Match Discussion: Round 13 vs Manly @ McDonald Jones Stadium, New Lambton / Awabakal

[Burwood]

Ball goes dead with 49 seconds on clock, but somehow Manly get 48 seconds to take the kick?

 

[Zoidberg]

Crossland gets gassed late in the first half all the time and that adds to his errors. Give him a damn rest.

 

[mozza91]

The Ref better watch out. If he stops blowing the whistle a game of football could break out.

 

[Nuke]

Deliberate time wasting should be a penalty...

Yeah. Wasn't even feigning a cramp or the old 'I can't find a football'. Just stood and looked at the clock.

Maybe shotclocks shouldn't be visible. You have 'x' seconds to kick it. Should be kicked as soon as possible. If you want to waste time, you risk getting buzzed.

 

[perverse]

Adam Elliott would be the most disappointing signing in the NRL this year if Jack Hetherington didn't exist.

 

[Jono078]

Crossland gets gassed late in the first half all the time and that adds to his errors. Give him a damn rest.

Everyone starts gassing towards the end but AOB chooses to not go with fresh legs!

What's his big second half plan to use 3 fresh men off the bench?

Not only did AOB say he didn't know how or when he'd use Miller, I don't think he knows when or how he'll use Hetherington or Croker either!

 

[alexwilliams_66692007]

Oh how I hope that was our bad half...


Seriously though, when was the last time we played a full 80 minutes?

 

[Loose Cannon]

So what's up with AOB's bench usage this week?

Only benchie we've used so far is J Saifiti. D Saf is about to play the entire first half.

Can someone explain to me how this is smart? Why aren't we bringing on fresh legs to not only punish manly, but not let Manly's fresh guys get on top of our fatigued forwards?

No amount of sports science will make it make sense to me.

This is just criminal to me:

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He has no idea. Watch Miller get 12 at the death, which is the ideal 14 role apparently, especially with a starting 9 who can go 25 max from the whistle.

 

[slotmachine]

If the penalties/ six agains even up we're screwed

Our best forward was penalties that half

 

[Nuke]

The Ref better watch out. If he stops blowing the whistle a game of football could break out.

I remember several years ago, Gus tweeted an absolute classic.
It went something like this:
A wonderful game of Friday night refereeing last night. A game of football threatened to break out, but credit to the officials for preventing that.

I'll see if I can find it.

 

[perverse]

On the bright side, I think Kalyn, Gags and Gamble are having a crack out there. Any of those 3 have looked likely to do good things whenever they've been near the ball. Bradman has been a handful too. A stupid handful, but he's causing his opposite a lot of grief.

 

[Apey]

I think Thompson, Marzhew and Gamble have been our best. Followed by Gagai who is putting in but getting rubbish ball tbh.

 

[Jono078]

Not to harp on the bench usage, but Manly have already used 3 guys. What does this mean? It means their starting players will be ready to return by the middle of the second half and stamp their authority on the game. Meanwhile we'll give D Saf a 5 minute break at most likely the 55th minute mark, for a 5-minute break and theb bring him back and ask him to seal the deal for us.

f**king moronic.

 

[Loose Cannon]

Stats are incredible for a team down by 4. Shows where we are!

 

[perverse]

How much did we pay Dsaf for his 1 strong hitup in that half? Are we really getting upset if we're shopping him around?

f**k it... whatever... here we go with round 2...

 

[alexwilliams_66692007]

I gotta say, Fittler is a moron for not picking Olakuatau for NSW

 

[perverse]

I gotta say, Fittler is a moron for not picking Olakuatau for NSW

I think if he's still playing the way he is this time next year he'll be in there.

 

[K-Man]

It's hard to explain, but somehow we've been a team for a long time that even when we're doing some good things it's not quite translating to the momentum, points or results that it should. And then we do plenty of dumb things to offset that. And we end up in positions like this. It's not like Manly have been good, far from it. But we always seem to find a way to not produce in the ways that matter, especially in rare games like this that we're expected to dominate.

 

[alexwilliams_66692007]

Hahahahahahahaha f**k me dead, this team...

 

[Jono078]

Are you f**king kidding 2 weeks in a row we didn't realise it was last?

f**k AOB and this team.