Game Day: Manly V Eels [Round 8, 2024]

[pogeggs]

Sea Eagles to host international Navy game

An international Navy rugby league game will be played at 4 Pines Park tonight as the curtain raiser to the sold out ANZAC Round clash between the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles and the Parramatta Eels.

www.seaeagles.com.au

For those going to the curtain raiser, the teams are listed

4 Jacks a James and a Joey for the RAN Brothers

 

[Red Baron]

If we lose this one there is something seriously wrong… Manly by 8

 

[DanielTurbo888]

This team is Gold. Terry was Gold. This will be a special performance out there tonight. I can't wait.

Edit : Tezza IS Gold. He is still right here with us all. He will be there tonight. No doubts

 

[jbb/james]

I hope the club turns it on for tezza tonight big time , and many x players make themselves known to the team

 

[DanielTurbo888]

I'm tipping both Koula and Tom to either get doubles or hat tricks

 

[Wombat64]

I will absolutely LOVE it if we put a cricket score on them, and many factors suggest we will.

However , you , and I , and most on here know this team well and what we SHOULD do , and what actually happens is often poles apart.

The talk of a cricket score is a curse. ...... shhhh

 

[DanielTurbo888]

The perfect start for us would be fully taking them on up the middle, no short cuts, the flashy stuff can wait until we are in their 30. We need to work as a team, a machine with 17 interacting parts working flawlessly as one.

 

[DanielTurbo888]

The crowd will be as vocal all all **** tonight. I would expect us to deserve the rub of the green in this one. Especially with Parra being offside and also trying to slow down our play the balls. I would be happy to see zero 6 agains for any team tonight.

 

[JBW]

MUST stop the second phase play. It's Parra's speciality and our defensive weakness. Shut down Paulo, Lane and Mattersons offloads and we win, by plenty.

Backing a Saab hattrick tonight. Get on the outside of Harper and giddy up.

I hate games we are "meant" to win.

 

[DanielTurbo888]

I thought Lane was out tonight?

🤔

Edit - oops sorry that was Cartwright

 

[double hoops]

Beat em up the middle. Then beat em out wide. Beat em up the middle all night. Just beat em.

 

[Eagle 1]

MUST stop the second phase play. It's Parra's speciality and our defensive weakness. Shut down Paulo, Lane and Mattersons offloads and we win, by plenty.

Backing a Saab hattrick tonight. Get on the outside of Harper and giddy up.

I hate games we are "meant" to win.

If Sivo is marking Saab, he'll be clutching at air tonight.

 

[DanielTurbo888]

I think this will be the game where Garrick finally hits his straps at centre. Particularly in attack. And also for Turbo to go up another gear.

We are looking at a pretty well experienced squad here. I may be wrong but our most inexperienced player is Koula although he has enough experience to tear the Eels to shreds if we get a fast open game.

 

[Pete W]

MUST stop the second phase play. It's Parra's speciality and our defensive weakness. Shut down Paulo, Lane and Mattersons offloads and we win, by plenty.

Backing a Saab hattrick tonight. Get on the outside of Harper and giddy up.

I hate games we are "meant" to win.

The single biggest reason why we lost to them last time round. I hope Dymock and co have prepped our boys appropriately for first contact - wrap the fkn ball up boys!

Rip in Manly

 

[DanielTurbo888]

So good to have Saab back. He is the real deal.

Electric

 

[DanielTurbo888]

Turbo, Garrick, Saab, Koula, Talau need to be safe under the high ball tonight. And also Gutherson's short kick behind the defence. If we can successfully diffuse their attacking kicking game I find it hard to see the Eels scoring more than 2 tries tonight

 

[nightster]

Hope Brown and Lodge are into rip in mode ... big defence required from our right side tonight, hope DCE is on his cool head game

 

[DanielTurbo888]

Yeah so important for DCE to bring his best tonight. Brooks is great but he is more of an X Factor. DCE is our mastermind and Tom is always better when DCE is firing.

 

[tajhay]

Cmon Eels 🙂

Even at your worst, surely you guys can give the SchusterBoys a touch up 😉

 

[DanielTurbo888]

Cmon Eels 🙂

Even at your worst, surely you guys can give the SchusterBoys a touch up 😉

So you guys had your worst game so far this year against Manly? 🤪