Match Discussion: Round 19 vs Manly @ 4 Pines Park, Brookvale / Cammeraygal

[Rod]

Has Cant played centre at any level? It is such a specialist defensive position.

This is a worry of mine for the weekend. More often than not Gagai and Best have been spot on with their defence this year, and prevented many tries through good decision making.

 

[macavity]

What? So noone 2-17 is capable of making cover tackles?

Weird take

Too slow

 

[Dr Dr Gimedanews]

but if any of the other halves had a game like that everyone would be calling for their head on a stake.

Ran for 113 mtrs with nearly 92% tackle efficiency, 237 kick mtrs. Not bad for a young fella second game in. We can expect more errors, that's the way it is until he matures.

+ 3 errors. Interesting comment. Tell us about the really bad game he had

 

[slotmachine]

+ 3 errors. Interesting comment. Tell us about the really bad game he had

Ponga also had 3 errors, so Pryce was in good company.

 

[perverse]

Ponga also had 3 errors, so Pryce was in good company.

It's the nature of errors too, they're not all equal. I think people are generally more forgiving of an error by a playmaker trying to create something versus a prop forward dropping it cold in a regulation hitup.

 

[Dr Dr Gimedanews]

Long way to go for Pryce backing up effort upon effort for 20+ weeks of NRL footy is a big ask for a young bloke, lot's of ups and downs along the way, but he's looking good so far.

 

[Knight Tales]

If you look at Pryce’s work so far in the context of the point in the season we are at, I find it hard to take any knock on him as fair. He could become a real threat on the left to allow KP an extra yard or two to really unleash his arsenal of passes or runs. But he is a natural right player so we won’t want to over complicate his game just yet.

 

[Woody90]

Game day!

Obviously going into this one with low expectations. Looking at Manly’s side, they look a bit a bit light in the middle and look like they’ll probably go for an all out attack the edges game. That’s going to be extremely difficult for us obviously given nobody in the backline has defended together before.

Expecting the worst but hoping the makeshift backline might be able to surprise us. If they can somehow hold their own defensively I think there’s a chance we might be able to run over the top of them.

 

[PhilGould]

+ 3 errors. Interesting comment. Tell us about the really bad game he had

Sure, he threw a pass into the 3rd row under no pressure, threw another pass a couple of metres forward on the first tackle off a scrum and dropped another one cold when the game was on the line. Had one really well placed kick early in the game but otherwise didn't do enough good to make up for the really bad errors IMO.

 

[Dr Dr Gimedanews]

Sure, he threw a pass into the 3rd row under no pressure, threw another pass a couple of metres forward on the first tackle off a scrum and dropped another one cold when the game was on the line. Had a really well placed kick early in the game but otherwise didn't do enough good to make up for the really bad errors IMO.

I agree his errors were poor, but at his age/experience I'm sure there'll be plenty more of those types of games.

I'd rather be patient in developing a superstar (hopefully) than continually employing bog average nobodies that will never deliver a premiership.

 

[alexwilliams_66692007]

Us by 2

Go Knights!!!!

 

[alexwilliams_66692007]

Mile forward

 

[Tom155]

Not forward?

 

[Alex28]

What a disgraceful decision.

 

[Zoidberg]

Why would the ref signal play on?

 

[alexwilliams_66692007]

Why would the ref signal play on?

The ref was right there too. Dreadful decision

 

[Woody90]

It’s gonna be a long afternoon fellas.

backline can’t defend together (shocker) and ref drinking the Manly hype.

 

[Lynoman]

Only 10 m forward.

 

[Zoidberg]

We kinda knew they would try to go around us with our centres.

 

[alexwilliams_66692007]

Oh so that was forward? Hahahaha