The Life Of Brian (Kelly)

[bringbackbeaver]

He could aso have given away a penalty (3 or 4 tackles deep) marched them up field to score and maybe take the W.. two ways of looking at that.

 

[Fluffy]

Go back and play reserves. He hasnt earned a spot.

Riiiight....

Baz: Brad I need you as 18th man for 1st grade this weekend.

Brad: Get farked Baz i should be playing reggies.

Yep, sounds logical.

 

[BOZO]

It's the mass debating I get sick of

I think it is good that we both have strong views
All good from this end .
I hope we do sign the Jet though
Time will tell ....

 

[Fluffy]

The whole Dragons side humiliated the whole Manly side. Better drop the lot.

at least we can bring in Parker then

 

[brad]

Riiiight....

Baz: Brad I need you as 18th man for 1st grade this weekend.

Brad: Get farked Baz i should be playing reggies.

Yep, sounds logical.

There's no way im playing reggies mate .

 

[Smokin Joe]

I am not convinced by Kelly yet,but do not think now going in to the finals is a good time to experiment.Don't know which of the 2 will end up the better player.All rookies form dips during their rookie season but he is going okay.He has made more tackles than Walker but missed noticeably fewer,Walker outdoes him in most areas like line breaks etc(not much only marginally and one is an international and the other a newby)....but what is interesting is that the left side of Winterstein/Kelly has missed less tackles than the right side of Sironen/Lane/Walker and both sides have been targeted pretty much the same.

 

[Stevie]

Brian Kelly Dowell ....has hands like feet..

 

[ManlyTragic]

Gees .... we are coming 3rd and we want to drop players!

 

[yokahontas]

I am not convinced by Kelly yet,but do not think now going in to the finals is a good time to experiment.Don't know which of the 2 will end up the better player.All rookies form dips during their rookie season but he is going okay.He has made more tackles than Walker but missed noticeably fewer,Walker outdoes him in most areas like line breaks etc(not much only marginally and one is an international and the other a newby)....but what is interesting is that the left side of Winterstein/Kelly has missed less tackles than the right side of Sironen/Lane/Walker and both sides have been targeted pretty much the same.

Agree that now isn't the time to experiment.

Also wouldn't be surprised if there's a few weeks coming up of the whole team looking a bit flat and tired (and the rookies probably a bit worse affected) - fairly standard for teams looking at a finals tilt to step the training up post-Origin, to try and get the conditioning back up a bit. Then they'll taper off the conditioning side and start to look nice and fresh and sharp again, the last few weeks leading into the finals.

The younger guys, not having as much experience of the ramp up/taper/ramp up/taper cycle, may feel and show the 'overtraining' effect a bit more during the heavier workload parts.

If we're going to give the premiership a genuine shake this year (and, like others, I do think we may be a year or two off), we need to probably have our last loss mid-late August, and start the run from there. With as few personnel changes as possible.

 

[PONTIAN SEA EAGLE]

He struggles in defence surely our training sraff would be working on that surely.Secondly if you see the ball about to go over your head take a step back you don't need to be experienced to do that.

 

[manlyfan76]

I've previouy put stats up that show BK has inferior defence to Jimmy the Jet (less overall tackles but more missed tackles). Maybe lets see if BK can kick goals, then he will have my vote to stay in the side!

He kicked in juniors and some rep teams i think.

 

[manlyfan76]

Geebus ducking kryst someone is really missing brown being in the side, and not being able to knife that CURRENT Manly player at every opportunity so they have turned to another CURRENT Manly player for the knifing.

Stop feeding the troll people.

 

[CliffyIsGod]

That bad bounce/miss aside he was fine.

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

That bad bounce/miss aside he was fine.

Which sadly led to a try!

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

Agree that now isn't the time to experiment.

Also wouldn't be surprised if there's a few weeks coming up of the whole team looking a bit flat and tired (and the rookies probably a bit worse affected) - fairly standard for teams looking at a finals tilt to step the training up post-Origin, to try and get the conditioning back up a bit. Then they'll taper off the conditioning side and start to look nice and fresh and sharp again, the last few weeks leading into the finals.

The younger guys, not having as much experience of the ramp up/taper/ramp up/taper cycle, may feel and show the 'overtraining' effect a bit more during the heavier workload parts.

If we're going to give the premiership a genuine shake this year (and, like others, I do think we may be a year or two off), we need to probably have our last loss mid-late August, and start the run from there. With as few personnel changes as possible.

I'm loving your input tonight Yoki, very comprehensive!

 

[Volley]

Which sadly led to a try!

Looks like Winterstein, Kelly and the goal post are all dropped for our next game.

 

[mave]

I only read page 1 and 6 of this thread, but it is enough to get the gist of the usual suspects laying the boot into our favourite whipping boy after a somewhat less than stellar team performance.

Top works guys. !!

 

[Snake]

He took some tough hit ups which made some good metres- also got a wicked bounce. He will learn

It wasn't a wicked bounce, it was end over end and he failed to attack the ball. If he came onto the ball like a confident FG footballer, he could have grabbed it at waist height, but he stood back, played conservatively and had his pants pulled down.

I don't wanna be overly critical of the guy, but lets called a spade, a spade.

I don't necessarily think he needs to be dropped, strictly because (as others have mentioned), he seems to be relatively solid in defence. However, I really think we would be a much more dangerous prospect and serious premiership threat if we had a guy like James Roberts for next year, causing havoc down one edge. Walker and Roberts would be the best centre pairing in the league. Kelly is adequate, Roberts is dynamite.

 

[Danly Manly]

I am disappointed but want to give him another couple of games to try and redeem himself. I think he can come good and still be an X factor come finals time.

 

[mave]

Just watching the replay...

Kelly forces a knock on and gets us possession at the 50min mark.
Then forces a knock on against Brooks at the 53 min mark.
Then gets a try assist to Wright at the 55min mark.

3 plays in 5 mins to firstly get possession, then put points on the board.

But I guess the wanker from Brissie can run really fast, so lets sign him up quick smart. Lmao.