Game Day: Eels V Manly [Round 12, 2025]

[Woodsie]

Due to personal experiences back in the 70's ... I detest the worms with a pathological intensity ... of all the games each year that I hope to destroy the oppsition .. this is it .... RIP 'em a new one Manly.

PS ... Best wishes to the little warrior Froggy ... Great to see you fight back from more adversity ... bloke should be used to give blood transfusions to the rest of the pack ..

 

[Rosko]

Win by 1, we are 6th. Lose by 1, we are 9th. Turn up FFS!

 

[Bomb Voyage]

Game day!!!! Go manly says Go Manly!!

 

[SeaEagleSI1]

Late Mail: The Sea Eagles have suffered a game day blow with backrower Ben Trbojevic ruled out due to illness. He’ll be replaced in the starting side by Corey Waddell, with Caleb Navale promoted to the bench. Like the Eels, Manly will be steered by a backup No.7 with Jakob Arthur stepping in for Maroons halfback Daly Cherry-Evans.

 

[Phobia]

Late Mail: The Sea Eagles have suffered a game day blow with backrower Ben Trbojevic ruled out due to illness. He’ll be replaced in the starting side by Corey Waddell, with Caleb Navale promoted to the bench. Like the Eels, Manly will be steered by a backup No.7 with Jakob Arthur stepping in for Maroons halfback Daly Cherry-Evans.

As soon as he starts showing some good form... That's very unfortunate. At least it's only an illness, presumably he'll be back next week. Good to see Navale get some more time in first grade though.

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

Bad luck for Burbo who has been an improver this year.
But good to see Navale again, hopefully he can pump out more minutes (he might have to).

 

[Pete W]

Late Mail: The Sea Eagles have suffered a game day blow with backrower Ben Trbojevic ruled out due to illness. He’ll be replaced in the starting side by Corey Waddell, with Caleb Navale promoted to the bench. Like the Eels, Manly will be steered by a backup No.7 with Jakob Arthur stepping in for Maroons halfback Daly Cherry-Evans.

Hope we don't have an injury to our back 5 as Waddell to centre will struggle

Happy for Navale

 

[BOZO]

GAME DAY!!!!​

Time to make eel pie, then throw it out as eel pie sounds disgusting.

Go Manly!!

Woohoo!

Never heard of turning the blue and gold into an Eel pie before
But I must say I love it
Not the taste of it
But the waste of it
When we throw it all over the Parra Peoples faces
Rub it in Manly !
The Slippery Eels have slid down last on the ladder
Lets Keep the Bastards there
No Mercy for the Eels
I have a Parra Mate and he uses the phrase PARRADISE
I say to him . There is no paradise at Parra . You have been living in HELL for the past 39 painful non premiership winning years .
My Parra mate hates Manly more than any other team on the planet
I Dont like any other team on the planet except Manly
But Me and my Eels Mate have been mates for a long time
For better and for worse 🙂

 

[Disco]

That is no what we needed

 

[BOZO]

We learn something new every day feathered friends ...
I never knew this but it is true
Rainbows do come out at night
They are called moonbows or lunar rainbows
They occur when the moon is bright and low on the horizon and its light refracts and reflects in raindrops just like a regular rainbow

And So .....
There will be a Maroon and White Spectacular Sea eagle Lunar Rainbow above Comm Bank Parramatta Stadium at the end of tonight's game Celebrating Manlys Big win

 

[Wombat Junior]

I'm not trying to be a pessimist BUT these games worry me, the ones we think we should win but I feel like majority of the time we win the ones we shouldn't have and lose the ones we should have won.

I'll play devils advocate for a quick moment before I go back to the optimistic side, if turbo isn't 100 percent, Iongi has got a lot of speed and is getting better each game, the fox is always high energy, Jack Williams... did you see the stepping and speed off the mark last week 😲 Paulo has been a handful lately and they have the advantage of Walker to come in and be another playmaker and change the game up.

Alright that's enough from me now before I end up in the dark mode thread, I bloody hope we get this win!! GO MANLY!

 

[BOZO]

That is no what we needed

What we need is Self belief and Confidence
Our Power is Rooted in not in our Doubts but in our Self Belief and Confidence
Lets Go and Intimidate and Root the Eels

 

[Kalvin]

As soon as he starts showing some good form... That's very unfortunate. At least it's only an illness, presumably he'll be back next week. Good to see Navale get some more time in first grade though.

Yes a huge 8 minutes no doubt! 😆

 

[BOZO]

Two wins is a row on this torrential rainy night
Sing with me feathered friends
All together now !...
We are singing in the rain
When we are winning in the rain
What a wonderful feeling
Manly is Winning back to back once again

 

[BOZO]

Yes a huge 8 minutes no doubt! 😆

Some Men usually last that long but the main thing is that they get the job done .
They serve their purpose . I am sure Navale will be UP for it feathered friend

 

[BOZO]

I'm not trying to be a pessimist BUT these games worry me,

I understand where you are coming from and this is a normal challenging mind disorder called anxiety
Anxiety diminishes self belief and self confidence
When we start the day without self belief and self confidence we wont have success
So we need to get our mind set in order by prioritising our thoughts .

Just like We become what we eat
We also become what we believe
Believe in our selves and we become winners

 

[davohan123]

We should win still and be favourites
Manly by 8
Was confident but with burbo out makes this a 50/50 game now
We still should win

 

[Bomb Voyage]

We should win still and be favourites
Manly by 8
Was confident but with burbo out makes this a 50/50 game now
We still should win

At the risk of sounding offensive,Burbo is a pile of poo

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

I’m in the Flinders Ranges SA tonight , and won’t be watching the game live ( maybe the end ) as a group of us out going out to the restaurant they have at this place ( Rawnsley Station) for dinner.

I too worry about these games.

I didn’t think we’d win last week ( and we did ) and I think we’ll win tonight ( and probably won’t ).

I hate the inconsistency in our side currently.

 

[BOZO]

We should win still and be favourites

We are favorites on sports bet
We are favorites in our Mind
We are favorites on the field
Its WIN WIN WIN situation
This is why we will be singing in the rain tonight 🙂