parra vs manly trial 2

[Pazza]

i tell yah what, no more 4 years deals for anyone! to think we are stuck with sandow till then end of 2015 makes me sick!

 

[Stagger eel]

Ok. Scored a try but almost dropped it. Also made a great break then dropped it. Needs to improve ball security

Are you talking about the break late in the first half?.. I thought that was Kenny Sio?

 

[Stagger eel]

Don't rate Sandiw but I think Kelly is even worse.

It's a pretty accurate assessment... To add our back up halves are terrible, Toby Evans shouldn't be any where near a full time squad

 

[natheel]

Does hoppa still look small like at the start of his pre-season or has he bulked up?

 

[Jake the snake]

It's a pretty accurate assessment... To add our back up halves are terrible, Toby Evans shouldn't be any where near a full time squad

It's clear Sandow is being pushed out of the club.tbh it's his own fault he came here for money and just bluged.

 

[Joshuatheeel]

Hey everybody don't stress so much manly were grand finalist in 2013. The year is still very early.

Gee we are talking like we got flogged, obviously we weren't great but there is plenty of time to improve. The game would have either confirmed or prove wrong Arthur's assessment of what certain players ability is - this is what trials are for. He is a very smart coach and I doubt he will stick to the same formula if it doesn't work .

 

[gustarny]

Some good news from tonight after limping off it looks like Api only has some bruising to an ankle and kenny edwards after playing strongly early on and not being sighted again copped a slight head knock .Darcy Lussick played most of the first half and was rested as this was his first hit out after off season groin surgery. We have to remember Allgood ,Paulo,Kelepi,Mossop,Loco,hunt also didnt play tonight.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Don't forget Lorenzo Ma'afu!

 

[Stagger eel]

Does hoppa still look small like at the start of his pre-season or has he bulked up?

I think he had a great first game for us..he doesn't look small from where I was sitting.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

How did his winger get so isolated?

 

[Stagger eel]

How did his winger get so isolated?

Mate he was coming in, he could of shaken hands with hoppa on 2 or 3 occasions

 

[natheel]

so who do we think will be the starting back line in round 1

 

[hindy111]

parra will get better and better and better, manly have combos worked...hehe I better get off here lol you boys what I do for this forum and what I risk

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I know mate, you risk a lot. It's pretty obvious that just coming here makes you stupider.

 

[El Diablo]

Mate he was coming in, he could of shaken hands with hoppa on 2 or 3 occasions

so he's like Grothe jnr?

 

[Stagger eel]

so he's like Grothe jnr?

Well EGJ still had some positives in his game, I've yet to discover Vai's... If you have feel free to let me know.

 

[Mr Pmatta]

I apologise in advance if this was already repeated..

* manly played atleast 10 more players than we did

* manly played their B team inthe first half we also had a weaker side but in a scrappy affair we easily accounted for them..

* we played a stronger side inthe second including hayne, tonga, hoppa and redradra whilst manly played their A team which included the Stewart brothers, watmough, foran DCE..they dominated possession and exploited toutais wing which was awful, hoppa only made it look better..

* pou asked who were our backrowers? Mau played left and Gower right edge in the first half both played well whilst Pauli and smith played the second half and looked out of sorts against a better side.

* I thought Norman went ok without being brilliant and peats was tough but took some wrong options at times

* hayne was ok and played 25 minutes

* our front rowers put in and Edwards inthe first half went strong

I'll give tonight's performance a pass mark but only just, but for the love of god keep vai away from first grade!! Please..

Thanks.

 

[Mr Pmatta]

Personally I'd run with sandow only just I'm hearing the coach has given Kelly the nod

Shame, don't rate Kelly, oh well.

 

[Mr Pmatta]

It's a pretty accurate assessment... To add our back up halves are terrible, Toby Evans shouldn't be any where near a full time squad

Wasn't Evans somewhat regarded at panfers?

 

[Gary Gutful]

More the fact we can't wrestle and lose every ruck.

Alright I'm home and these are my thoughts (Focusing mostly on the 2nd half due to both teams being closer to full strength):

First Half we played our weaker side against a bunch of much weaker nuffies/no names. We looked ok and scored some soft tries. Kenny Edwards looked our best in the first half. I was disappointed he didn't get a run in the 2nd half.

2nd half
As mentioned previously against good sides we just can't win the ruck and slow down the play the balls. This has been a problem for ages and was still evident tonight. Manly looked twice as fast as us because we just couldn't dominate the ruck. Our defence in the middle is shit. People are saying our front row is fairly strong but i disagree

I was sitting on our left side at ground level (making it hard for me to tell who was at fault) but it was our right side that leaked most if not all the points. The right side was Toutai, Kelly, Hoppa and i think Ben Smith. Staggs mentioned Toutai was at fault but I couldn't tell from where i was sitting so not sure? Anyway Manly looked like scoring every time they went down our right side. They could have scored more if it wasn't for some forward passes.

Hayne's 'forward' pass to semi was definitely not forward. I was right in line 10m away. Im not sure if we would have scored off it but manly went on a rampage afterwards. Other than that Hayne was fairly quiet. He only played 25min or so

Besides one horrendous mistake Tonga actually looked good at left centre. Made some breaks and put Semi into space a few times. Hope he stays injury free.

Hoppa looked solid. Made some good tough tackles and did some dirty work hit ups. It won't take him long to be back to his best.

I don't rate Pauli. Defence is still an issue and has very loose carries which lead to errors

Peats and Norman were ok and neither of Kelly or Sandow outplayed the other.

No beer pissed me off. I think Jamil Hopoate was there with his dad and some other brothers and did not punch anybody

Thats all i can think of right now. Any questions il answer a few

That's a pretty damning assessment. Doesn't sound like much has changed.