'13 | R1 | Fri | Broncos 14-22 Sea Eagles | Suncorp

[hunters]

Lawrence was huge for Manly.

Hugely under rated. Was hoping the bunnies would buy him but I suppose the 27 Burgess boys are a fair back up.

 

[Dragon]

Broncos fans can feel disheartened, but something ive always been a bit jelly of is their lack of nervousness. They're always willing to have a go and play accordingly. Didnt work tonight but good signs

 

[Sans Souci Sainter]

Not surprised that smug merkin Waterhouse is a Manly fan

Didn't he say he was a Broncos fan/wanker?

 

[East Coast Tiger]

I'm not sure Gillett is a first grade player.

He just needs a double hand transplant.

 

[Tommy Smith]

Lawrence is a beast. A very astute signing by Manly.

As for Brisbane, they could well be the most boring team to watch in history. Unless the ball goes to Hodges, NOTHING happens.

So poorly coached by the Boring One. They'll miss the 8 by a fair way.

 

[ek999]

Didn't he say he was a Broncos fan/wanker?

He did

 

[blacklock]

Or $2.70 even.

Bookies got this and last nights wrong.

Edit: talking about Souffs -3

the worst thing was the tab spokesman at half time suckering people into backing the broncos. like they were a certainty valued at 1.30 for an 8 pt lead.

 

[cv8z]

Lost how many of our last 13 odd games and we still get 30,000+ to a game, dragons have wet dreams about having our following

put half a dozen teams in brisbane and see the figures

 

[ME SO HORNBY!]

And yet the crowd was still bigger than most Dragons games...

You would bloody well hope so. Not sure what point you are trying to make.

 

[Armageddon.]

I had manly +4.5/ Over 36.5
There was 36 points in the game....just needed 1 more.
Last 24 mins were scoreless

 

[ME SO HORNBY!]

put half a dozen teams in brisbane and see the figures

^^^ This

 

[user_nat]

Have to say Lyon was oddly quiet tonight. Usually destroys us.

 

[blaza88z]

I had manly +4.5/ Over 36.5
There was 36 points in the game....just needed 1 more.
Last 24 mins were scoreless

This might be hard to believe but I was on the same thing, isn't it funny how the line is ALWAYS so close, it's as if they know pre-game how it will all pan out

 

[ME SO HORNBY!]

Lost how many of our last 13 odd games and we still get 30,000+ to a game, dragons have wet dreams about having our following

1 team in a city of Brisbane's size that supposedly loves league means the Broncos should be selling out the stadium every week.

 

[ek999]

I thought Fa'aoso was better. Manly picked up some good cheap players this year.

 

[blaza88z]

why do there bronco's threads always attract the vermin merge fans

I will be dropping by the melbourne vs merge thread, for sure

 

[Big Pete]

Well that was certainly deflating.

Good win by the Sea Eagles in the end. Thought they showed some good signs in the first half despite Brisbane finishing on top of them. Foran/DCE reminded everybody how good they can be tonight and they completely out-lasted Brisbane all across the paddock. Very clinical and professional display from Manly.

Not going to completely rip on the Broncos just yet. There were some good signs there but thought they just tried playing too side to side. Also need to re-think their defensive formation, way too many liabilites paired together and it made it way too easy for a side like Manly.

Still, that Maranta try alone was well worth the experience. A lot of fun that.

 

[Rudderriffic]

Stewart shouldn't have played tonight. In the second half it looked like 3/4 pace was a struggle for him. Manly can't afford to break another Stewart this early in the season.

 

[blacklock]

I had manly +4.5/ Over 36.5
There was 36 points in the game....just needed 1 more.
Last 24 mins were scoreless

how much did you have on that?

 

[Patorick]

I thought Fa'aoso was better. Manly picked up some good cheap players this year.

Yep.

Jury is out on Gower after tonight though.

Good win!