Slippery Morris
First Grade
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Great win by the Dragons in front of a great crowd. The hill looked great on TV.
Very ugly game in terms of errors. Saints were far better in the 1st half than Manly and set the platform for the win. They could have easily gone in ahead by more if not for the bunker ruling out Suli's try which was a joke. 2nd half both teams played with a ton of mistakes. Saints conceded 1 try in the 1st 5 mins and the other in the last 5 mins. Apart from that defence was immense.
Sloan getting better and Lomax probably playing his career best form yet not happy where he is playing. He is getting much more ball and has so much freedom now so I will never understand why this attitude to playing wing. Was that him banging the esky as a drum in the team song? Looks pretty happy to me?
Sua' and JDB had crackers, how long are Saints going to wait to re-sign these guys. JDB is a 10+ years players so should not hurt the cap with the long term player payment exclusion (is it 200k per player?).
Liddle looked gassed so not sure why he was not rested earlier or at least last 10 mins of 1st half so he can be slightly fresher 2nd half. Flanno knows best I supposed. I also notice Bird hobbling a bit during the game. He may not be a centre sooner than we think.
Manly was not a top 8 side last year but looked like one for this year so good to get points off them. I think Saints biggest issue will be their for and against. They cannot afford to lose by big scores like they have. If they lose, make it at least by 6 or less.
Very ugly game in terms of errors. Saints were far better in the 1st half than Manly and set the platform for the win. They could have easily gone in ahead by more if not for the bunker ruling out Suli's try which was a joke. 2nd half both teams played with a ton of mistakes. Saints conceded 1 try in the 1st 5 mins and the other in the last 5 mins. Apart from that defence was immense.
Sloan getting better and Lomax probably playing his career best form yet not happy where he is playing. He is getting much more ball and has so much freedom now so I will never understand why this attitude to playing wing. Was that him banging the esky as a drum in the team song? Looks pretty happy to me?
Sua' and JDB had crackers, how long are Saints going to wait to re-sign these guys. JDB is a 10+ years players so should not hurt the cap with the long term player payment exclusion (is it 200k per player?).
Liddle looked gassed so not sure why he was not rested earlier or at least last 10 mins of 1st half so he can be slightly fresher 2nd half. Flanno knows best I supposed. I also notice Bird hobbling a bit during the game. He may not be a centre sooner than we think.
Manly was not a top 8 side last year but looked like one for this year so good to get points off them. I think Saints biggest issue will be their for and against. They cannot afford to lose by big scores like they have. If they lose, make it at least by 6 or less.
