Defence Back in Order

[BrendonStarr]

Manly look to have their defence sorted out as seen vs Panthers so very good chance we could beat the Storm at home after the bye, then beat the Roosters at home and then beat the Panthers again at home. This is all assuming that our ball security is fairly good. There would be no stopping us after that. 9 wins on the trot and possible 8th or 9th position up for grabs. For an Against boosted by large wins vs Bulldogs and Titans at home. 9 wins in a row would be one of the best late season charges in history and Manly are renowned for having some fancy records so this would be one of the best!

 

[Terry Zarsoff]

Let’s not get ahead of ourselves.

 

[1969]

Look, that sounds great, but, we are still a rabble, front and back, injuries all over the shop, all sorts of issues on and off field, I'll be happy if we scrape a couple more wins, but our finals hopes are well and truly over I'm afraid.

 

[mave]

The Panthers made our defence look great.
They dropped the same amount of ball as we did, which helped.
All they really needed to do was keep punching us up the middle, hard and fast and the Panthers win. We are soft
Griffin is not a smart coach, obviously.

 

[maxta]

Is this an undercover Kapow thread??

Jokes aside there was a major key thing in a gritty display - Attitude....
If this is on - the defence will always improve

The 9 wins straight is a bit far fetched, but Manlys odds did come in from 1000/1 to 250/1 after Saturday....

 

[manly al]

For all of the Panthers mistake ridden effort , still have to give a big rap to Manly 's defensive resolve on Saturday . Really committed , much better organized and most tackles sticking against a side that still had big mobile forwards and some elusive backs . Got a lot of time for Uate and Jorge but their defensive reads can be a liability some time however again the big improvement in defence against the Panthers was the more determined and effective effort over the full eighty . Certainly hope that Manly can replicate this in their remaining matches .

 

[TimmyQ]

Manly look to have their defence sorted out as seen vs Panthers so very good chance we could beat the Storm at home after the bye, then beat the Roosters at home and then beat the Panthers again at home. This is all assuming that our ball security is fairly good. There would be no stopping us after that. 9 wins on the trot and possible 8th or 9th position up for grabs. For an Against boosted by large wins vs Bulldogs and Titans at home. 9 wins in a row would be one of the best late season charges in history and Manly are renowned for having some fancy records so this would be one of the best!

Well not having Aku bolting in and giving away a couple of tries certainly helped on the weekend. I agree our defense was excellent but a little surprised they didnt attack our edges more than they did tbh. We were pretty solid up the guts but they never reverted to Plan B..

 

[Ryan]

All I know is it's good to see after a win, we aren't in the media every day

 

[BOZO]

The Panthers made our defence look great.
They dropped the same amount of ball as we did, which helped.
All they really needed to do was keep punching us up the middle, hard and fast and the Panthers win. We are soft
Griffin is not a smart coach, obviously.

Thats putting things in perspective .

 

[eaglebuzz]

A single loss is all it would take to eliminate us from even mathematical finals contention. We're done.

 

[TimmyQ]

Manly look to have their defence sorted out as seen vs Panthers so very good chance we could beat the Storm at home after the bye, then beat the Roosters at home and then beat the Panthers again at home. This is all assuming that our ball security is fairly good. There would be no stopping us after that. 9 wins on the trot and possible 8th or 9th position up for grabs. For an Against boosted by large wins vs Bulldogs and Titans at home. 9 wins in a row would be one of the best late season charges in history and Manly are renowned for having some fancy records so this would be one of the best!

God love ya

 

[wombatgc]

Manly look to have their defence sorted out as seen vs Panthers so very good chance we could beat the Storm at home after the bye, then beat the Roosters at home and then beat the Panthers again at home. This is all assuming that our ball security is fairly good. There would be no stopping us after that. 9 wins on the trot and possible 8th or 9th position up for grabs. For an Against boosted by large wins vs Bulldogs and Titans at home. 9 wins in a row would be one of the best late season charges in history and Manly are renowned for having some fancy records so this would be one of the best!