Vs Manly rd2 2025

[Meth]

https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nr...s/news-story/0b738303d5762c9878308534efe517ad

not great, especially as he seems to have initiated it.

 

[Fufu Andronez]

https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nr...s/news-story/0b738303d5762c9878308534efe517ad

not great, especially as he seems to have initiated it.

Is this similar to what Agar did? Except this against a fan vs journo

 

[Fufu Andronez]

Compared to a consistent f**king finals football contender… the aim of this football side should be to play finals football and win a premiership.

over the course of an entire season this arsey type of football will not do that.

there were plenty of positives that’s for sure… the fact they hung in the fight when we all know previous sides could have fallen apart when things went against them.

but you have to admit the lack of structure and effective kicking game was concerning.

Of course that's the aim of every f**king team. Doesn't mean it's gonna happen this year. Think any sane person knows after losing SJ, AFB and Tohu, this may not be the year we win the premiership.

What it is though, is the chance to do a stocktake of what we have and whether what we do have in house will be enough. With that means there will be teething problems and just because you can't see the structure after round 2, doesn't mean they arent working towards it and need to bring someone new in. It's rd 2.

 

[Meth]

After all of Tevaga’s talk, not sure if I saw him run the ball at all

 

[Thatwasnthighref]

After all of Tevaga’s talk, not sure if I saw him run the ball at all

According to the nrl stat sheet he ran it once, for 6 metres. Missed 6 tackles too.

I know all his chat was in good fun, but looks like it was ultimately just a distraction for him. Not his finest effort.

 

[Meth]

Did Simpkin run?

Might have been told not to run from dummy half

 

[Izz]

Compared to a consistent f**king finals football contender… the aim of this football side should be to play finals football and win a premiership.

over the course of an entire season this arsey type of football will not do that.

there were plenty of positives that’s for sure… the fact they hung in the fight when we all know previous sides could have fallen apart when things went against them.

but you have to admit the lack of structure and effective kicking game was concerning.

It's round 2. Which was a vast improvement over round 1. 25 rounds to go. Plenty still left to improve on, but also plenty of positive signs. The fact we put 36 points on a team in the process is a happy bonus.

In 2023, we didn't look particularly cohesive on attack until something like round 10/11. But we won games on the back of our defense. If we can follow a similar pattern this year we'll go all right.

 

[Thatwasnthighref]

Did Simpkin run?

Might have been told not to run from dummy half

Just 1 run for him too so yea you may be right, could’ve been deliberate.

 

[Beavers Headgear]

Generally not in the game plan for a Manly 9 to run, Crokers metres are always minimal. There to get the ball to DCE/Tom/Brooks

 

[Rich102]

RE structure and kicking game, what are you comparing it to? Last week against the raiders? Or last year with SJ at 7. Both of those were dog shit and led to many losses.

Tonight wasn't a loss. Not even close. Not even a bad win, was a good win. Kick em when they lose, sure, but they showed they took the raiders loss personally and did something about it. That is an attitude and something to build on.

Absolutely. Lots more attitude please.

 

[Grizzman]

Not the result I expected but absolutely the result I'll take. The intensity was outstanding almost all game. If (IF) we bring this every week we will win more games than we lose!