08 :: R3 MNF :: Sea Eagles 52 Warriors 6 @ Brookvale

[gong_eagle]

I don't have much better

I'll look at fixing it when Manly host Souths next week ;-) I should have an image I took myself somewhere *scrambles for picture*

here try this

 

[cupid]

Manly
Brett Stewart
Michael Robertson, Steve Bell, David Vaealiki, Michael Bani
Jamie Lyon, Matt Orford ©
Jason King, Matt Ballin, Brent Kite
Anthony Watmough, Glenn Stewart
Steve Menzies
Int - Josh Perry, Luke Williamson, Adam Cuthbertson, Mark Bryant
Res - Heath L'Estrange, Glenn Hall, Jack Afamasaga

NZ
1 LANCE HOHAIA
2 PATRICK AH VAN, 3 BRENT TATE, 4 JEROME ROPATI, 5 MANU VATUVEI
6 MICHAEL WITT, 7 GRANT ROVELLI
8 SAM RAPIRA, 9 NATHAN FIEN, 10 RUBEN WIKI (c)
11 SIMON MANNERING, 12 LOGAN SWANN
13 MICHEAL LUCK

Int - 14 IAN HENDERSON, 15 EVARN TUIMAVAVE, 16 EPALAHAME LAUAKI, 17 SONNY FAI
Res - 18 WAIRANGI KOOPU

What!? Lyon at 5/8 again! Dessies obssesion with Lyon at 5/8 is pissing me off.

 

[nzwarriors60]

Now i seen the teams us by 12

 

[Rovelli]

Why do we have to wait 'til f**kIN Monday for this game?

Man oh man

Should be a close one; hopefully our mob get another important victory in what is a tough start to the season.

Yet, look at Manly's team and wonder how they COULD be 0-3...

 

[Shorty]

Man,this is hard because the Warriors will roll on with a win but Manly don't often lose at Brookvale.
Even if they are playing badly it's still their fortress.

 

[gong_eagle]

Ropati in doubt

| March 26, 2008
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/sport/nrl/story/0,26799,23430565-5006066,00.html

IN-form New Zealand centre Jerome Ropati is in doubt for Warriors' NRL clash with Manly on Monday due to an ankle injury.

Coach Ivan Cleary included Ropati in his team to play the Sea Eagles at Brookvale Oval but admitted he was a doubtful starter for the match.

Ropati, 23, lasted 68 minutes of Sunday's 30-16 win against Parramatta in Auckland before leaving the field.

"While the injury doesn't seem to be as bad as we first thought, Jerome is still in doubt this week,'' Cleary said. "We're hopeful his ankle will come right quickly but whether that will be in time for this game remains to be seen.''

Cleary named an unchanged 17, with Lance Hohaia remaining at fullback after an impressive effort against the Eels when called in as a late replacement for Aidan Kirk.

With Ropati in doubt, Cleary named veteran backrower Wairangi Koopu as 18th man for the trip to Sydney. Koopu hasn't yet added to his career tally of 153 NRL appearances after being omitted from the squad for the first two matches of the season.
Cleary will be hoping for a speedy recovery from Ropati, with his two most influential players Steve Price (hamstring) and Wade McKinnon (knee) already sidelined with injury.

 

[Rovelli]

JRo probably won't play.

 

[gong_eagle]

Sea Eagles V Warriors Preview
NRL
http://nrl.com/News/Latest/tabid/10244/default.aspx?id=50241Sea Eagles v Warriors

Brookvale Oval
Monday 7.00pm
THREE weeks in and this looms as a crunch game for both sides. The Sea Eagles have all the pressure on them: they’re yet to open their account and their premiership odds will blow like the wind if they trudge away from this one with their second ’08 home defeat at the once-feared ‘Fortress Brookvale’ and zero competition points on the board.
Likewise Warriors’ coach Ivan Cleary knows the importance of this game: his side need to win to stay in touch with the upper echelon of contenders but, more importantly, they have the perfect opportunity to plunge a dagger into the already wounded Sea Eagles – and perhaps maim them for good for season 2008.
Manly have lost in close calls twice so far – 16-10 to competition front-runners Cronulla and a gut-wrenching golden-point loss to the Knights last week.
Skipper Matt Orford is still struggling for attacking cohesion with his five-eighth Jamie Lyon and while fans’ patience is wearing thin they are too talented a duo to remain firing on six of their potential eight cylinders.
The Warriors were well in their first-round match with the Storm in Melbourne before they comically kicked-off dead three times in the second half to effectively strangle themselves, then muscled-up to climb over the top of the Eels 30-16 in Auckland.
The Sea Eagles have named the same team from last week – although expect either Glenn Hall or Jack Afamasaga to join the bench should Josh Perry fail to beat his head-butting rap from last week.
Warriors’ captain Steve Price remains sidelined with an upper hamstring complaint.
Watch out Sea Eagles!: Warriors’ winger Manu Vatuvei is without doubt the most enigmatic player in the NRL, dotting his ledger with various pros and cons each game.
The pros come in the form of block-busting busts and excellent finishes – already he tops the NRL with four tries from two doubles, plus he heads the line-breaks category with five (two of them off kick-returns, so Orford will need to be wary). His 348 metres gained (average 174 a game) ranks him fourth in the league, and he’s also fourth for kick-return metres with 122. But the ‘cons’ column is littered with handling errors – especially off kicks both along the ground and in the air. If he can keep his errors down the Sea Eagles will be made to pay.
Watch out Warriors!: The Sea Eagles may be just a microsecond away from hitting their straps. Their stats aren’t all that bad – they dominated possession against the Sharks with 31 completed sets to 21 but still lost. Newcastle had six more sets last week yet Manly still led deep in the second half.
Their 27 errors from two rounds places them middle of the pack, yet they sit with the woeful Penrith as the lowest try-scorers with four. The key is Lyon – he’s run the ball 16 times but has been tackled on 14 occasions; as a five-eighth he needs to make some line breaks or line-break assists. Expect him to not die with the ball as much, starting this week.
Where it will be won: That’s an easy one: discipline. Both sides are testing the patience of the refs, with the Warriors the equal worst offenders in the league with the Cowboys on a massive 20 penalties conceded from just two games. The Sea Eagles rank third-worst on 19 penalties. But that stat is more ominous for the visitors, should the Brookvale faithful rally behind their side and earn them some good old-fashioned “home-ground advantage”.
A final word on penalties: the Sea Eagles have been pinged three times in attack so far – that shows how out of sync they are. But that could change in an instant…
The History: Played 13; Sea Eagles 7, Warriors 6. The honours are even four games apiece over their last eight encounters – although the past two games at Brookvale have been cliff-hangers; the Warriors won 22-20 in 2005 and the local side scraped home 13-10 last year. Worryingly for the home side, their opponents scored their biggest ever head-to-head win over Manly – 36-10 – at Brookvale in 1999.
Conclusion: It could be that the Sea Eagles have been trying too hard to date. Obviously they are frustrated at their inability to pile on the points, and they are perhaps forcing the issue. There’s certainly nothing wrong with their ability to generate offloads – they’ve made 35 to rank second to the Roosters (36). But they haven’t been able to take advantage of this play, with errors and good opposition defence keeping their total line breaks to a paltry three (the Warriors have nine).
It could well be their season hinges on this game. As we saw with the Dragons over the Titans last week, that sort of motivation can transform Minis into Ferraris. One last chance for the home side.
Match Officials: Referee – Sean Hampstead; Sideline Officials – Steve Chiddy & Russell Turner; Video Ref – Steve Clark.
Televised: Fox Sports 2 – Live 7.00pm (AEDT).
* Statistics NRL Stats

 

[effnic]

Effie no predictions this week!!!!

:lol: Yeah fully, no bets for me either. I was going to place a nice $50 on a manly win head to head thinking they will be underdogs for sure, but i nearly fainted to see we are $1.50 favourites and the warriors are paying $2.50. So all the people on here (wittyfan) who think the warriors are gonna smash us, i suggest you get to your local tab, i shall be sitting here hoping you lose all your money.

 

[effnic]

Sea Eagles V Warriors Preview
NRL
http://nrl.com/News/Latest/tabid/10244/default.aspx?id=50241Sea Eagles v Warriors

Brookvale Oval
Monday 7.00pm
THREE weeks in and this looms as a crunch game for both sides. The Sea Eagles have all the pressure on them: they’re yet to open their account and their premiership odds will blow like the wind if they trudge away from this one with their second ’08 home defeat at the once-feared ‘Fortress Brookvale’ and zero competition points on the board.

:lol: :lol: 2 losses at brookie since 2006 and its all of a sudded once-feared pfffft please.

 

[-Dr.J-]

Could be mightly close, or it could blow out a little bit.

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:


Champagne Skinny


Buck both ways ftw

:x

 

[wittyfan]

:lol: Yeah fully, no bets for me either. I was going to place a nice $50 on a manly win head to head thinking they will be underdogs for sure, but i nearly fainted to see we are $1.50 favourites and the warriors are paying $2.50. So all the people on here (wittyfan) who think the warriors are gonna smash us, i suggest you get to your local tab, i shall be sitting here hoping you lose all your money.

When are we going out to dinner?

 

[byrne_rovelli_fan82]

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:


Champagne Skinny


Buck both ways ftw

:x

Haha, yip! That's me! Anything could happen on Monday, nothing is safe *smirks*

 

[effnic]

Neeeeeeeevvvvvvvveeeeerrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!! I am calling it even from the last time you made a bet if Manly beat the warriors you were not to come on the forums for a week , but you broke it and posted the following day, so back to the drawing board.

 

[byrne_rovelli_fan82]

Yeh the discipline, very important. We're pretty shabby in that area. Needs fixing asap

 

[wittyfan]

That wasn't part of the deal last week, effie! You still owe me a night out. ;-)

 

[Garts]

That wasn't part of the deal last week, effie! You still owe me a night out. ;-)

If you are good he might treat you to a night in.

 

[gong_eagle]

If you are good he might treat you to a night in.

In who ? :lol:

 

[effnic]

Oh man ok enough. Locky would be glad to take him.

 

[t-ba]

I'm still waiting on my $50 tbh...seems like a bit of a welcher this queen.