Rd 3 2024: Parra v Manly GAME DAY thread @ Commbank Stadium March 24th

[Stevie]

Blatant missed knock on by ref. They scored the next play.

This game is f**king heart breaking.

 

[hindy111]

Did Trbojevic just get steamrolled by a teenager?

The only fullback that's stops him in that situation I reckon is Dlyan Edwards

 

[Tooooks]

Only way we’ll win - and this is stating the obvious I know - is limiting their time in our zone because they’ll score nearly every time.

If only there’d been a winger off contract that we could’ve picked up for this season. Like a Jaxson Paulo or something.

 

[hindy111]

Good game. Should be leading at halftime. Their attack looks more slick then ours. They seem to be able to use the ball yo find space far easier while we need to rely on lots of risky offloads.
We may tire them out and steam roll in 2nd half.

 

[Soto]

I was happy to give Joe O time. His times up. Wiremu, Ogden and Maka should all be ahead of him...I've seen enough to say he's not good enough...these other blokes on half the coin are better...

 

[Tooooks]

Blatant missed knock on by ref. They scored the next play.

This game is f**king heart breaking.

I actually think it was flicked back but 99% of the time it would be called a knock on.

 

[JokerEel]

Did Dce knockon at the end and Turbo run behind his own player and play on??

 

[Avenger]

Harper thinks he’s playing centre. That edge is horrible in defence.

 

[EelsFan05]

FMD!!!!!!!!!! Our edge defence is as weak as piss. Oh yeah, so is Joffa.

 

[eels_fan]

Glad I missed the first 15mins haha.

we should be in front.

Gutho should have gone outside to Harper prior to the Moses error

then we have a knock on and shepherd by Manly that’s all let go for them to score

just need to keep the same attitude and intensity of the last 20mins for the rest of the game

 

[JokerEel]

I don't blame the players I blame the coaches

 

[hineyrulz]

Our edge defence appalling, do we even train??? Fancy playing a bloke who has never played wing before with a 19 year old rookie who had been playing fullback all season. I suppose we can blame MON again??

Offa is a deadset plodder another horrible signing, lussick is a slow slug doesn’t help.

Junior, Matto have changed the hame and Penisisiiiiii had been massive. Somehow we are in this but if they keep going wide we are getting killed.

 

[Jake the snake]

Our team shouldn’t be in this position. Our management have let us down again. Set aside that we have a choker for a coach who can’t teach defence.

Our issue is our recruitment team who failed to identify what every other support could see, outside backs. These wankers in charge need to go. Supporters could see the deficiency’s but they can’t. FMD.

we have a ceo who knows nothing about footy. I’m sure he came Off the street and was offered a job. We have a GM who thinks he can continually sign shit and polish those turds. This forward pack is a great one. It’s a top 4 forward pack. But let down by Z GRADE signings in the outside backs

 

[the phantom menace]

Maybe it's not just Hopgood gassed on the left, looking at these highlights it's Lane as well. He was walking in defence for the last two Manly tries.

Two supposed 80min players being exposed - suggests a rethink of the bench strategy might be useful.

 

[eels_fan]

I’d probably defend in the second half with Morgan at centre because he and Talagi are getting in each others way a bit.

 

[Lemon Squash]

I never thought I’d be yearning for a Simonsson and Sivo edge again

 

[JokerEel]

Our edge defence appalling, do we even train??? Fancy playing a bloke who has never played wing before with a 19 year old rookie who had been playing fullback all season. I suppose we can blame MON again??

Offa is a deadset plodder another horrible signing, lussick is a slow slug doesn’t help.

Junior, Matto have changed the hame and Penisisiiiiii had been massive. Somehow we are in this but if they keep going wide we are getting killed.

Hopgood is great but needed to come off earlier

 

[Jake the snake]

Our edge defence appalling, do we even train??? Fancy playing a bloke who has never played wing before with a 19 year old rookie who had been playing fullback all season. I suppose we can blame MON again??

Offa is a deadset plodder another horrible signing, lussick is a slow slug doesn’t help.

Junior, Matto have changed the hame and Penisisiiiiii had been massive. Somehow we are in this but if they keep going wide we are getting killed.

Joffa another MON signing. Totally and utterly shit . Said it from the start

 

[hindy111]

Why do sides open us up so easily out wide.
It's been like this ever since BA arrived and never been fixed.

 

[hineyrulz]

Harper is an appalling footballer. The wraps he was getting in the pre season were laughable and further proof the TCT are just shills.