rd14 v Manly

[ACTPanthers]

Yeah nah yeah nah nah...yeah

Thanks for your input mate. Even 'special' people need a say as well, huh?

 

[Frankus]

Goulds plan of having a whole team of second rowers is nearly complete...

Haha. And almost a starting pack of 5 props!

 

[billypilgrimnz]

No extended bench, does that mean Akioula will actually play? The poor guy has been named five times and only managed to get 20 minutes.

Is he any good? I never saw that 20 minutes.

 

[PANTHERMIKE]

Soward has been well below ...

His defense at the line is almost non existent.

Had to happen...

 

[betcats]

Is he any good? I never saw that 20 minutes.

Hard to tell he didn't do a lot besides tackle. This is the guy who got picked at lock or prop one week for the tigers and then on the wing the next week. He is a big speedy, athletic kind of forward I think he is pretty raw though. I don't know much else about him.

 

[mxlegend99]

We really aren't any better off than Manly for this game. Injuries and poor form mean we are picking guys down the pecking order for spots.

our centres are a mess. Our halves are a mess. Our hooking rotation is a mess. Our pack keeps changing.

Really only our rep back 3 are exactly as we would like.

 

[martielang]

Hard to tell he didn't do a lot besides tackle. This is the guy who got picked at lock or prop one week for the tigers and then on the wing the next week. He is a big speedy, athletic kind of forward I think he is pretty raw though. I don't know much else about him.

Would love to see him get some time as a wide running back rower. Can offload and is very athletic, but does have some mistakes in him.

 

[Black Magik]

We really aren't any better off than Manly for this game. Injuries and poor form mean we are picking guys down the pecking order for spots.

our centres are a mess. Our halves are a mess. Our hooking rotation is a mess. Our pack keeps changing.

Really only our rep back 3 are exactly as we would like.

Yeah. I'm not confident at all about this "sure-win". It just doesn't feel right

 

[billypilgrimnz]

Yeah. I'm not confident at all about this "sure-win". It just doesn't feel right

Well, when you have GongPanther confidently predicting a 30+ victory, it's pretty much guaranteed we will fall flat on our face.

 

[TheFrog]

We really aren't any better off than Manly for this game.

At least Oak still appear to love us.

 

[murraymob]

Lats should start the game Matagi. Is more of a impact player better of the bench.Manly will come out all guns blazing we must stay with them first 20 minutes

 

[GongPanther]

Yeah nah yeah nah nah...yeah

What happened to the "speaking in the third person"?:shock:

 

[GongPanther]

Well, when you have GongPanther confidently predicting a 30+ victory, it's pretty much guaranteed we will fall flat on our face.

And if it is a 30+ victory,are they going to get back together?

 

[billypilgrimnz]

And if it is a 30+ victory,are they going to get back together?

What?

 

[GongPanther]

What?

The cheeks of your ar$e...are they getting back together?:lol:

(it's an oldie,but a goodie)

 

[Nealo 12]

With a new halves combination we might struggle to get 30 points, hope I'm wrong but.

 

[GongPanther]

With a new halves combination we might struggle to get 30 points, hope I'm wrong but.

Cleary had his baptism of fire last week,and did ok.

Both him and Carty will compliment each other with Peachy also lurking around off their hips.

 

[billypilgrimnz]

In the 34 games since we beat the Titans 40-0, we haven't beaten anyone by 30+, and in fact have only scored 30 or more ourselves in 3 of those games (2 of them were exactly 30).

 

[Pomoz]

In the 34 games since we beat the Titans 40-0, we haven't beaten anyone by 30+, and in fact have only scored 30 or more ourselves in 3 of those games (2 of them were exactly 30).

Yep, scoring is our problem. We have lacked creativity and also finishing power. The thing is, it also impacts your defence because scoring puts pressure on the other team and gives you the ball back so you can start the next set with a good kick chase.

We have being doing it the hard way, NSW Blue's style. Defend our way to greatness and forget to score. It is unsustainable when you play teams like the Cowboys because they have just too much firepower. It is also difficult when your forward pack goes through a bit of a slump, which is what is happening now. We were dominating earlier in the season, but know they are a bit flat and that just highlights our lack of strike power.

 

[Black Magik]

It is in stark contrast to 2003 where Lang said something like " they can score as many points as they like, we'll score more!"

Defense was crap but attack won us the GF.