How long

[Ray Stehr]

Till Barrett gets the arse, Manly are ordinary, their new buys are rubbish and they are being found out. All the so called experts building them up, they have no idea.

[Ray Stehr]

"I certainly don’t think Manly are anything special, can Barrett even coach? Sure they’ve bought players but is Taupau as good as people think, I don’t rate him or Lewis Brown and Nate Myles best days are behind him. Dylan Walker is a good centre but as a 5/8 the jury is out. All this talk about Manly finishing as high as 1st is poppycock, I’d say fringe 8. Brisbane, Cows but only if Thurston stays healthy, the Roosters and Melbourne who when full strength are one of the best teams will be the 4 in my opinion. Canterbury and Cronulla should be thereabouts with Manly, Parra, Canberra, Souths and the Warriors to fight it out for the last 2 spots."

I posted this on Roar a few days ago.

[Johnny.]

I struggle to remember if he was even a good 5/8th. The schadenfreude watching Bozo the Clod's team implode is offset with the fact that I have three Manly players in my Supercoach side.

[Ray Stehr]

The "experts" writing us off is a huge plus. They have no idea.

[Steakface]

I still think there is too much class for them not to make the eight, and it's still very early days. As we all know from 2013, you can't read TOO much into a Round one loss.

I think they will finish about 6th. They have a great pack, and the Stewart-Tafua-Matai-Lyon-Tjobjevic-Walker-Cherry Evans backline are full of points.

Additionally, pending an injury to Cooper Cronk, nobody in that backline will play origin.

[trewhella]

Well played Cogburn.
I feel the same about Barrett.
The brothers didn't put in at all for him. the pack has no balance at all. They won't make the 8. They will almost finish last

Brisbane on the other hand were in second gear

[Tommy Smith]

Their pack is overrated.

Its plodder city in the backrow... green, brown (the shit colour twins), buhrer, mateo, symonds.

Tapau can only play 50min. Myles is well past his best. Plodders everywhere.

And they have no 5/8 at all.

They'll miss the 8. At least you could see that we had all the pieces required in 2013.

[Ray Stehr]

I still think there is too much class for them not to make the eight, and it's still very early days. As we all know from 2013, you can't read TOO much into a Round one loss.

I think they will finish about 6th. They have a great pack, and the Stewart-Tafua-Matai-Lyon-Tjobjevic-Walker-Cherry Evans backline are full of points.

Additionally, pending an injury to Cooper Cronk, nobody in that backline will play origin.

Manly are ordinary, they remind me of us in 84, we bought plenty of players but they were all crap, I said they'd be fringe 8 but I'll say they'll finish 10th.

[2026]

They wasted their money on Walker who is a solid centre and not a 5/8th.

They should've had a crack at Jimmy.

DCE is the games most overpriced myth.

Early days for Barrett. Anything less than top 8 could see him gone though.

Both games have been ordinary. They've lacked intensity and x factor.

[Ray Stehr]

They'll win a few games but they'll lose a hell of a lot more, how bad was their defense. parra were much more impressive.

[2026]

Which Manly player would make our team?

[Ray Stehr]

Lyon at his best, but I feel his best days are over.

[2026]

I'd take Snake on a 1 year deal.

[OMR]

I wouldn't swap any of their players for any of ours.

[Guest]

I'd take Snake on a 1 year deal.

When you run nude this sunday arvo @ Allianz you'll be takin plenty of snake with no deal. Hayne>Eels.