Coastie_Tiger
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Madge did pretty much sign or resign every single one of them, of course he wasnt the only one with input but thats either who wanted to play for him or couldnt get a gig elsewhere.
Live game thread v manly *spoilers*
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Madge did pretty much sign or resign every single one of them, of course he wasnt the only one with input but thats either who wanted to play for him or couldnt get a gig elsewhere.
stryker 69
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Fair assessment. 👍🏼
innsaneink
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Started work early so i could watch on my phone from 2pm
Was a putrid 2nd half effort or lack of it....switched off with 20 to go disgusted yet again
Was a putrid 2nd half effort or lack of it....switched off with 20 to go disgusted yet again
GNR4LIFE
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Man, you can play a drinking game to Blocker saying “it’ll be interesting to see”. He’s good for at least 3 or 4 times a game.
Trying to write this without bitterness but who would you keep for next year from today's 17. I would get rid of Laurie, Nofoaluma, Brooks, Tamou, Liddle, Madden and Seyfarth.
Garner, Leilua and Tualagi are leaving anyway.
I'm saying we keep Naden, To'a, Maumalo, Hastings, Musgrove, Twal and Ofahengaue but am not that fussed about any of them except for Ofahengaue.
What a serious disgrace that we could lose 16 of our starting 17 from today and probably be better off.
Garner, Leilua and Tualagi are leaving anyway.
I'm saying we keep Naden, To'a, Maumalo, Hastings, Musgrove, Twal and Ofahengaue but am not that fussed about any of them except for Ofahengaue.
What a serious disgrace that we could lose 16 of our starting 17 from today and probably be better off.
They’re all contracted so they can make us eat a shit sandwich each week - it’s only the Bulldogs that are able to move contracted players on whenever they choose … if Brooks was at the Bulldogs he would have been locked out years ago. Gus bangs on about feeling sorry for Brooks but he wouldn’t entertain his inability at the Dogs.
We are seriously lacking in forward power . Tamou plays 40 mins for 40 m
and Brooks lacks creativity but behind a pack that's not performing its difficult .Lucy had a poor game maybe he wants early release. One point manly didn't score any tries down our right side.where toa and noffa are
and Brooks lacks creativity but behind a pack that's not performing its difficult .Lucy had a poor game maybe he wants early release. One point manly didn't score any tries down our right side.where toa and noffa are
Was probably the worst lifting tackle of the year was a accident but sent off
Ivan has signed l-o-n-g term and has the Nathan card to ensure Ciraldo will be his shoe shine boy for the next decade.
We have to do our best to move them on. Some will stay in 2023 but will be gone after that. For example with Nofoaluma I'd pay half his contract to get rid of him. He's poison.
Others you just have to do whatever you can.
The other thing I'd do is pay "overs" for quality. I hate hearing that we shouldn't pay "overs". We don't and we miss out on quite a few players. If we offered (say) six quality players for $600k each when their true value is $500k we'd be a good chance of getting them and would effectively lose the chance to buy one quality player through the overspend.
We are in deep, deep trouble and have to make big changes to our approach to get ourselves out of it.
Like in most of our games, there were many things that contributed to a performance like that. The obvious thing is the general standard of the majority of our team who lack a winning mentality and the competitive character to push themselves physically and put 100% effort in, and instead take the easy road and just give up when the going gets tough.
The game can not be won when your forwards can’t make any yardage in Attack and have zero aggression in Defence. That performance in the middle was sooooo soft, it was embarrassing. Every Manly forward outplayed our guys by miles.
The dumb errors and penalties we gave away smacked of schoolboy footy.
Disappointing games all round from Luc and Tamou. Defense in the second half from Hastings, Madden, Naden and most of the pack was woeful.
Please please please, if Liddle is picked we can’t play Madden at 14. Must be Nu Brown as he at least offers some utility value and allows Brooks to remain at 6. Liddle might last longer minutes if the rest of the pack tackled like they should.
Playing Tuilagi is wasting a spot in the 17 now, not that Seyfarth is any answer.
The list goes on, but for god’s sake how hard is it to chase your kick, put pressure on their kicker, and move up in a line in D. Rugby League for dummies!!
The game can not be won when your forwards can’t make any yardage in Attack and have zero aggression in Defence. That performance in the middle was sooooo soft, it was embarrassing. Every Manly forward outplayed our guys by miles.
The dumb errors and penalties we gave away smacked of schoolboy footy.
Disappointing games all round from Luc and Tamou. Defense in the second half from Hastings, Madden, Naden and most of the pack was woeful.
Please please please, if Liddle is picked we can’t play Madden at 14. Must be Nu Brown as he at least offers some utility value and allows Brooks to remain at 6. Liddle might last longer minutes if the rest of the pack tackled like they should.
Playing Tuilagi is wasting a spot in the 17 now, not that Seyfarth is any answer.
The list goes on, but for god’s sake how hard is it to chase your kick, put pressure on their kicker, and move up in a line in D. Rugby League for dummies!!
TheDaBoss
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Tiger_Fanatic3
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Broom 🧹 🧹& chequebook couldn't come sooner enough.
We need to go to our wall safe (the one behind the Mona Lisa smeared with cream) take out the entire contents and waive it under Cameron Munster’s nose - we can’t continue to have Brooks simply going through the motions, he’s the dumbest millionaire in the country!
We really need to add some true “competitors” to our squad. Look at the difference one guy like Harry Grant made to us when he was here. If we don’t find a few of these the buys we have made will suffer and any good juniors will just fade into mediocrity. It’s exactly why many of our players leave and reach greater heights at other clubs. Focusing solely on juniors coming through will not lift our club. Leadership from 5-6 quality hard headed competitors who never give up and always maintain a winning standard is what it takes to be a top 4 team.
Totally agree. We need to bring the sort of players you're talking about into the club and blend then with the young quality we have coming through Flegg, Matts and KOE.
