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

[IFR33K]

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 ?

Surely this is a gee up? Where you read this?

 

[Noise]

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

Because we are extremely ill disciplined. An ill disciplined side combined with an unfit side leads to results like we are currently witnessing

 

[JokerEel]

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?

Edwards is injured..

 

[forward pass]

I've tried to remain positive with Norman. Im sitting behind the southern try line were he is defending and he is nothing more than a shirt grabber in defence. He's a one trick, front runner.

I have been saying for a while and I hate criticising players. Norman tries hard but he is so overrated by the media it is not funny. When has he ever won us a game? When we need something he never delivers. He is an ok player, and has some skills but he is not a playmaker. Does a great job with set plays but has nothing off the cuff. Just my opinion.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Poor defensively last season. Looks like a similar attitude this year.
Round 2 or round 22 this is poor.
Offloads killing us yet we have no intention to offload ourselves which allows gang tackles on us. Team attack has generally improved throughout the competition. Ours looks old fashioned.
Sadly we have some huge issues when you consider the 2nd grade result as well.

We threw twice as many offloads as Penrith, and three times as many as we did last week. It doesn't help when there is no merkin in support.

 

[Chipmunk]

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

Well if didn't throw forward passes, lose balls and have players run into touch early in a set of six we might have done better.

 

[Noise]

Surely this is a gee up? Where you read this?

It is true. If you read TCT training reports every session in the off season there was a huge focus on the 'running mechanics' of our players. This new focus came from our new strength and conditioning bloke who has no rugby league experience and comes from an AFL background.

 

[forward pass]

Manly were out there to.

For a very short time only.

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

Yep. No one is calling for his head right this minute.

Oh yes some of them are. You need to have a look at some earlier posts.

The same sort of morons who'd change coach 6 times in a season and blame each one of them.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

That's fair enough, Suity. But, teams like the current premiers don't have these types of performances on their resume. That was about one of the worst 40 minutes of football I have seen parra play, and I have seen some bad ones over the years.

Melbourne lost a grand final 40-0. Anything can happen, and today anything did happen.

 

[Chipmunk]

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

It will if we're in the same position.

 

[JokerEel]

Piss poor effort the last 2 games..

Looking old and slow the problem is Wendy suck also so there isn't much of an option.

 

[Noise]

Edwards is injured..

Wasn't last week

 

[hineyrulz]

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

Looks that way.

 

[forward pass]

At least we know early on that we can’t win the comp - no side has ever won after conceding 50 during the season.

 

[IFR33K]

Oh yes some of them are. You need to have a look at some earlier posts.

The same sort of morons who'd change coach 6 times in a season and blame each one of them.

Haynetrain has been calling for BA’s sacking for 4.5 years. Not sure anyone takes him seriously

 

[Poupou Escobar]

It’s a moote point that he’s making

lol moot

 

[Poupou Escobar]

The only person to blame for Bevan French being pushed into touch twice is Bevan French.

Move him to the wing. That'll stop it.

 

[Noise]

lol moot

haha yep i f**ked that one up

 

[Avenger]

Who would you replace him with?

I don't think you can make that call yet, to be honest.