Post-Game Discussion Manly v Roosters [Round 18, 2023]

[rj90]

Commentators call it line speed, WTF

Line speed & flat passes.
Fkn joke.

 

[The Who]

Our line speed needs improvement, however I fear it's slow because our forwards are big and relatively slow.
Fast line speed is what makes the 'Riff such a top team.

 

[XV-1]

Schu threw a pass to a man in hole that any of us could've scored but yeah "won the match".
Shyster went closer to helping the Roosters win than us.

If it was that easy, why didn't we score another 5 of them on the right side?

You must think passes and running into gaps just happen.

 

[cc eagle]

Yeah, most times they are off side but to be fair, we have little or no line speed ourselves. Thats where the top teams get the better of us. Our defence was mostly really good but Tui really struggles. Don't know what we do about our line speed. Once we're going backwards, we're toast.

It was a concern they were making 60/70mts each set against our 30/35, a few calls and penalties went out way in the 2nd half which helped us immensely

 

[Eagles4Life]

i’m over the moon creaming in my pants mate

I didn't need that image mate. Thanks a lot. @The Royal Soup

 

[Seagles68]

Line speed is a direct result of play the ball speed ... if your defence is back waiting for the ball to be played .. they can move up quickly ..

If your defence is still getting back when the ball is played you are flat footed and rooted ..

It gets back to winning the ruck or wrestle.

Yeah I was also going to say we did actually slow their play the balls down more than normal. We're usually so passive in tackles we give teams like Storm easy ground. We did it a couple of times today and they got a roll on but slowing the ball down better saved us a lot of gief.

 

[TheSoaringEagle2023]

Every week teams rush up on DCE / Shuster who have zero time or a split second to pass.
We need a running 9 who can scoot from dummy half for 20 minutes or so in a game. Having Croker play the full 80 minutes makes life hard for the halves, since teams know the ball will go through their hands 100 percent of the time. Bringing in GCKT or sign some natural 9 from another club to do this, will make teams think twice about rushing up.

 

[Seagles68]

Agree, but I thought I'd waffled on long enough haha

Nothing like a good waffle, particularly with maple syrup.

 

[47MVEagle]

Nothing like a good waffle, particularly with maple syrup.

Blue waffle lol

 

[Eagle 1]

That Nat (or Nate?? they change it sometimes) is good, would like him on our team.
JWH dirty eye gouge looked on purpose to me, don't think he was put on report.
Chez good, Rubes good, Jake good.
Parker had good and bad moments, Manu is tough to mark though.
Glad we got the win but it should've been easier, made it tough for themselves.

I'll give them this, they defended really well. Schuster was our game breaker.

 

[Eagles4Life]

Kid needs help, hope he gets it.

Either that or a bullet (That would put him out of his misery at least) 🙂
Note : This post is a rum inspired joke. I am in no way suggesting that @The Royal Soup should be put down.

 

[Highflier]

Line speed is a direct result of play the ball speed ... if your defence is back waiting for the ball to be played .. they can move up quickly ..

If your defence is still getting back when the ball is played you are flat footed and rooted ..

It gets back to winning the ruck or wrestle.

and the 9 ball distributer

 

[Seagles68]

Blue waffle lol

Well Ive just got home ftom Brookie and all this talk about waffles has made me hungry. Time for dinner!!

 

[cc eagle]

I'll give them this, they defended really well. Schuster was our game breaker.

But we didn't throw alot at them in all honesty, one out runs from forwards then kick on the last and pray

 

[Woodsie]

i’m over the moon creaming in my pants mate

Shame your Dad didn't just do the same thing ...

 

[Ned]

Blue waffle lol

 

[Jethro]

Pressers:

Sea Eagles: Round 18

Anthony Seibold and Daly Cherry-Evans chat to the media after their Round 18 clash with the Roosters

www.nrl.com

Roosters: Round 18

Trent Robinson and James Tedesco chat to the media after their Round 18 clash with the Sea Eagles

www.nrl.com

 

[StuBoot]

It was a concern they were making 60/70mts each set against our 30/35, a few calls and penalties went out way in the 2nd half which helped us immensely

We looked a bit pedestrian and too structured compared to them.
In my opinion the major point of difference is we don't have a running 5/8 so when we shift left, it goes to Jake who either
a) straightens up as another hit up or
b) passes to Schu who doesn't take the line on.

The signing of Brooks should fix that...hopefully.

They had Keary who's always probing (and at speed) on the left and Manu asking questions on the right. That stretches us a bit with more space up the middle too.

They could compress and held us safely for most of the night but possession and field position eventually told.

 

[qldeagle]

Fantastic gritty win. Shoey needs to get way more involved. It seems as though it's all DCE out there.

 

[skull61]

Our hit ups are terrible they get the ball flat footed 5 metres behind the ruck so by the time the hitter upper gets to where the ruck is the defenders are on them.