: Mon Mar 02, 2009 3:46 pm  

G1 wrote:

recently David I find myself agreeing with you more and more. Spot on.

I enjoy watching rugby and the brand played by Manly was terrific.

I need a shower :wink:

You need something if you agree with Davy boy

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 3:53 pm  

Eccleshill Rhino wrote:

Fair point but still a high contingent of Aussies - and their best prop Kite was deemed surplus to requirements

FFS get your facts right It was not a "fair point" d!pst!ck, it was FACT. Try & think before you post Davy boy - I know you get very excited when Leeds lose but try to calm down.

You made a big enough plonker of yourself when Tony Smith was Coach, but you never seem to learn any lessons Ps was you like this at school ??

PPS are you still at school

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 3:56 pm  

Eccleshill Rhino wrote:

Agreed - Manly knew they could win without him - he was not required for this game

FFS What a waste of space Try to keep up Davy - read up on matters before you make another fool of yourself

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:03 pm  

harigeorgeson wrote:

Something in the middle of something else and rendered what he was saying pretty incomprehensible to your average sub standard fectwitted Rhino supporter.

Learn to quote FFS.

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:31 pm  

tvoc wrote:

Learn to quote FFS.

Is there another Harigeorgeson in here ?

Re: My thoughts : Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:34 pm  

G1 wrote:

Firstly, to the flood of opposition fans we'll have to endure.....you've got to be in it to win it and, in reality, us or Saints will get another crack at the Aussies next year. The rest of your "heroes" are just making up the numbers.

As for manly goodness they were very, very good. Strong fast and skillful. I thought we stuck in well. They tired at the end of each half, which was to be expected and we had to stay close to have a chance but they simply blew us away.

Ali wasn't fit (aside from displaying the best piece of skill from either team on the night) and losing Burrow was a blow but I doubt we could've lived with them at the start of the 2nd half regardless.

We can't use a WCC result to hide the gulf in our skills now and that should be the standard all SL teams aim for. I am confident Leeds will try, and probably Saints. But as for the rest of the garbage in our comp dragging us down well...........

Summed up perfectly

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:45 pm  

IMO, if we can play like that against super league teams we will destroy most of them if we can cut out a few silly errors
I thought there was far too many missed tackels, they were gaining 3 or 4 meteres every time when they should have been stopped. We looked dangerous when we shipped the ball out which i think we don't do enough. But overall beaten by a better side. although they seemed to be offside at every play of the ball!

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 5:05 pm  

rpw wrote:

We also looked wide open on our right centre.. saints will have taken note,

Again!!

This was evident most of last season but most on here simply ignored it because we won the GF again

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 6:06 pm  

harigeorgeson wrote:

Is there another Harigeorgeson in here ?

No only room for one n0b with that name in here

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 6:33 pm  

strange game, compelling and top notch in parts,

we didnt play well all game, too many missed passes, to many errors early in the count, and not enough composure at times

didnt like the ref, didnt like how he reffed the game, i dont think it benefitted either side or affected the result a whole lot but his judgement at the ptb seemed completely random,

i though smith played well, Ali too, and Ryan Hall was pretty safe imo, a few were bagging him in the alst few weeks, i thought he stood up well against a quality wing/centre partnership, in fact i would go as far as to say Senior and Hall were the better partnership over their opposite numbers,

i thought Watkins stood up well for a 17 year old lad against a top top quality centre/wing partnership, didnt do anything amazing, but wasnt completely outclassed either,

where we lost the game? well i think burrow definately hurt us when he went off, he gives us creation int he centre, and can fill in to a very high level at dummy half, JJB had to play there, and though he stood up ok, we lost speed at the ptb, and we lost his impact around the fringes

Bailey seems to have lost a lot of weight, as does Kirke, i worry we are a little light if Eastwood doest get here

Ablett was poor, i dont know about him he is a big strong lad, decent footwork, decent speed, has an offload and can break a tackle, but too often he seems off the pace a bit to me, he seems to make horrendous errors from time to time and silly decisions he is 23 now, he needs to kick on this season, he has the ability there, but it seems a little lost at the moment, maybe the positional changes he has to do every game arent helping, i think the start of the season has shown maybe Watkins is a year away from being ready for a full time 1st team berth


overall, Manly were awesome for 10 minutes, pure top quality RL, they were the best team on the night by a fair bit, i dont think we took the WCC as seriously as last year, i think had it been a GF or semi or a big game, we would have seen burrow come back on. This game for me encapsulates why we need to give the WCC a higher proirity, sunday night was a good game, those two sides, full strength, in full flow, going all out for it? it would be the stuff of legend

im a little worried, 4th game of the season, 4th poor-average performance we are nowhere near where we were this time last year in terms of quality and performance, then again 3 wins, top of the league,

i think we are down a quality centre, and 2nd row/prop at the moment, and we must have a fair amount of cap space available, i dont think we are desperate for anyone, but i think we are a couple of players away from a great great side