stevemascord.com/2012/02/16/leed ... challenge/

stevemascord.com/2012/02/16/leed ... challenge/

Thats all part of the mind games and undeclared hidden tactics...........................









I hope

“Last year, out of all the teams in the play-offs, we passed the ball the most.”


At least Sky will have a replacement for Phil Clarke available if he ever quits

As long as they lay a platform before they go "expansive" I don't mind. As last week showed against Wigan though, you can't just play laterally all game because you won't go anywhere.

The pace and crispness has to be there through the hands as well.

Or ya going no-where fast!

Also McDermott as a problem with is right side fence.

Perhaps Leeds played laterally for most of the game because their forwards were getting their backsides handed to them up the middle?

It's one thing "laying a platform", but if you simply can't because you're getting bossed then you've no alternative than to try to find gaps out wide instead.

well it was really cheap the way the Manly players congratulated each other after the cheap shot on Rob Burrow

Taking Rob Burrow out of the game and being pleased? Shocker.

Burrow is one of the nuggettiest players in SL if not the world, he is also a game breaker and if you can eliminate his threat, that's good.

Don't be fooled by his size, he's a little hardman who neither gives nor asks no quarter.

Given a clear shot to take Lockyer out of the game early on, I would, for them team. And I would be celebrating too.

They wernt though, thats the thing. Id love to see the stats of how many times our props passed the ball behind them to set op a sweeping move. When the forwards did take the ball up they were making a bit of a dent.

Really?

I hope Watkins is back of Friday night, just for your sake, you've been barking up many a tree trying to distract yourself from your bum-boy.

You and me both brother. I felt lost last week. I didnt enjoy the game one bit!

I'm not so confident taking it out wide will have all that much effect against the likes of Lyon, there isn't any clear weakness in this Manly team. However, now correct me if I'm wrong, has Matai not had some defensive frailties before? Maybe that's what they're looking to exploit.

Matai's main defensive 'weakness' is a tendency to hit people, quite often without the ball.

Hopefully he tries one on Kallum. His foot work should murder a guy who's only got 1 thing on his mind.