Manly v Parramatta [Round 17 2013] Game day thread
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Darren said:
Is that because your negativity balances things out ?
Absolutely. The dangers are complacency, injuries, penalties, sin bins, send offs. If we don't this the boys should start shopping for onesies for an early mad Monday. George Rose in a onesie would be epic.CentralCoastEagle said:
Push it up Manly. Play hard. Play sensible and win.
Brissie Kid
Bencher
For the record.... What a beautiful afternoon today in Sydney!!! What a waste NRL!!!!! Robbing my life of great days & memories!
Darren said:
Lame arse excuse!
I hope so
the mauler
Bencher
CentralCoastEagle said:
No excuses even if Hayne was playing.
Bearfax
Grizzly old fart
I've said it before and I'll say it again. Manly's problem is that their attack is too predictable and one of the primary reasons is our dummy half running.
I have the utmost respect for Ballin, who's defensive efforts save Manly a lot of angst. But I'm not sure his role at hooker is serving Manly effectively. Perhaps if he was a second row like a Bunny Reilly (ex Easts player from the 70s with excellent defence), but at hooker we need someone to vary the play.
The problem is that Ballin rarely makes a break from dummy half and Manly needs someone to be doing that to help draw defences in. Oppositions know Manly's attacking keys are Lyon, Stewart and Matai and they are setting their defences to cover those three because they dont have to cover up the guts as much except for forwards using brute force.
Now you may doubt this but this weekend (and its much the same most weekends) the three hookers in the leading clubs have made 70 metres (Rein, Syd City), 96 metres (Smith, Melb) and 93 metres (Luke, South Syd). Ballin in the past three matches has made a total of 34, 38 and 9 metres. He got in the 80s four weeks ago against Canberra and Manly won, but generally his runs total in the 30s.
What this does is allows teams far more latitude to cover the dangerous outside backs and place less emphasis on the middle of the ruck. We need someone to draw in the opposition defences to give Lyon, Matai, Stewart, Taufua, Williams etc more room to move. We really need a sharp running attacking hooker.
I have the utmost respect for Ballin, who's defensive efforts save Manly a lot of angst. But I'm not sure his role at hooker is serving Manly effectively. Perhaps if he was a second row like a Bunny Reilly (ex Easts player from the 70s with excellent defence), but at hooker we need someone to vary the play.
The problem is that Ballin rarely makes a break from dummy half and Manly needs someone to be doing that to help draw defences in. Oppositions know Manly's attacking keys are Lyon, Stewart and Matai and they are setting their defences to cover those three because they dont have to cover up the guts as much except for forwards using brute force.
Now you may doubt this but this weekend (and its much the same most weekends) the three hookers in the leading clubs have made 70 metres (Rein, Syd City), 96 metres (Smith, Melb) and 93 metres (Luke, South Syd). Ballin in the past three matches has made a total of 34, 38 and 9 metres. He got in the 80s four weeks ago against Canberra and Manly won, but generally his runs total in the 30s.
What this does is allows teams far more latitude to cover the dangerous outside backs and place less emphasis on the middle of the ruck. We need someone to draw in the opposition defences to give Lyon, Matai, Stewart, Taufua, Williams etc more room to move. We really need a sharp running attacking hooker.
Brissie Kid
Bencher
Mal Cochrane.
lismore_fan
Bencher
Exactly Kiwi.Kiwi Eagle said:
Like most teachers.... couldn't organise a ro*t in a brothel!
It's called Time Management Darren - a term used widely but never followed in the Public Service.
Try a week in Private Enterprise.
EagleFromMay1967
Sky Punching : send them High as the Clouds
Brissie Kid said:
Max K
Worked in accounting for 10 years before becoming a teacher so do remember the private sector. Different job, loads of marking etc and always work after work yet shorter days (technically) but there's always parent meetings, stacks of parent emails etc. Do get a sleep in with holidays but usually work most of the term's holidays preparing etc.
| Team | P | W | L | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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6 | 5 | 1 | 59 | 12 |
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6 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 12 |
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6 | 4 | 2 | 53 | 10 |
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6 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 10 |
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7 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 9 |
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7 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 8 |
|
7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 8 |
|
7 | 4 | 3 | -8 | 8 |
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7 | 4 | 3 | -18 | 8 |
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7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 7 |
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7 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 6 |
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7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 6 |
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6 | 2 | 4 | -31 | 6 |
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7 | 3 | 4 | -41 | 6 |
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7 | 2 | 5 | -29 | 4 |
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6 | 1 | 5 | -102 | 4 |
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6 | 0 | 6 | -90 | 2 |
