Round 7 v Manly

[Desperate Dragon]

Big couple of weeks coming up for the boys.
All starts at Brookvale Oval on Thursday night.
Would be a great way to kick off the Easter break to beat Manly at Brookie.

 

[getsmarty]

https://www.dragons.com.au/draw/nrl-premiership/2025/round-7-sea-eagles-v-dragons/

 

[jeffdragon]

We have a good record at Easter but this is away.
Tough.

 

[muzby]

We have a good record at Easter but this is away.
Tough.

Manly are our bunnies.

We’ll walk away from this one with the chocolates.

 

[sammymills]

This will be a tough game. Manly very hard at home. Lets hope they end up with a few injuries this weekend because their NSW cup stocks are depleted they just got flogged 54-0 by Penrith.

 

[hook hook]

Manly is a front-foot team. The sit back and wait defence then (albeit good) scramble on the goal line will not do against them. They will roll forward far too easily if we have the same line speed as we've shown in the opening 5 games

 

[redVinme]

Tui had a moderate hammy strain and likely a few weeks out.

Hopefully Finau gets a look in.

Egan has a minor sprain and will be ok to play

 

[hook hook]

Tui had a moderate hammy strain and likely a few weeks out.

Hopefully Finau gets a look in.

Egan has a minor sprain and will be ok to play

We all know he’s gonna go with fegai, unfortunately

 

[RedVee]

Seems a perfect opportunity to slot Finau back into the left wing spot he played through the trials

 

[Crush]

Manly are our bunnies.

We’ll walk away from this one with the chocolates.

I went out to Brookvale last year to watch the game, they were not our bunnies unfortunately.
We own them at WIN but…

 

[KingFlanno7]

Just seen some Dragons fans at the Sharks Manly game love that haha legends

 

[thebigredv]

Olakau'atu injured?

That would be a big out.

 

[Tomaraque]

I went out to Brookvale last year to watch the game, they were not our bunnies unfortunately.
We own them at WIN but…

I think that was one of the most painful losses last year for me. The Parra loss was up there too where we scored 1,000 tries in the 30 seconds and lost.

I recall Manly had only 1 player on the bench for a lot of the match. It came down to game managemrnt and our half wasn't up to it.

The other half, DCE took the game by the scruff and was the difference. He was great that day and his team was courageous. That was one we let get away.

No predictions from me, no dislike for Manly but the 2 points would be great.

One thing I hope we get right is the Damien Cook / Jacob Liddle mix. It might not be the same ongoing approach each game as it may be dependent on the opposition on the day.

If we get it right it would be one of our unique advantages but again, its success comes behind a pack that is going forward and an opposition on the back foot.

No result against Manly will surprise me.

 

[Crush]

I’m not one to wish injury on players but is it too much to ask for DCE to do a hammy or some shit today?

 

[Lennyb]

No excuses for the lads next week.

Travel and a tough game for manly.

 

[jeffdragon]

Manly going for 3 losses in a row.

 

[denis preston]

does anyone think not getting Gillard such a bad thing ?

 

[dungay dragon]

Manly going for 3 losses in a row.

Getting them at the right time
The DCE drama will again headline the we
The Coach under siege and the side with some major injuries
Our form is ok and we appear in a much better frame of mind than them

 

[sammymills]

Just seen some Dragons fans at the Sharks Manly game love that haha legends

Doing reconnaissance work for next week gathering intel?

 

[Lovemedragons]

its hard seeing Garrick and Saab develop into high quality backs for Manly (and probably NSW soon) that we had in our ranks but lost both to some really really poor judgement calls a little while back. how did we f**k that one up? Wishart could be added to this list, and AFB.