View Full Version : Go Manly!!!
Dry Rot
27-09-2007, 07:23 PM
Any NRL fans here?
Not a NRL fan myself these days, but good to see my old league team in the GF.
Go Manly!
LostDoggy
27-09-2007, 07:31 PM
I've jumped on the Storm bandwagon and will be jumping off pretty quickly as I did last year if they lose.
Personally I dislike the game but admire the hardness and non fuss of the players.
LostDoggy
27-09-2007, 07:38 PM
Last year the only whole game of NRL I watched was the Grand Final, which for some reason still annoys me as even an amateur like me knew that the Storm were getting ripped off by the umpires, or should I say referee. I'll watch the GF again this year, after only watching maybe one or two matches this year. I barrack for Victoria more than I do Australia in sports, so I'd like to see the Storm win.
macca028
28-09-2007, 03:33 PM
Carn The Storm
Twodogs
28-09-2007, 06:09 PM
c'mon the Eels (in 2008)
Topdog
28-09-2007, 06:50 PM
Big NRL fan. Went to the game at the Dome last week, was great to watch.
Storm will demolish Manly on Sunday night.
The Coon Dog
28-09-2007, 06:59 PM
DR, what do most Sydneysiders feel about this game? Manly from what I can ascertain are not the most well liked team in Sydney & I couldn't imagine for a minute Melbourne would be everybody's darlings either.
Dry Rot
28-09-2007, 07:46 PM
DR, what do most Sydneysiders feel about this game? Manly from what I can ascertain are not the most well liked team in Sydney & I couldn't imagine for a minute Melbourne would be everybody's darlings either.
Good question but I'm out of touch with league these days.
My guess: we don't have the same "Go for a Vic team" attitude as you guys do. I reckon there would be substantial support for the Storm up here, due to the depth of hatred for the Sea Eagles.
GVGjr
28-09-2007, 07:55 PM
I was listening to SEN today and from my understanding of why Manly is so disliked was because one of the commentators did some emotional spiel about how the struggling team team from out west was playing the silver tails and a number of supporters then decided enough was enough.
I lived in NSW for a while and I have to say that I didn't like them at all. Their players got off when they should have been suspended and they rorted the salary cap plus their supporters were arrogant. The NRL had to support them because they were really the only high profile team taking on the super league for the supporters attention. I thoroughly enjoyed there poor seasons. Very much like what has happened at Carlton.
LostDoggy
28-09-2007, 07:55 PM
Good question but I'm out of touch with league these days.
My guess: we don't have the same "Go for a Vic team" attitude as you guys do. I reckon there would be substantial support for the Storm up here, due to the depth of hatred for the Sea Eagles.
Do you know what makes the Sea Eagles so despised? I'd never heard about it until this afternoon.
Dry Rot
28-09-2007, 08:05 PM
Do you know what makes the Sea Eagles so despised? I'd never heard about it until this afternoon.
See the post above yours.
They used their cheque book to snare some high profile players eg when they raped Wests. That does overlook their great homegrown players like Randell, Fulton and Hasler. Funny enough Easts did the same in the early 70s, getting players like Beetson and Coote.
My theory is that they were all jealous of the incomparable Cliff Lyons.
Genius who liked a ciggy at half time.
http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/~bmg/pics/lyons.jpg
LostDoggy
28-09-2007, 08:17 PM
Sorry, we posted at the same time, I missed it. The reporters on Ten were comparing it to a hatred like we have for Collingwood, although it seems to be for fairly different reasons.
Dry Rot
28-09-2007, 08:22 PM
Yeah, the hate is probably as strong.
Isn't Cliff an attractive man?
BulldogBelle
29-09-2007, 09:02 PM
Go the Storm, I hope they win. Two Victorian Premierships AFL & NRL.
Twodogs
29-09-2007, 09:26 PM
Cliff Lyons was just on the ABC news talking about Manlys chances.
Dry Rot
30-09-2007, 07:06 PM
Cliff should be Governor-General.
The Coon Dog
30-09-2007, 07:11 PM
The Coon Pup's excited. He's put $5 on Zappa Turner to score the first try & $5 on Izzy Falou to win the Clive Churchill Medal. That's this weeks pocket money.
Dogs 24/7
30-09-2007, 08:37 PM
Good try to the storm and the have opened up a nice lead.Hard to see them losing from there but you never know.
Dogs 24/7
30-09-2007, 08:38 PM
and another one two minutes later.Its over.
Dry Rot
30-09-2007, 09:10 PM
Well, I went for Port yesterday....
BulldogBelle
30-09-2007, 09:15 PM
Well, I went for Port yesterday....
So you are a double loser? :D
Great win to Storm, must say from a female point of view Billy Slater is definitely easy on the eye!
LostDoggy
30-09-2007, 09:37 PM
Great win to Storm, must say from a female point of view Billy Slater is definitely easy on the eye!
:)
Though he has a bit of the David Beckham problem, not the high pitched stuff but can't string a two words.
Unlike me brains and beauty.
BulldogBelle
30-09-2007, 09:46 PM
:)
Though he has a bit of the David Beckham problem, not the high pitched stuff but can't string a two words.
That's ok, neither of them have to speak! ;)
Unlike me brains and beauty.
The complete package ehhhh?
LostDoggy
30-09-2007, 09:49 PM
The complete package ehhhh?
I'm OK but not a patch on Dry Rot or TwoDogs
Dry Rot needs all the love he can get after Manly lost.
LostDoggy
30-09-2007, 09:55 PM
Great win to Storm, must say from a female point of view Billy Slater is definitely easy on the eye!
I think Cooper Cronk is better :cool:
Great win to the Storm, although I have to admit I have a fair bit of learning to do with the rules...I kept calling for them to shepherd, but it seems they're not allowed to do that...
Dry Rot
30-09-2007, 10:19 PM
:)
Though he has a bit of the David Beckham problem, not the high pitched stuff but can't string a two words.
Unlike me brains and beauty.
The complete package ehhhh?
Yes, I can confirm this as I've seen him in action at Star City Casino. Absolute chick magnet.
Dry Rot
30-09-2007, 10:21 PM
I'm OK but not a patch on Dry Rot or TwoDogs
Dry Rot needs all the love he can get after Manly lost.
Well Ernie, after 1968, 1970, the early eighties, 1995, 1997..... I'm used to GF losses.
LostDoggy
30-09-2007, 10:29 PM
Yes, I can confirm this as I've seen him in action at Star City Casino. Absolute chick magnet.
Are any of the woman here under 80 and use the opening line of "do you want to buy me a drink?"
Dry Rot
30-09-2007, 10:49 PM
Look on the bright side - she might have seen our 1954 flag. Live.
Sockeye Salmon
30-09-2007, 10:53 PM
Did anyone see the post match interview with some Manly dude? He was all sombre and shattered and this other joker comes up behind him, all smiles, necking a stubby - 15 minutes after being smashed in a grannie!
I'd be dirty as hell if I was a Manly fan.
Dry Rot
30-09-2007, 11:06 PM
A Manly player? That's poor.
Topdog
30-09-2007, 11:16 PM
As I said Melbourne smashed them.
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