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It was lucky De Gois bent his body and flipped all the way over. If his head hit first, he could have been dead.
Will do.
Will do.
Round 3, 2012 NRL: Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks v Manly @ Toyota Stadium, Monday March 19, 7:00pm
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Come on, mate! Are you serious? I just want us to win. Do you really want to follow a team like the Wests Tigers? Yeah, they are exciting to watch...they're also below us on the ladder, despite what many would consider an easier start to the season for them.
As Mark said, we are leading the NRL in linebreaks, offloads etc. It can't be that boring to watch! Put a smile on your dial, mate!:good:
I'm smiling Iron. Loved it last night. But my ****ing heart can't keep up with this ****. I'm in the prime of my life yet every time I sit down to watch the sharks play my blood pressure goes through the roof. I'm just saying we need to start putting teams away and not getting bogged down for 20 minute periods. It cost us last year only playing for 70 minutes.
Mark^Bastard
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I don't disagree with any of that.
I think we'll build that cohesion. It was a brand new halves pairing and a win in the wet against the premiers and favourites. I'll take it as is. I found that first half the most entertaining half of football I've watched in a long time though only because I go for the Sharks and they were near flawless.
A.Snowden
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We really killed them in that first half. We made 944mt to their 426. Without that first half, we don't win that game.
sharks2010
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Surely that warranted a sending off
Williams is in my supercoach team. He was going make me alot of money, bugger!
I agree with all the comments. I think Mills does need some work on his defence. I can't stand seeing oppostion wingers left unmarked and scoring trys. I would rather see the inside man score than for our wingers not to be marking their man. Shouldn't be hard to stand opposite your winger and make sure he doesn't score outside you.
I agree with all the comments. I think Mills does need some work on his defence. I can't stand seeing oppostion wingers left unmarked and scoring trys. I would rather see the inside man score than for our wingers not to be marking their man. Shouldn't be hard to stand opposite your winger and make sure he doesn't score outside you.
Bit hard Lumpy when your inside man has rushed up and you have a two on one.
sharks2010
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How good was the end to the first set. Robbo puts it into touch 10 out from the eagles line. Set a good platform for the game
Mark^Bastard
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I must admit I wasn't confident at all going into the game but after that set I was on the edge of my seat. It really set the tone.
sharks2010
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It did and I can't remember the last time we started like that. I was confident the moment we released the team list
IronShark
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I'm with you there, mate! It's killing me - I had to watch the last 5 mins in the Leagues Club so I didn't kill some She Eagles fan if we lost. But I don't think Manly's comeback can be put down to poor play by the Sharks. They got all the football in the second half and drier conditions in which to throw it around, plus they had the breeze to kick with. We actually hung on really well until the square-up decisions started.
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We need trex for origin, dammit!
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Got a fair bit of backrow depth though.
The backs are where it is at. But, with Poms and Best being proud New South Welshman, I think we're covered there too...
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He is x factor though, would of been one of the first selections with his form.
Sir Chadley
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My Night at Shark Park
Hello fellow Sharks fans!
Well, what a night. One of the best times I have ever had at Shark Park and I almost didn't get there! I've been suffering from the flu for the past fortnight - ever since I walked out of Shark Park from the Knights game actually. It was only at 3pm yesterday afternoon that I decided I was well enough to go. So my apologies to the boys at the Beer Cave, I just thought it best to stay in the ET stand rugged up and not giving anyone else my disease.
When I arrived at Shark Park, I was amazed to see the scoreline in the NYC game. It was 46-10 at the time with around 25 minutes to go. I don't think Manly will be calling any of their NYC boys up for a while so they could be a bit light on for depth. Amazing effort and turnaround from our boys considering the 40-0 spanking from the week before.
I thought the crowd was quite good and even though it was a little empty early on, it looked quite good just before kickoff. I thought we would be lucky to get 5000 fans on a wet Monday night but was surprised by the just on 9000 figure.
Half an hour before the game, the rain came. And it was torrential. I thought, oh no here we go again, but it held off until the first half of the main match. Absolutley loved the giant Shark that the boys ran out onto the field through - it looks huge and menancing! Love to know what everyone else thought of it.
The first set of six was terrific. It got me thinking that the boys were on to something here. Five great sets of metres and a perfectly placed Robson kick at the end of it 10 metres out from their line. As others on here have said, it set the tone for the rest of the game.
Highlights for me from the first half wasn't the tries actually. They were good but not spectactular but at least we took the opportunities. A few bombed again but they will work on that. For me it was the enthusiasm in both attack and defence. For Robson and Carney's first game together it was great and can only get better as they play together more. The defence was brilliant. Jeremy Smith's one on one tackling has to be seen to be believed. He was awesome. Bakuya gets better and better and he has now convinced me that he is the real deal. He runs great lines, he attacks well and he breaks tackles.
Paul Gallen was inspirational. He was superhuman, a colossus, a leader, a man built with an inboard motor. How we are going to cope around Origin time I don't know. We do not have any byes when Origin is on, so we are going to miss him for three games.
I thought Pom and Best were good. Mills despite his defence issues, was still strong and with time he will get better. Loved Wade Graham in the number 13 - he needs to stay there.
I know the rain stayed away and Manly got more ball and decisions go their way in the second half but I am still worried about us not scoring in the second half. We still had chances to score, but didn't show enough to get across the line. Just one try in the second half and we would not have had to worry about that last ten minutes and possible heartache.
Can't wait for the next home game against the Dragons when we smash 'em.
It was great to sing the song again and it was great to see us have a team that is capable of beating the top teams. But we have to do this every week. It all starts again today when we prepare to take on the Cowboys up in Townsville. Not easy at all. We are going to have to do it again and it will be hard.
Up, up Cronulla and here is hoping we can string a few together now. I would like to wipe the smirk of that idiot Ronald M from Redfern's face.
Hello fellow Sharks fans!
Well, what a night. One of the best times I have ever had at Shark Park and I almost didn't get there! I've been suffering from the flu for the past fortnight - ever since I walked out of Shark Park from the Knights game actually. It was only at 3pm yesterday afternoon that I decided I was well enough to go. So my apologies to the boys at the Beer Cave, I just thought it best to stay in the ET stand rugged up and not giving anyone else my disease.
When I arrived at Shark Park, I was amazed to see the scoreline in the NYC game. It was 46-10 at the time with around 25 minutes to go. I don't think Manly will be calling any of their NYC boys up for a while so they could be a bit light on for depth. Amazing effort and turnaround from our boys considering the 40-0 spanking from the week before.
I thought the crowd was quite good and even though it was a little empty early on, it looked quite good just before kickoff. I thought we would be lucky to get 5000 fans on a wet Monday night but was surprised by the just on 9000 figure.
Half an hour before the game, the rain came. And it was torrential. I thought, oh no here we go again, but it held off until the first half of the main match. Absolutley loved the giant Shark that the boys ran out onto the field through - it looks huge and menancing! Love to know what everyone else thought of it.
The first set of six was terrific. It got me thinking that the boys were on to something here. Five great sets of metres and a perfectly placed Robson kick at the end of it 10 metres out from their line. As others on here have said, it set the tone for the rest of the game.
Highlights for me from the first half wasn't the tries actually. They were good but not spectactular but at least we took the opportunities. A few bombed again but they will work on that. For me it was the enthusiasm in both attack and defence. For Robson and Carney's first game together it was great and can only get better as they play together more. The defence was brilliant. Jeremy Smith's one on one tackling has to be seen to be believed. He was awesome. Bakuya gets better and better and he has now convinced me that he is the real deal. He runs great lines, he attacks well and he breaks tackles.
Paul Gallen was inspirational. He was superhuman, a colossus, a leader, a man built with an inboard motor. How we are going to cope around Origin time I don't know. We do not have any byes when Origin is on, so we are going to miss him for three games.
I thought Pom and Best were good. Mills despite his defence issues, was still strong and with time he will get better. Loved Wade Graham in the number 13 - he needs to stay there.
I know the rain stayed away and Manly got more ball and decisions go their way in the second half but I am still worried about us not scoring in the second half. We still had chances to score, but didn't show enough to get across the line. Just one try in the second half and we would not have had to worry about that last ten minutes and possible heartache.
Can't wait for the next home game against the Dragons when we smash 'em.
It was great to sing the song again and it was great to see us have a team that is capable of beating the top teams. But we have to do this every week. It all starts again today when we prepare to take on the Cowboys up in Townsville. Not easy at all. We are going to have to do it again and it will be hard.
Up, up Cronulla and here is hoping we can string a few together now. I would like to wipe the smirk of that idiot Ronald M from Redfern's face.
That's true mate, for sure. Just want to see our wingers stay on their man.
Great team effort last night. Enough has already been said on the game.
I don't expect Gibbs to play Cows. Hand still in a brace last weekend. If Pomms OK, expect an unchanged 17.
8600 crowd turn up. I'd like to know where the other 5000 fair weather supporters were? I'm not a fan of Sharks Monday night games, yet the "supporters" have got to make the bloody effort to turn up week in week out. The ovation the team got at half time was great. Have not witnessed that for ages. IMO if you live within 10km of Shark Park & were not working etc, you should have been at the game if you call yourself a supporter. Goes without saying, the club needs all the support it can get. Sharks will be considered for relocation etc, & a strong following will help aviod this. Gallop there last night, & would have been good to show him 13000 in those conditions.
I don't expect Gibbs to play Cows. Hand still in a brace last weekend. If Pomms OK, expect an unchanged 17.
8600 crowd turn up. I'd like to know where the other 5000 fair weather supporters were? I'm not a fan of Sharks Monday night games, yet the "supporters" have got to make the bloody effort to turn up week in week out. The ovation the team got at half time was great. Have not witnessed that for ages. IMO if you live within 10km of Shark Park & were not working etc, you should have been at the game if you call yourself a supporter. Goes without saying, the club needs all the support it can get. Sharks will be considered for relocation etc, & a strong following will help aviod this. Gallop there last night, & would have been good to show him 13000 in those conditions.
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great post @ chad
IronShark
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Yeah, most people struggle to get to a monday night game after work. It's been put on solely for TV, so I don't think it's fair to judge any club by Monday night crowd figures. Especially in that type of weather.