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Oh dear, Daly! ‘Struggling’ DCE endures error-ridden horror show against the Dragons – Fox Sports

Daly Cherry-Evans had a night to forget as Manly went down 34-4 to St George Illawarra.

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The defeat to the Dragons was the sides biggest loss under Des Hasler since a 48-18 shellacking at the hands of the Red V in 2009.
Without star fullback Tom Trbojevic, metre-eating prop Addin Fonua-Blake and regular halves partner Dylan Walker the pressure was on Cherry-Evans to step up and deliver.
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In the end, he failed to fire and was at fault for much of Manlys stuttering attack.
The halfback made three errors and missed two tackles.
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DCE has an absolute stinker!
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I think he was probably trying too hard, said Steve Blocker Roach in Fox Leagues commentary.
Hes trying to do something for his team given theyve got a couple of missing players.
Two of their best players Trbojevic and Fonua-Blake, hes made a couple of breaks but his passing has gone wayward.
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It was a view shared by Michael Ennis on the Big League Wrap, who said: He was really struggling Daly, to be honest, without Tom no doubt.
Hes a huge part of what Dalys been able to do over the last couple of seasons.
Manly are lacking is any creativity out of dummy half.
Thats putting a lot of pressure on Daly without Dylan Walker and Tommy by his side.
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In total the Sea Eagles finished with 11 errors and missed 14 tackles.
Hasler, though, says he wasnt concerned by Cherry-Evans performance.
Sometimes you just have those games, its very rare, said Hasler.
Hell fix that. Hes a real professional and in the way he goes about the finer preparation this week.
Were just not competing long enough, its not going to change and we need to fix it. We need to lick our wounds and go again against a red-hot Parra side.

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