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Hindmarsh tells Manly: forget the hidingAugust 23, 2005 - 4:09PM
Parramatta forward Nathan Hindmarsh says Manly players need to forget about their embarrassing 62-point loss to Cronulla and focus on cementing a spot in the NRL's top eight.
"That's all you can do," said Hindmarsh, whose second-placed side has been on the end of hidings from South Sydney and Brisbane this year.
"You have to take out all the negatives and try and improve on what you did wrong."
The Sea Eagles have placed a media ban on their players in the wake of the 68-6 thumping from the Sharks at Toyota Park on Sunday and the subsequent public criticism of their poor effort from club stalwart Max Krilich.
The former Manly and Australian captain believes the Sea Eagles will be cannon fodder in the finals if they manage to cling onto their eighth position over the remaining two matches.
Hindmarsh advised the Sea Eagles to focus on fixing their problems before they meet the New Zealand Warriors at Brookvale Oval on Saturday night.
"You get days like that," said Hindmarsh about their humiliating defeat to Cronulla.
"We've been done by 50 twice this year, by Souths and Brisbane.
"You have those off games here and there."
Parramatta was thrashed 49-26 by Souths in round two before being belted 54-14 by the Broncos three weeks later to provide plenty of ammunition to the critics.
But the Eels didn't let the heavy loss to the Broncos affect their confidence as they won eight out of their next nine games to stamp themselves as genuine premiership contenders.
"We just left Brisbane behind us and concentrated on beating Melbourne the next time we played," added Hindmarsh in reference to Parramatta's 26-14 away win in round six.
Meanwhile, Hindmarsh rejected former NSW captain Wayne Pearce's suggestion that Eels coach Brian Smith should lighten the back-rower's workload in the middle and use him more in a wide-running role.
Pearce made the comments on Foxtel's NRL Scoreboard show.
"Sometimes I feel as though I could be helping out the front-rowers a lot more," said Hindmarsh, who scored a try out wide against St George Illawarra on Sunday.
"I tend to stand out wide and that's where I can get my breather sometimes whereas the big boys in the middle, they've got to run back and take the second and third hit-up.
"Watching Nathan Cayless do so much in the middle ... sometimes I think I'm not pulling my weight. I just try to get in there and give them a hand."
Hindmarsh made a team-high 42 tackles and produced 18 hit-ups for a 161m gain against the Dragons, who won 25-22 to move level with the Eels on 32 points.
"I did a bit (of work in the middle) on the weekend just because at the start of the game we were struggling a bit," the Test forward explained.
"Once we got into the second half I slotted back into the out-wide role."
Parramatta forward Nathan Hindmarsh says Manly players need to forget about their embarrassing 62-point loss to Cronulla and focus on cementing a spot in the NRL's top eight.
"That's all you can do," said Hindmarsh, whose second-placed side has been on the end of hidings from South Sydney and Brisbane this year.
"You have to take out all the negatives and try and improve on what you did wrong."
The Sea Eagles have placed a media ban on their players in the wake of the 68-6 thumping from the Sharks at Toyota Park on Sunday and the subsequent public criticism of their poor effort from club stalwart Max Krilich.
The former Manly and Australian captain believes the Sea Eagles will be cannon fodder in the finals if they manage to cling onto their eighth position over the remaining two matches.
Hindmarsh advised the Sea Eagles to focus on fixing their problems before they meet the New Zealand Warriors at Brookvale Oval on Saturday night.
"You get days like that," said Hindmarsh about their humiliating defeat to Cronulla.
"We've been done by 50 twice this year, by Souths and Brisbane.
"You have those off games here and there."
Parramatta was thrashed 49-26 by Souths in round two before being belted 54-14 by the Broncos three weeks later to provide plenty of ammunition to the critics.
But the Eels didn't let the heavy loss to the Broncos affect their confidence as they won eight out of their next nine games to stamp themselves as genuine premiership contenders.
"We just left Brisbane behind us and concentrated on beating Melbourne the next time we played," added Hindmarsh in reference to Parramatta's 26-14 away win in round six.
Meanwhile, Hindmarsh rejected former NSW captain Wayne Pearce's suggestion that Eels coach Brian Smith should lighten the back-rower's workload in the middle and use him more in a wide-running role.
Pearce made the comments on Foxtel's NRL Scoreboard show.
"Sometimes I feel as though I could be helping out the front-rowers a lot more," said Hindmarsh, who scored a try out wide against St George Illawarra on Sunday.
"I tend to stand out wide and that's where I can get my breather sometimes whereas the big boys in the middle, they've got to run back and take the second and third hit-up.
"Watching Nathan Cayless do so much in the middle ... sometimes I think I'm not pulling my weight. I just try to get in there and give them a hand."
Hindmarsh made a team-high 42 tackles and produced 18 hit-ups for a 161m gain against the Dragons, who won 25-22 to move level with the Eels on 32 points.
"I did a bit (of work in the middle) on the weekend just because at the start of the game we were struggling a bit," the Test forward explained.
"Once we got into the second half I slotted back into the out-wide role."
