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

[I'm a loser baby...]

Strength and conditioning guy looks after the warm ups yes?

Dunno

 

[Eelogical]

Strength and conditioning guy looks after the warm ups yes?

I think it's the chicks from Le Tan.

 

[strider]

Watching NRL 360. Kent says a "theory that's being explored" is that our warmup was too long. And some people think these merkins don't read this forum...

Good on Browny ... he's sticking up for us

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Good on Browny ... he's sticking up for us

Although he did say he hasn't seen the game.

 

[strider]

Although he did say he hasn't seen the game.

So you think @Gronk is Nathan Brown?

 

[hindy111]

So like BA inheriting a wooden spoon side and getting them into the top 4 within 4 years ? Along with having several very promising juniors in our ISP side ?

BTW - yep we have won jack shit under BA just like your panthers, yet BA is only in his 5th, Gus is in his 8th year!!

No he didnt inherit one. Sk and ricky did.
Ba had Norman and Peats along with KE and Manu plus semi had been blooded and Jnr Paulo.
They may of finished last the year before but the squad was much stronger the year he started.

 

[hindy111]

Also add Hoppa to that list

So BA come in with addition of

Hoppa
Peats
Norman
Semi( blooded end of ricky era)
Manu( in wenty getting tuned up
KE as above

Jnr debuts in rnd 10 of Rickys year so was far more seasoned in 2014.

That was a huge difference in the squad so forget where team finished look at the players he had to work with.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

No he didnt inherit one. Sk and ricky did.
Ba had Norman and Peats along with KE and Manu plus semi had been blooded and Jnr Paulo.
They may of finished last the year before but the squad was much stronger the year he started.

Didn't we not even have a top 25 when BA started because ricky f**ked our salary cap?

 

[hindy111]

Didn't we not even have a top 25 when BA started because ricky f**ked our salary cap?

These players i mention are squad additions. Ricky had blooded Semi and Jnr but they where not seasoned. In 2014 they where far better footballers.

If you think Hoppa,Norman,Peats,Manu where not the reason we improved then fair call. Imo them along with Jnr and Semi coming on was what turned us around.

 

[Eelementary]

Yeah but calling him slow isn't the same as laughing at him in terms of his ability

Yeah, no - he's a gun.

He's slow, but he's a gun.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

These players i mention are squad additions. Ricky had blooded Semi and Jnr but they where not seasoned. In 2014 they where far better footballers.

If you think Hoppa,Norman,Peats,Manu where not the reason we improved then fair call. Imo them along with Jnr and Semi coming on was what turned us around.

Of course we got some better players but it came at the expense of depth and had repercussions for a couple of years, which BA had to deal with.

 

[84 Baby]

Of course we got some better players but it came at the expense of depth and had repercussions for a couple of years, which BA had to deal with.

I don’t remember any repercussions coming out of that era?

 

[hindy111]

Just facts.... 2015 was tough as BA lost Hayen and had little time to sign anyone while 2016 was a ride off with salary cap.
Other teams had crippling injury tolls to deal with.

Our year may of been 2017. Gee if only Gutherson and Bevan remained fit all season we may of gone the whole way. What a shame.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

I don’t remember any repercussions coming out of that era?

I think you just failed your repercussion test.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I don’t remember any repercussions coming out of that era?

The biggest repercussion was Sandow contracted until the end of 2015.

 

[Lemon Squash]

Anyone else cop it deluxe today because of these no good merkins?

All day, Texts...memes...and then merkins at work just sticking the boot in.

I can cop a loss and a good razzing but if this keeps up its gunna be a lonnnnnnng season.

 

[Bazal]

Anyone else cop it deluxe today because of these no good merkins?

All day, Texts...memes...and then merkins at work just sticking the boot in.

I can cop a loss and a good razzing but if this keeps up its gunna be a lonnnnnnng season.

I solved that problem by having absolutely no friends, tbh

 

[hindy111]

I solved that problem by having absolutely no friends, tbh

I solved it by saying oh missed the game I was put with friends yeah off day it sounds like

 

[TheParraboy]

The biggest repercussion was Sandow contracted until the end of 2015.

I reckon it was the coach that signed him...

 

[Poupou Escobar]

It certainly cost him his job. I doubt he will make that mistake again.