on the up and up, but i have a feeling next week will resemble our eels/bunnies games more than it will last nights .. hopefully im wrong tho, i just dont see sustained success happening for this squad this season
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