Team List Warriors vs Manly - [Round 2, 2025)

[kos]

The coaches can’t make Capewell be more athletic or Ford bend the line for a single carry.

Maybe they can take some ownership on not getting Nuikore firing once in his tenure here.

Websters downfall will definitely be his loyalty to poor performers. It’s not like his hands are tied with no viable alternatives.

I was thinking about taking my kids this week.

Anyone sat in these locations and can provide some thoughts?

East stand right up the top
The West Stand in the bottom tier

West Stand I'm more worried about the distance from the field. It isn't that far but it has been a long since I have been in that stand as every other time was corporate boxes.

East stand up the top - be able to read the game.

 

[Noitall]

View: https://www.tiktok.com/@playonsportshow/video/7480437889365560594

Didn’t really know where to put this, but is SJ talking about the storm. I’m not on tiktok so haven’t actually seen it but they speak of him as a good listen on the knights forum

 

[Noitall]

Cool, it played for me posting it. That’s why I reckon this guy could be a handy coach for the way he sees all the subtleties

 

[Canonball]

View: https://www.tiktok.com/@playonsportshow/video/7480437889365560594

Didn’t really know where to put this, but is SJ talking about the storm. I’m not on tiktok so haven’t actually seen it but they speak of him as a good listen on the knights forum

Looked up the play the ball speed - he misquoted it - Storm was 3.7s --- we actually beat that at 3.57s against the Raiders... so, yeah - perhaps it was because the eels were shit ...

 

[Noitall]

Looked up the play the ball speed - he misquoted it - Storm was 3.7s --- we actually beat that at 3.57s against the Raiders... so, yeah - perhaps it was because the eels were shit ...

Maybe some semantics like that, but I think the way he breaks it down, he’s spot on. If he can articulate it so even a simpleton like me can understand it, he’s doing something right

 

[Noitall]

'I'm keen as to take his head off': Tevaga eyes ultimate bragging rights in return to Mt Smart

The new Manly Sea Eagle is already looking forward to the post-match banter with his former teammates.

sportnation.nz

Jazz not holding back here. Watched a video of Dylan Walker on the Warriors instagram page where he said Jazz wanted to catch up, but he said na after the game, he just wants to concentrate on getting the two points. Makes a bit of sense now and think there might be of bragging rights in this one

 

[Canonball]

Maybe some semantics like that, but I think the way he breaks it down, he’s spot on. If he can articulate it so even a simpleton like me can understand it, he’s doing something right

I don't disagree - there should be a place for him at Mt Smart, they kinda implied there would be then no real contact... the play the ball speed thing is interesting tho, we won that stat, and were even in others last game

 

[Worried2Death]

'I'm keen as to take his head off': Tevaga eyes ultimate bragging rights in return to Mt Smart

The new Manly Sea Eagle is already looking forward to the post-match banter with his former teammates.

sportnation.nz

Jazz not holding back here. Watched a video of Dylan Walker on the Warriors instagram page where he said Jazz wanted to catch up, but he said na after the game, he just wants to concentrate on getting the two points. Makes a bit of sense now and think there might be of bragging rights in this one

It's going to be painful watching him celebrate our misery and dance on our graves, but I can't hate him, hope they win the comp.

 

[Noitall]

It's going to be painful watching him celebrate our misery and dance on our graves, but I can't hate him, hope they win the comp.

Walker pretty competitive so I could see them getting a bit grisly if that’s the case. The club has been pretty quiet since Las Vegas so hopefully there’s been a real knuckling down and we see a better performance

 

[Makasene]

I'm finding this week very interesting.

Webster has proven he is incapable of trying anything new (that is not injury forced) but I do get a sense this is one more chance territory.

I expect us to lose this week, possibly convincingly but not beyond us to put up a fight.

I reckon the shuffling out of CNK is nearly here, sad to say but this could go close to his last game as starting fullback. It will mean Harper probably comes into the theam - so there is that...

 

[Ever Hopeful]

This team is so average. We have small forwards who can't bend the line, a 9 that doesn't run, 2nd rowers on the fringes with no creativity or athleticism, the worst halves in the comp and the slowest backline in the comp.

There's nothing to get excited about and we are going to get run through again. Seems like the coach will be making the same selection and tactical errors as last year and we will get similar, if not worse results.

The above part of your post is the most worrying thing to me.

I'm a day one fan, but I can tell already I'm going to struggle to stay engaged this season on the signs of the Vegas game. This is because between the conservative approach and a woefully pedestrian squad we are just going to be painful to watch. I feel the best we can hope for is a series of 50/50 games we win to scrape into the 8, rather than the close losses we had last year. It will take an absolutely stellar season from Metcalf for us to do anything, and that is a longshot and a half, especially if he isn't given parity to work with.

The only exciting thing for me is the young forwards that get 10 minutes a game when the result is decided. Webby will probably build their minutes, but things look ugly right about now. Webby's bench use has not adapted in a very long time, we were banging on about it in the early rounds of last year. I'm not sure the willingness to adapt it is there tbh.

I can't believe how much things have changed in 14 months.

With a poor roster you need to shake things up tactically to compete.

 

[kos]

At this stage unless cuddles changes his team list watching NSW cup is more interesting.

 

[roguei]

With a poor roster you need to shake things up tactically to compete.

I expect us to lose this week, possibly convincingly but not beyond us to put up a fight

I don't think any change to the current team would result in us having better than a 20% chance of winning this Eagles game. No matter who you listen to, everyone—from Slater and Smith to Mason—is saying this is the best a team has looked in round one. They didn't play against a bad team at all; the Cowboys were nearly at full strength with a much better squad on paper compared to us.

I'd argue this game looks tougher than the magic round panthers game by far. So if there is one positive takeaway here, it's that we are not throwing our youth out to get decimated. Give it to the revved-up current roster so that when changes occur in round three, the newer squad will have a chance.

Only down side i see is metcalf burning out. I really do see him as our future 7 for a long time if he kicked on, because the alternetives are either to old or to aussie and he has such a massive celling. Playing this well after only 27 games is insane to me.