NRL is a disgrace.

[The better Robbo]

Didn't we have one sitting in the bench for 78 minutes ?

Not ideal to throw a rookie out there in a tight game like that

 

[Spartan Eagle]

It's become soccer, guys staying down knowing they'll get soft penalties...f#cked..

Nah, not any more. they get yellow carded for diving.

 

[Kevinward777]

They were missing key players as well including Ponga , Pearce and Green

I have done the math

They had not won a game in 6 weeks

and we could not score a point in the second half

The answer is we were very dumb today

Green - you are kidding right? And you have listed three players Bozo. Count the numbers mate. Fair dinkum.

 

[niccipops]

Imo this game was psychologically lost by Manly after being beaten down by the ridiculous penalty count and biased refereeing. This led to second guessing themselves and bad decision making by some.
I think they need to be mentally tougher to overcome situations like this because it will happen again.
I'm still shocked at what I watched today.

 

[Waz13]

We will be there - Des is a great coach but that was poor selection today. The reffing was hopeless - we do have a million out... BUT we should never ever have lost that - the Knights were woeful. That penalty before half time cost us massively. Without that we win - simple.

Tgat knights team might be the worst ive seen this year including the dogs. Gee they were bad, and we couldn’t beat em!

 

[BOZO]

Perspective time.


After the emotional let-down of last week, and the fact that we were reffed out of the first half.....are you suprised ?

We ran out of gas. Simple as that.

No team can be "up" every week, against that adversity we copped tonight.

I am glad you used one of the key words that winners are made of and that word was
Adversity
The top teams overcome adversity on a consistent basis and prevail
Just like our great Manly teams of the past

 

[Kevinward777]

Not ideal to throw a rookie out there in a tight game like that

There are a fair few on here who likely have never played a fair dinkum game of footy mate. And boy, doesn't it become evident after every loss.

 

[Brisbane Tragic]

Tgat knights team might be the worst ive seen this year including the dogs. Gee they were bad, and we couldn’t beat em!

yep - two points thrown away

 

[mave]

Not ideal to throw a rookie out there in a tight game like that

Yes, thanks Des.

If not now, when ?

If he's not ready, don't pick him.

 

[mave]

I am glad you used one of the key words that winners are made of and that word was
Adversity
The top teams overcome adversity on a consistent basis and prevail
Just like our great Manly teams of the past

Just like our 2021 team has done for the last 7 weeks.

Do not discount the let-down after last Sundays news.

 

[Jigzkiller]

Nah - the clockwork part is the pretend fans like you who throw a sissy fit when we lose, but hide like a bitch when we win. Back to the kennel with ya Jizz!

The old pretend fan come on Kevin you can do better.I do bitch when we lose and as for hide when we win I'm off getting pissed don't feel the need to post as I'm sure you will fill the forum with some dribble.

When we lose I use the forum to decompress

 

[mave]

There are a fair few on here who likely have never played a fair dinkum game of footy mate. And boy, doesn't it become evident after every loss.

Haha.
Yes Kev.
I've never played past u17s level.

Clearly , this forum should only be for those who have achieved higher honours.

 

[BOZO]

Green - you are kidding right? And you have listed three players Bozo. Count the numbers mate. Fair dinkum.

Key players Ponga and Pearce out is like taking Tom and DCE out
and Green is an accomplished 5/8

We had enough cattle to win the game but our execution was poor

S00 series is coming up soon and we need to handle adversity better
Team character is not all about excuses
It is all about overcoming adversity

No excuses . Excuses are as useless as tits on a bull

 

[Moops]

Haha.
Yes Kev.
I've never played past u17s level.

Clearly , this forum should only be for those who have achieved higher honours.

I had to grimace at that one as well.

 

[Ryan]

Imo this game was psychologically lost by Manly after being beaten down by the ridiculous penalty count and biased refereeing. This led to second guessing themselves and bad decision making by some.
I think they need to be mentally tougher to overcome situations like this because it will happen again.
I'm still shocked at what I watched today.

There were times where our players almost looked confused by some of the calls.

 

[Brisbane Tragic]

Key players Ponga and Pearce out is like taking Tom and DCE out
and Green is an accomplished 5/8

We had enough cattle to win the game but our execution was poor

S00 series is coming up soon and we need to handle adversity better
Team character is not all about excuses
It is all about overcoming adversity

No excuses . Excuses are as useless as tits on a bull

Yes it was clear Tom had an eye on SOO. He is a great player - super but his effort today was very very average. Never once did he slam the ball into the middle of the ruck like he has been doing. Was never really around the ball sniffing things out. Just seemed in total cruise mode.

 

[BOZO]

Just like our 2021 team has done for the last 7 weeks.

Do not discount the let-down after last Sundays news.

Living in the past did not get us up today
Great character is how we handle adversity

The knight were poor and the game was there to be won
and we failed to live up to a final teams standards

 

[BOZO]

There were times where our players almost looked confused by some of the calls.

There were times the Manly fans were confused with the Manly plays

 

[Ryan]

There were times the Manly fans were confused with the Manly plays

It's all good mate, 1 game. Lesson's learnt. 12 players out. Ridiculous refereeing decisions, escalated by playing very, very flat. Better now, than later, and alsoi, we went nowhere south on the ladder.

We will start getting players back now. No idea what Des is going to do, because right now, who do you drop?

 

[Disco]

What a joke of a thread as soon as we lose just like clockwork. So greenberg no good beattie no good unless we win we see these threads.

We were shown up as pretenders but it is easier to blame administrators.

Surprised by your post, I can't remember a game this season that we have all blown up about the refs......so clockwork seems a bit of a stretch.

Best measure is to pop into the cross forum thread. Plenty of Broncos and Warriors fans claiming we were dudded.

We didnt play great, though I personally dont think we played terribly......I think things were made very difficult for us.