Post-Game Discussion Manly V Tigers [Round 17, 2025]

[Rafferty]

2 points, guess that’s the positive…….however the Tigers were poor.
Benji certainly didn’t help them.
Thought Sio was good for us and Sips carried strongly.
Simpkin is our best DH by daylight.
Tom at centre and Gaz on the wing is the way forward.
I’d still like to see Tolu given a run at FB and Lehi a season or two on the wing, with Talau to partner Turbo in the centres, that’s a strong backline.

 

[davohan123]

So back from my first game live in over 2 years.

Very special win for me and after full time eagle rock had way more significance than a normal win.

My review of it live

Boy we looked flat and very side to side play our side had no real agression compared to other manly teams over the years.

Any good side would of smashed us tonight every chance the tigers got in the second half we folded.

We looked so disinterested at times and one of the flattest crowds every no real atmosphere at all.

Turbo sadly was so badly cooked tonight there were times when the normal turbo would of burst through but was so hesitant in his play, he best days are well behind him.

Crowd 17,000 good turn out, the ground looked so good best I have seen it in years.

Still from I what I saw we have fallen away badly and that scoreline flattered us. We are no where near a top 8 side and we are in for some long years unless change happens.

Loved being back seeing us live and to get the win I will take it but tigers should of been beat by 50 tonight they were terrible.

We won't get the spoon but that's about it.

South's will destroy us next week if we play that badly next week in the forwards.

Manly forever and eagle rock
Special night!!!

 

[Seagles68]

Full credit to the forwards tonight SST especially thought they really played well as a pack

Yep, happy to eat my words. They were aggressive tonight but I need to see it for more than one week.

 

[Waz13]

Don’t disagree , BUT, we are very short on forwards , so ship him off and who do you bring in ???

Remember their young pack was going to tear us a new one Mark. Was the noise all week. Ffs this place is clueless at times. Dad’s army had no problem with them. Their pack could barely get 30 metres each set! They have been in games the tigers, but only because they infringe and spoil every tackle.

 

[Waz13]

I thought Brooks looked dangerous at times tonight

Probably his best game for a while tbh.

 

[Seagles68]

Remember their young pack was going to tear us a new one Mark. Was the noise all week. Ffs this place is clueless at times. Dad’s army had no problem with them. Their pack could barely get 30 metres each set! They have been in games the tigers, but only because they infringe and spoil every tackle.

I have to agree. I thought our blokes would get tired but they didn't play how I thought they would. I thought they would throw it around more. I think were very lucky Luia was out late. It might have been a different story game plan wise.

But we'll never know now and we won, so that's all that matters.

 

[Waz13]

So back from my first game live in over 2 years.

Very special win for me and after full time eagle rock had way more significance than a normal win.

My review of it live

Boy we looked flat and very side to side play our side had no real agression compared to other manly teams over the years.

Any good side would of smashed us tonight every chance the tigers got in the second half we folded.

We looked so disinterested at times and one of the flattest crowds every no real atmosphere at all.

Turbo sadly was so badly cooked tonight there were times when the normal turbo would of burst through but was so hesitant in his play, he best days are well behind him.

Crowd 17,000 good turn out, the ground looked so good best I have seen it years.

Still from I what I saw we have fallen away badly and that scoreline flattered us. We are no where near a top 8 side and we are in for some long years unless change happens.

Loved being back seeing us live and to get the win I will take it but tigers should of been beat by 50 tonight they were terrible.

We won't get the spoon but that's about it.

South's will destroy us next week if we play that badly next week in the forwards.

Manly forever and eagle rock
Special night!!!
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Mate I’m taking my son down to Brookie for his first trip there next weekend. Tonight It was another poor display and another one of many this year. At least we win tho.

Plenty of teams are very mid this year and will get up depending on the night. I think we beat souths next week then hit the bye and we are well in the 8. You never know how these last rounds play out.

 

[Waz13]

Yep, happy to eat my words. They were aggressive tonight but I need to see it for more than one week.

We actually didn’t give them an inch in the middle tonight. Defensively we didn’t allow them to get any yardage at all. I think the tigers have been broken mentally. So many close losses and now loss 6 on the bounce. If our backs weren’t so disjointed we might have put 50 on them.

 

[Rafferty]

Remember their young pack was going to tear us a new one Mark. Was the noise all week. Ffs this place is clueless at times. Dad’s army had no problem with them. Their pack could barely get 30 metres each set! They have been in games the tigers, but only because they infringe and spoil every tackle.

I think they front loaded a lot of effort into the raiders last week, that played into our hands, it flattened them somewhat, then mentally, without Luia and Bulla they weren’t the same, then Benji’s mind boggling selections and a couple of HIA’s they were never in it.

Latu’s first start, with Api at 6, and TDS at DH, they were a train wreck, Latu has played well from the bench the last couple of weeks, but had little impact being asked to start and run the side. TDS gassed early, (his a fair way off being ready as a starting DH)

 

[nightster]

Navale I think is next up , but any more injuries and I’m not sure.

If we buy the young hooker from the Tigers Jazz can play as a middle instead, play Simpkin for 60 , the new kid for 20.

Yes Navale should get a game for sure

 

[Waz13]

I have to agree. I thought our blokes would get tired but they didn't play how I thought they would. I thought they would throw it around more. I think were very lucky Luia was out late. It might have been a different story game plan wise.

But we'll never know now and we won, so that's all that matters.

Mate Luai wouldnt have made a difference. He’s been in all their losses and tbh he’s been pretty rubbish as well. They are s$&@house. As bad as we are (and we are right now!) there are other worse teams.

 

[Waz13]

I think they front loaded a lot of effort into the raiders last week, that played into our hands, it flattened them somewhat, then mentally, without Luia and Bulla they weren’t the same, then Benji’s mind boggling selections and a couple of HIA’s they were never in it.

Latu’s first start, with Api at 6, and TDS at DH, they were a train wreck, Latu has played well from the bench the last couple of weeks, but had little impact being asked to start and run the side. TDS gassed early, (his a fair way off being ready as a starting DH)

Mentioned in pre game I felt mentally this would be a bridge too far for them Raff. Those close games were going to catch up. I mean they suck, but I thought we were strong in the middle defensively tonight.

 

[Seagles68]

We actually didn’t give them an inch in the middle tonight. Defensively we didn’t allow them to get any yardage at all. I think the tigers have been broken mentally. So many close losses and now loss 6 on the bounce. If our backs weren’t so disjointed we might have put 50 on them.

I would also note that TKO was very good again tonight. He is really leading our cobbled together pack. He puts in every game.

 

[Rafferty]

Mentioned in pre game I felt mentally this would be a bridge too far for them Raff. Those close games were going to catch up. I mean they suck, but I thought we were strong in the middle defensively tonight.

It doesn’t get any easier for them next week……hopefully tonight turns our fortunes around and we can roll the Bunnies going into the bye.

 

[Dingo]

one of the flattest crowds every no real atmosphere at all.

Agree, crowd tonight was poor. I’ve heard much better crowds this year. Suppose there wasn’t a whole lot to cheer for in the first half, most people around me starting having conversations about everything but the game. Probably a mix of the Friday 6pm slot and the team underperforming 🤷‍♂️

They’ve got to draw the fans back with better results

 

[Seagles68]

Mate Luai wouldnt have made a difference. He’s been in all their losses and tbh he’s been pretty rubbish as well. They are s$&@house. As bad as we are (and we are right now!) there are other worse teams.

I have to admit I haven't seen too many of their games. They have been there abouts in a few games that they might have won and they have some decent players. The gap is so wide between us and the teams around us and those in the 8. We are in desperate need of rejuvenation in the forwards. Hopefully that will start soon.

 

[Brookie1973]

So back from my first game live in over 2 years.

Very special win for me and after full time eagle rock had way more significance than a normal win.

My review of it live

Boy we looked flat and very side to side play our side had no real agression compared to other manly teams over the years.

Any good side would of smashed us tonight every chance the tigers got in the second half we folded.

We looked so disinterested at times and one of the flattest crowds every no real atmosphere at all.

Turbo sadly was so badly cooked tonight there were times when the normal turbo would of burst through but was so hesitant in his play, he best days are well behind him.

Crowd 17,000 good turn out, the ground looked so good best I have seen it in years.

Still from I what I saw we have fallen away badly and that scoreline flattered us. We are no where near a top 8 side and we are in for some long years unless change happens.

Loved being back seeing us live and to get the win I will take it but tigers should of been beat by 50 tonight they were terrible.

We won't get the spoon but that's about it.

South's will destroy us next week if we play that badly next week in the forwards.

Manly forever and eagle rock
Special night!!!
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Was also at the game. Agree, very flat performance and atmosphere. Everyone just looked bored - players and crowd alike. Thought brooks was our best, forwards held their own. If Laui played I suspect the result may have been a lot closer. Didn’t even notice TDS so not sure what all the fuss is about. A wins a win.

 

[Ron E. Gibbs]

Great photo

Yeah, really nice to see the two sets of brothers together. Great to see there's no animosity between them at all. In fact, great to see all our players congratulating Latu and mingling with Samuela after the game.

 

[HoldenV8]

Go figure, Garrick had a good night on the wing scoring a try, kicking 4 goals, passing 1300 FG points and being only 1 metre off of the most run metres for the night (he had 172. Young GrassHoppa had 173). Not a bad centre, but a better winger.

Our back row was rocks and diamonds, on both sides of the field. Burbo actually got tonight's most NRL Fantasy points from Manly with 62 (Terrell May had 75 for the Tigpies). To add to his try he made 36 tackles without missing one or making an ineffective one. But he also made 2 errors and gave away a penalty. Duck missed 4 tackles (TKO was the worst offender with 5) to go along with his try, which I'll give him his dues was a good try.

Jake 2 playing at dummy half, Jazz at lock and Jake 1 at prop works, or would if Jurbo could ever start making run metres on a consistent basis. Only 37 running metres tonight (7 post contact.....) from 6 runs. And we need him to make metres, especially when our front row stocks are dropping like flies in an old Ross Higgins Pea-Beu ad. Not surprisingly though Jurbo again led us with tackles made, making 45 with only 1 miss and 2 ineffective.

I'm not 100% sold on Lehi to fullback and Tom to centre. Young GrassHoppa still has some rookie type errors in his game while Turbo is not a good defensive centre (Hint: he wasn't a good defensive centre in Origin either. Like Hammer and Latrell in the three-quarters, he mostly got by on being brilliant in attack).

As we know, Saab and Koula with their speed are weapons (especially when Saab actually holds on to the ball ). We just need to learn how to unleash them into open space. That we were only able to really do that once tonight (Saab's try) against a 💩 team like the Tigers doesn't say much for our attack. Saab is easier as he's on the wing, but tonight was an example of wasting Koula's talent. Sure he ran for 127 metres, which is good, but from 13 runs at less than 10 metres per time (9.7) is a waste. Honestly, its why I'd actually have him on the wing.

TBH I'm not sure tonight's win went any way to saving Seibold. It was a putrid game all round really and as someone said in the game day thread, it was like watching the Northern Eagles all over again. The truth is that (especially in the 2nd half) we just played less 💩 than the Tigers did. Most other NRL teams would have carved us up like a Gordon Ramsay roast dinner.

So to end this short story turned into War and Peace ... we can beat Souths next week. But even against them without Latrell we're going to have to play a lot better than we did tonight.

 

[ALinda]

Nice to come home from a win. I agree with others it was unusually very quiet at Brookie tonight, which was strange for 17,000. Didn't seem that big a crowd though the hill looked packed.
Anyway a win's a win and apart from that the highlight for me was seeing the 3 brothers from each side having a photo taken together.