Round 17 Manly V Dogs [Round 17 2014]

[damiennp90]

I thought Starling seas the only forward to stand up. And that even though he got smashed. Made 120 metres. But more importantly all their forwards were bending back the line. We've been getting by with the best back line in the comp. When things weren't going to hand tonight we had it. That last play by hiku was just the final straw. Graham was on the outside of foz. A kick it over the top. A 100% harder play. But wasn't his fault

 

[Technical Coach]

This is why I am not "overly impressed" with our forward pack, it lacks size, straight grunt and falls off way too many tackles.

Missing the aggression of Watmough and Glenn in defence and we need some straight hard sized grunt up the middle.

The game at Brookie the Dogs were dead after 20mins due to the heavy nature of the ground which allowed us to come over the top---- not so in this game until around the 60th min which exposed our forward weakness more.

The real danger come finals time is we get blown off the park like the Souths game in the early exchanges against a big pack which is what I fear most this season.

 

[God]

I blame the bye, without that we would still be 4 points clear

I blame inflation, if some of those bulldogs forwards weren't so inflated we would have one

 

[COMMANDER]

How good was T-Rex in the halves.

That Kasiano is a lump, fmd he's harder to put down than a wilderbeast. If he had a pace more speed he'd be devastating.

 

[mickqld]

A 4 point game thrown away. As bad as the 2 Storm losses.

 

[1976seaeagle]

At 6 all we had a gift two points on offer and gave it away. Jamie normally takes the right option...

 

[mjb136]

We need some bigger forwards. Plain to see tonight. Just a ****e game all round..

 

[eggson]

If King didn't get injured, tonight has to be the writing on the wall.
I don't want to deathride the boys tonight, obvious we were very off. Hopefully we roll on from next week to Grand Final night

 

[BOZO]

This is why I am not "overly impressed" with our forward pack, it lacks size, straight grunt and falls off way too many tackles.

Missing the aggression of Watmough and Glenn in defence and we need some straight hard sized grunt up the middle.

The game at Brookie the Dogs were dead after 20mins due to the heavy nature of the ground which allowed us to come over the top---- not so in this game until around the 60th min which exposed our forward weakness more.

The real danger come finals time is we get blown off the park like the Souths game in the early exchanges against a big pack which is what I fear most this season.

What a load of crap. How did we go last week against the Rooster pack without Choc and Gift ?

 

[mickqld]

This is why I am not "overly impressed" with our forward pack, it lacks size, straight grunt and falls off way too many tackles.

Missing the aggression of Watmough and Glenn in defence and we need some straight hard sized grunt up the middle.

The game at Brookie the Dogs were dead after 20mins due to the heavy nature of the ground which allowed us to come over the top---- not so in this game until around the 60th min which exposed our forward weakness more.

The real danger come finals time is we get blown off the park like the Souths game in the early exchanges against a big pack which is what I fear most this season.

Disagree. Last week with no Choc or Gift. Earlier in season against Souffs and Rorters. Our pack at full strength is more than capable of providing the platform for our backline. Put both teams at full strength tonight and the result would be different.

 

[Jerry1]

If King didn't get injured, tonight has to be the writing on the wall.
I don't want to deathride the boys tonight, obvious we were very off. Hopefully we roll on from next week to Grand Final night

It was foz that lost the game mate not king.

 

[torana355]

This is why I am not "overly impressed" with our forward pack, it lacks size, straight grunt and falls off way too many tackles.

Missing the aggression of Watmough and Glenn in defence and we need some straight hard sized grunt up the middle.

The game at Brookie the Dogs were dead after 20mins due to the heavy nature of the ground which allowed us to come over the top---- not so in this game until around the 60th min which exposed our forward weakness more.

The real danger come finals time is we get blown off the park like the Souths game in the early exchanges against a big pack which is what I fear most this season.

Our forwards were not the reason we lost tonight, sure they we out muscled but we had our chance to win that game. A very poor option by Foran to put in that chip kick instead of a FG. Could have had a shot for FG a few sets before that aswell but we went for the miracle try up the sideline.

 

[The Wheel]

Dumb play and drop ball lost the game

 

[ando]

We just didn't turn up. We were arm grabbing in defence a lot, very dumb last tackle options..how many repeat sets did we get?

Our forwards got belted. Lawrence made a few silly errors/ penalties. We weren't prepared to roll our sleeves up and paid the price. Never got any momentum at all.

Put that game behind us and hope we come out firing next week

 

[God]

The tigers will get us through the middle if we play like that again too

 

[Technical Coach]

This is why I am not "overly impressed" with our forward pack, it lacks size, straight grunt and falls off way too many tackles.

Missing the aggression of Watmough and Glenn in defence and we need some straight hard sized grunt up the middle.

The game at Brookie the Dogs were dead after 20mins due to the heavy nature of the ground which allowed us to come over the top---- not so in this game until around the 60th min which exposed our forward weakness more.

The real danger come finals time is we get blown off the park like the Souths game in the early exchanges against a big pack which is what I fear most this season.

Disagree. Last week with no Choc or Gift. Earlier in season against Souffs and Rorters. Our pack at full strength is more than capable of providing the platform for our backline. Put both teams at full strength tonight and the result would be different.

During large periods in the Roosters game when there was no penalties our forwards struggled.

We need to be able to hang in for the first 20mins and not allow the game to be stop start which favours big sized slow teams to get over the top with our class in the backs.

Not enough fatigue in this game to take advantage of the Dogs size with quick play the balls and our mobile back row to take advantage of.

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This is why I am not "overly impressed" with our forward pack, it lacks size, straight grunt and falls off way too many tackles.

Missing the aggression of Watmough and Glenn in defence and we need some straight hard sized grunt up the middle.

The game at Brookie the Dogs were dead after 20mins due to the heavy nature of the ground which allowed us to come over the top---- not so in this game until around the 60th min which exposed our forward weakness more.

The real danger come finals time is we get blown off the park like the Souths game in the early exchanges against a big pack which is what I fear most this season.

What a load of crap. How did we go last week against the Rooster pack without Choc and Gift ?

Not as well as you think...

 

[bob dylan]

What was Toovey thinking taking Ballin, our best player, off and replacing him with. Hodges.

Massive error.

 

[HappilyManly]

Boo ! - not happy with Manly playing like panic merchants :dodgy:

I was disappointed that Foz and Killer did not kick the f.... out of our quarter, and tackled them away from our line. :huh:

Most disappointed with Foz's option of going for a Hail Mary try, instead of equalizing with a FG from right in front.:-/

The big positive was Gutho - played Jorge out of the LHS easy.

Hiku's still not treating the sideline as a precipice, he could have been the guy who set up the winning try tonight, but that chip didn't angle inward at all

Kingy had another disappointing night as well

Hopefully this is the loss we had to have, to wake Manly up from their hiatus at the top of the Ladder

Glad its over and glad their win is marred by the gridiron try

We missed Sid big time

 

[Budgie]

The loss we had to have at exactly the right time of year.

 

[BOZO]

This is why I am not "overly impressed" with our forward pack, it lacks size, straight grunt and falls off way too many tackles.

Missing the aggression of Watmough and Glenn in defence and we need some straight hard sized grunt up the middle.

The game at Brookie the Dogs were dead after 20mins due to the heavy nature of the ground which allowed us to come over the top---- not so in this game until around the 60th min which exposed our forward weakness more.

The real danger come finals time is we get blown off the park like the Souths game in the early exchanges against a big pack which is what I fear most this season.

Disagree. Last week with no Choc or Gift. Earlier in season against Souffs and Rorters. Our pack at full strength is more than capable of providing the platform for our backline. Put both teams at full strength tonight and the result would be different.

During large periods in the Roosters game when there was no penalties our forwards struggled.

We need to be able to hang in for the first 20mins and not allow the game to be stop start which favours big sized slow teams to get over the top with our class in the backs.

Not enough fatigue in this game to take advantage of the Dogs size with quick play the balls and our mobile back row to take advantage of.

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This is why I am not "overly impressed" with our forward pack, it lacks size, straight grunt and falls off way too many tackles.

Missing the aggression of Watmough and Glenn in defence and we need some straight hard sized grunt up the middle.

The game at Brookie the Dogs were dead after 20mins due to the heavy nature of the ground which allowed us to come over the top---- not so in this game until around the 60th min which exposed our forward weakness more.

The real danger come finals time is we get blown off the park like the Souths game in the early exchanges against a big pack which is what I fear most this season.

What a load of crap. How did we go last week against the Rooster pack without Choc and Gift ?

Not as well as you think...

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Not as bad as you think feathered friend