Parra v Manly LIVE game day thread, March 18, 2018

[Lemon Squash]

‘Here we go again, Manly and Parra... Manlys well ahead, the end’

 

[Noise]

And Parra have had two such games back-to-back.

So did Penrith. Was over 30 out there yesterday too.

 

[emjaycee]

Bottom line - they should not even be out there. Disgraceful that sides have to play in 37 degree heat. Someone will die if we keep doing this. Player welfare is all that matters. Stuff the TV deal. They should have postponed the game. Our players could take a fortnight to recover. It is not acceptable.

And we had to do it twice in 2 weeks.

 

[Chipmunk]

I'm glad you have decided that we will be defensively poor this season.
BA will sort this shit out.

I was referring more to our attack. Our defensive attitude is hopefully just a one off.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Haha the heat excuse. Manly are thriving in it

Not every team plays the same style. Manly haven't been getting up fast in the middle either. But sitting back waiting for the opposition to run at you suits the bigger players more than it suits the smaller blokes.

 

[forward pass]

I can’t believe we warmed up in that heat. From what I could see in telecast Manly stayed inside. Why why why?

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

I reckon it would’ve been better if we conjured a miracle win after halftime. That would’ve papered over our shithouse defence better than signing Kikau

BA should have reminded the boys at halftime that for a comeback to work you need to score more points than zero.

 

[lucablight]

A cushy draw got a shit team into the top four?

Definitely had an amazing draw last season. Rabbitohs and Bulldogs twice. Warriors, Titans, Dragons, Tigers and Storm without their origin stars in the second half of the season. Wouldn’t say we were a shit team but it contributed greatly to us finishing so high.

 

[84 Baby]

I was referring more to our attack. Our defensive attitude is hopefully just a one off.

Well a one and a half off. Our attitude was shit last week too

 

[Poupou Escobar]

We've had about the same amount of penalties coming out of our half as what they have. They've just been better with the opportunities.

At 61% possession it's fair to say they had more opportunities.

 

[forward pass]

I like BA as a coach and don’t want him sacked he’s the best we had in a while but I’d have to question what exactly they worked on in the off season. From what I heard they got a new trainer who was focusing on running style? WTF?!! The boys have been running since they were 4 years old... seriously what the f**k?! Running ?

Well we haven’t actually had a chance to see what they run like yet.

 

[84 Baby]

BA should have reminded the boys at halftime that for a comeback to work you need to score more points than zero.

He told them to wait to spring the ambush. Wasn’t his fault they waited 80 minutes. Im of the opinion some of them are still waiting. Merkins at training have been warned. Ambush is coming

 

[Noise]

Not every team plays the same style. Manly haven't been getting up fast in the middle either. But sitting back waiting for the opposition to run at you suits the bigger players more than it suits the smaller blokes.

We are unfit. End of story.

 

[Djay]

We are unfit. End of story.

I noticed this also, we do look very unfit.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

have you seen a display of footy in the first two rounds that deserves to be behind us?

More to the point, does it matter as much where you sit after two rounds as after 25?

 

[Noise]

I can’t believe we warmed up in that heat. From what I could see in telecast Manly stayed inside. Why why why?

Manly were out there to.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Manly look fine, like they could play until 11 o'clock tonight.... Imagine what the score would be by then?!

They had all the ball. That's worth a lot more in the heat.

 

[IFR33K]

BA needs to acknowledge that he f**ked up monumentally. His tactics, team selections and recruitment in the offseason have been diabolical.

He decided to only have one trial and we are now obviously severely underdone. He is still learning and needs help. He has had 5 years. If he doesn't make the 8 this year he needs to be sacked. The end.

Yep. No one is calling for his head right this minute. But surely he should be called to front head office tomorrow morning. His selections and game plan are bizarre to say the least. We weren’t good enough for a single try against manly, that’s a fcking disgrace. Was signing an ageing and slow Hayne going to improve us? And he and French swapping is ludicrous. None selection of KE is unbelievable. Look how the tigers have played two games in, with a by far less superior and talented roster. The entire team during the game looked slow. f**k, is it a worry when maybe taka was one of our best forwards out there?

 

[Chipmunk]

But we're the ones that get a player in the bin?

We were down by 42 by the time that happened.

 

[84 Baby]

Definitely had an amazing draw last season. Rabbitohs and Bulldogs twice. Warriors, Titans, Dragons, Tigers and Storm without their origin stars in the second half of the season. Wouldn’t say we were a shit team but it contributed greatly to us finishing so high.

Yeah but you can’t predict how teams are going to go. Dragons were going ok when we played them and Rabbits, Dogs and Worriers all had worse than normal seasons. Perhaps people will say the same when Penriff or Moanly make finals this year. Un-f**king-likely though