Round 1 - Eels v Manly

[Poupou Escobar]

Manly will win more than they lose this year.

f**ken hope not!

 

[Poupou Escobar]

But Mannah is massively important to our team. He is the only middle forward who is a big contributor on both sides of the ball.

Actually just remembered we have Nathan Brown now, so there's two.

 

[hindy111]

Alvaro and Obrien went ok.But only there while Terepo, Vavae and Ke out.

 

[Joshuatheeel]

I think Mannah is an excellent all round forward, mostly due to his mobility and workrate. But Matagi is a better attacker, despite fewer metres. He had three tackle breaks in 14 runs - a measure of how much he disrupted the defence. It's not easy to break tackles in the middle. Mannah only had one in 18 carries.

But Mannah is massively important to our team. He is the only middle forward who is a big contributor on both sides of the ball.

Don't disagree!! I just get frustrated at the lack of respect Mannah gets for his efforts and contributions to our side (from certain fans). Yeah he has his limitations but each week, he puts in 110% and rarely gets the acknowledgement (obviously not from BA and his coaching trust!!)

 

[hindy111]

Is the duke suckn tribvjic di $k?
Was quite sickening.

 

[strider]

Is the duke suckn tribvjic di $k?
Was quite sickening.

Thats not even 50% of his name ... you can do better mr 85%

 

[Gary Gutful]

trvbvbbvjbjbjbcicic

 

[Chipmunk]

Manly will win more than they lose this year.

I'd be surprised if that was the case to be honest.

 

[Chipmunk]

Manly will win more than they lose this year.

Double Post

 

[hindmarshisgod]

Geeez that was shit.

They were so shit, I feel like we lost

 

[Chipmunk]

Is the duke suckn tribvjic di $k?
Was quite sickening.

Well you'd know because you're smoking the dukes enough.

 

[T.S Quint]

Geeez that was shit.

They were so shit, I feel like we lost

You must cut yourself when we actually do lose then.
You need to calm down a bit.

 

[ParraUnagi]

The tackle that Semi put on Kelly isn't going to help his court case.

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

I'd be surprised if that was the case to be honest.

I can see them threatening the bottom end of the 8 (if DCE stays healthy). The T-brothers will really need to step up, but I reckon they will.

 

[hineyrulz]

Is the duke suckn tribvjic di $k?
Was quite sickening.

Jealous??

 

[Chipmunk]

I can see them threatening the bottom end of the 8 (if DCE stays healthy). The T-brothers will really need to step up, but I reckon they will.

Winning more games than they lose though will have them doing more that just threatening the bottom end of the Top 8, it will have them in the 8. I don't have them in my Top 8, but they will certainly win plenty of games.

 

[hindy111]

Well you'd know because you're smoking the dukes enough.

No I'm out

 

[eel01s]

Good first up performance considering the lack of trial minutes. I thought we can improve in just about every aspect of our game which I think is a good sign.

Already Gutho's goal kicking style is a favourite in our house.

 

[Jake the snake]

Good first up performance considering the lack of trial minutes. I thought we can improve in just about every aspect of our game which I think is a good sign.

Already Gutho's goal kicking style is a favourite in our house.

He surprised me with his kicking actually, that was a massive positive. But still have doubts of him as a 5/8 happy to be proven wrong though.

 

[Bazal]

The pack was the best part of that game for me. Everyone's been talking down our pack, and it was a bit of a weakness last year but we had...

Mannah 170m
Brown 160m off the bench
Matagi 150m
Alvaro 140m off the bench
Ma'u 90m
Moeroa 85m
O'Brien 80m

That's a damned good performance up front IMO. Yeah we had a lot of ball, but we rolled forward really well against a really good defensive effort. You've gotta be happy with that