Match Discussion: Round 14 vs Sea Eagles @ Lottoland

[Seage]

Imagine being Manly at the moment, going 'we're currently losing to that'.

 

[Zoidberg]

And our bad luck, Rossdawg gone for the game after failing his brain test

 

[Zoidberg]

Haha if that quick tap was allowed by Manly and they score...

 

[Seage]

Blocker Roach commenting on our last win at Brooky in 06:
'Was that when Joey had that red hair? What the? It could have been on the Rove show.'

Where to start with any of the complete abortion that is that sentence. Keeps it current with kids Ol' Block..

 

[Johns Magic]

Up by a penalty goal at half-time

 

[Knight76]

Well the Knights 1st half team has hit the sheds, time for Brown to send out the clones that aren't quite all there upstairs for the second half.

 

[Hardcore_Fan]

Another game we lead at half time, this can only mean we lose by 20

 

[perverse]

Blocker Roach commenting on our last win at Brooky in 06:
'Was that when Joey had that red hair? What the? It could have been on the Rove show.'

Where to start with any of the complete abortion that is that sentence. Keeps it current with kids Ol' Block..

lol... yeah - he was only a decade off with red hair the reference too.

 

[K-Man]

I keep comparing him to Smith in my head, and he always comes up short. Smithy has a brilliant football brain, though... would be one of the great coaches of the modern era if he wasn't such a weirdo on top.

Me too. Smith could find a way to get something out of a bits and pieces team. Brown hasn't showed that ability yet.

I'm still a Brown supporter to be honest. But I wish he had showed a little more ambition maybe in how he sets us up to show the opposition something different.

It leads me to wonder what the Walker Bros would have done with the same squad. It might have been a disaster. I would just love to have a crystal ball and find out one way or the other if some unconventional thinking could work with a team that individually can't compete with other sides.

 

[Sydney Knight]

Pretty sure Joey's red hair day was a hammering.

Blocker Roach commenting on our last win at Brooky in 06:
'Was that when Joey had that red hair? What the? It could have been on the Rove show.'

Where to start with any of the complete abortion that is that sentence. Keeps it current with kids Ol' Block..

 

[slotmachine]

Smithy was a better weirdo than he was a coach, and he was a pretty fair coach.

Can we pinch this? 57% possession, manly made 30 more tackles...

 

[NoSchitSherlock]

Didn't we have a player sent off last week for giving away successive goal line penalties.

 

[NK Arsenal]

Since we have had way more ball and completed a lot more sets there can be no excuse for the second half fade out

 

[perverse]

Me too. Smith could find a way to get something out of a bits and pieces team. Brown hasn't showed that ability yet.

I'm still a Brown supporter to be honest. But I wish he had showed a little more ambition maybe in how he sets us up to show the opposition something different.

It leads me to wonder what the Walker Bros would have done with the same squad. It might have been a disaster. I would just love to have a crystal ball and find out one way or the other if some unconventional thinking could work with a team that individually can't compete with other sides.

Walker bros might have been a fun ride, lol. Brown has done a lot of what needed to be done. It was obvious that our squad needed to have the decks cleared, but anyone can walk around sacking bludgers (except Rick Stone). Personally, I would have liked to have seen players replaced a bit more readily when they were discarded. This whole clear the decks first, run last for however long, then worry about who we're recruiting doesn't sit will with me either, and I don't feel like it's panned out well thus far. We are currently in a position where we're praying for a favourable outcome of the salary cap negotiations. I wish our fate were a little more in our own hands than that. Maybe it was unavoidable, but I really don't feel so.

I've said it a couple of times, but to be honest I couldn't even really tell you what style Brown coaches. At this stage in the game, that doesn't sit massively well with me. His recruitment has been shit to this point. Ponga was a get, no doubt... but you can't rest your hat on one 18 year old gun forever - we need a lot more.

 

[Zoidberg]

Didn't we have a player sent off last week for giving away successive goal line penalties.

Yeah but that's us.

 

[Knight76]

Your right Perverse, our recruitment strategy should be to ask them to tour the facility. Get them in a dark room with an angry, hungry doberman on a short leash, sign or we let the doberman off the leash.

Oh, and sign this confidentiality agreement as well!

 

[NoSchitSherlock]

I reckon Feeney is having a good game.

 

[perverse]

Having said all of the above, Browns game plan of kicking it out in our win the other day was a deft little bit of coaching that worked really well - so credit where it is due.

 

[perverse]

Your right Perverse, our recruitment strategy should be to ask them to tour the facility. Get them in a dark room with an angry, hungry doberman on a short leash, sign or we let the doberman off the leash.

Oh, and sign this confidentiality agreement as well!

It's more just don't let blokes go until you've got something to spend their money on, which generally saves you from running out a legion of 19 year olds.

 

[PhilGould]

Best half of the season so far for Jaifiti, hopefully he keeps it up