Philip_Smith007
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Manly going to hot 60+ here if they keep the foot on the throat.
Yep, was just about to offer that opinion up myself!It might be the 'Hayne-factor'!
54-0 Wow!
I guess it makes for a long afternoon when you have Taupau, Fonua-Blake, Perrett, Lane, Tanginoa and Trbojevic coming at you relentlessly all afternoon
How good is Fonua-Blake going? I'm hoping he stays committed to the Kiwis. A Bromwich/Asofa -Solomona, Tapau/Fonua-Blake Storm/Manly 1-2 punch for the Kiwis looks pretty good for the next few years. Manly have got a pretty intimidating forward pack at the moment.
Outstanding yesterday, saw a couple of weeks back that he is the best post contact metres man in the comp.
Perrett blew them apart when he came on yesterday too so a year of that and he would be in talks for the Kiwis too
Good coach no mistakeAnd for those who get bored of me prattling on about the great man, Ivan Cleary just coached a pair of wins from his team - tipped by some to get the spoon - to beat two sides a lot of people have in the GF this year. And who gives a shizen if they were low-scoring affairs? We used to enjoy our 8-0 wins over the Storm in the wet, right? To go to Melbourne and beat the Storm, keep them to 8 in Slater's 300th when that club goes as giddy as any of them for milestone games, is just incredible. He's a magnificent coach and he'll win premierships one day.
Manly sensational, no doubt about it. Bloody good seeing a coach like Barrett up in the box openly loving what he's seeing too.
Conversely though, what the hell was that from Parra. That's a side who came 4th in the regular season, haven't lost too much, playing like a lock for the wooden spoon. You don't lose by 50 unless you're completely pea-hearted or decimated by injury/Wayne Bennett's stint at your club. What a pathetic effort.
I think Perrett committed to Queensland and was named in the emerging Squad last year. Bit disappointing, but unlike Sam, it seems he considers himself more Australian. Good luck to him though. He's an interesting contrast to some of our Juniors. Seems like he's been around forever, coming through the Bulldogs reserves and never quite making the jump to first grade, but unlike a lot of our guys, he's been prepared to plug away and wait for his opportunities.
I know this gets said every year, but this year is definitely the closest comp I've seen going on the 1st 2 rounds
There are a couple of squads that look a cut above, but below them you could throw a blanket over the rest, might be a year where injuries to star players have a huge say in the top 8. The teams tipped to run in the bottom few are a lot more competitive this year, no better example than Ivan's tigers tipping over 2 of the heavyweights
Can see a big roller coaster of a season ahead for many teams
It was ridiculous, on paper and for the 1st half last week they looked top 4 candidates but they turned it up very early yesterday.
I'm not in the Hayne hater club at all, but he was woeful, and should not be getting towelled up by a 20yo. And with Freddy watching that from close on hand you'd think there might be a line through his name for origin now
Yeah that's devastating poor guy, amazing how some have these ridiculous runsBloody Sam Mckendry did his ACL again.
Poor bugger! Hope he keeps his head up