Game day V Manly (round 17)

[JohnnoMcJohnno]

Yeah this has happened in the past.

Qld didn't name their team until the Tuesday for game 1. Monday night post MNF both teams should be named. No advantage to either state and no disadvantage to the players involved in MNF.

Not that I think our 2 boys would not put in tonight but it must plant a fear of injury doubt in the back of their minds and this is simply undue pressure they and the clubs involved do not need.

Very amateurish of the NSWRL and QRL and the NRL for letting it happen.

On the plus side, the trbojevic brothers are both in the NSW development squad. So their minds may not totally be on the job either.

 

[coast_dragons]

Cooper not playing and not surprised he'll have extra time to heal now.

 

[Dragonslayer]

Welcome to game day.

This game has me worried. It's a game we should win comfortably, but like other games on the weekend, it's going to be touch and go against a team who really has nothing to lose.
If Benji can produce more of what he did last weekend against the Knights then I think that will go a long way to getting us the win. If we can also need to contain Manly's big forwards including AFB.

A win will put us firmly in the 8 with some breathing space with the bye next week.

Also, our U20's are currently 6th and playing the bottom of the table Manly u20's, a win this week and the bye will get them up to 3rd or 4th.

Predictions
1st grade - Saints 20 Manly 16
U20's - Saints 38 Manly 10

Come on boys we can have all 3 grades in the race for the finals.

Fire up Dragons fans.

Got the 38-10 correct
Lets hope 1sts follow suit

 

[Dragonsdiehard]

I think we have the skills to beat manly. The bigger question is do we want this more than a desperate manly side do? Sportsbet has us at long odds. i'm interested to see how Foxsports guys see this one.

 

[Dragsters]

Let's keep the roll going Dragons, roll thru manly, roll into the 8 and roll on thru the back of the season and into semis...

Go the MIGHTIES!!!

 

[loose arm]

Looking to Friz and Duges to show why they're origin players.
Dragons by 14

 

[hewi]

If they defend as they have in the first ten minutes for the whole game they will be beaten.

 

[2010]

defence needs to pick up

 

[BankstownDragon]

Mitch Rein: penalty, knock on and a forward pass.

Please f**k off out of our club.

 

[2010]

Good call bunker, is Ray Charles on duty tonight

 

[hewi]

They think they can just hang back and wait for manly to come to them. Hopeless .

 

[BlackDuckSaint]

Good call bunker, is Ray Charles on duty tonight

The amount of ref calls that get called against us outweighs the number in our favour 100% why send it to the box. if in doubt, go against the dragons. That is the rule of thumb

 

[evil_p091280]

There was an inch gap there.
Hit ground first.

I'm flabbergasted

 

[hewi]

Sh*t Duggan passed, hang on to no one. How typical, do they have a coach?

 

[thebigredv]

try or no try...wait all week for this and THIS is what our team has to offer. hopeless.

 

[deansykes]

absolutely pathetic display thus far

 

[deansykes]

cant blame the refs, we're playing rubbish. don't deserve to win if they keep this up

 

[coast_dragons]

I hope they get hammered.

 

[saintjeff]

Whose fault is it we are down
First set look good then we are going backwards
We play teams into form
Dumb dunb dumb only us play 1st half with no ball
It wont even itself up in possession ,we will tire and get flogged
We are f**ked Nathan green looks like provan
What a disgrace
This year is gone

 

[chemics]

What an absolute rabble embarrassing