Manly v Cows - In game

This game is so hard to predict its not funny.....probably the hardest game of the year......

Cowboys last week was smoke and mirrors...To say every drop of luck went there way in the opening 20 mins last is an understatement.

- Bowen misses a bomb, JT tries to bat it back dead in goal, mis taps it, goes straight to Morgan who runs it out.

- Beale goes to catch a simple kick, slips over on nothing and drops it.

- Graham going over the touch line, throws a Hail Mary and Bowen is there waiting...

After that 20 mins, that was the ball game....Also, the broncos were mighty awful...pathetic actually.

Now Manly, how fit really is Lyon? Shane Watson had a calf injury and he was out for 6 weeks...I have seen many many athletes get calf injuries and they are out for a long time and Lyon recovers in 1 week?

More concerning for Manly is the absence of Matai....That left edge in defense looks very very vulnerable....Whare and Tafua out that side? Thurston and Bowen with Tate might run a muck out there......

The cows do offer some value.....How fit Lyon really is the issue here....

Tafua? The Dogs made him look like an immortal last week....based on that game, he should be paid $5.5 mill a year...no one could stop him..

Defensively however, he has some issues......The only 2 losses the eagles had in the last 8 weeks were against the dogs...

I was on Manly when they beat the Cows and the cows made plenty of breaks up the middle but they had very veru poor handling...

Can cows win in Sydney?

Damn this is a hard game to choose

YODA

This is a cows backing thread JJ's

As bad as Manly were last week, missing Lyon for most of the game....dont forget, if matai executes a simple 2 on 1 right at the end, Manly draw level.......against a good Dogs team.......

The point is, as bad as manly were last week, they should have probably won.....