Will it ever happen? Long-term predictions thread

[Hanscholo]

1. Will Cronulla ever win a premiership? Yes.
2. Will Souths ever win another premiership? Yes.
3. Will the Broncos ever lose a Grand Final? Yes.
4. Will the Melbourne Storm ever gain the wholehearted support of the Melbourne people? Yes.
5. Will the Bears ever gain readmittance into the NRL? No.
6. Will the video referee ever be abolished completely? No, partly, not completely.
7. Will Rugby League ever become the dominant winter sport in Australia, outside of NSW and Queensland? Yes.
8. Will anyone ever best Ken Irvine's try scoring record? Yes.
9. How about Manly's 40-0 Grand Final win over Melbourne? Will that ever be bested as a winning margin? Yes.
10. Will the WCC ever be reformatted to resemble an actually relevant contest? Yes.
11. Will Phil Gould ever shut up? He is a pragmatist at heart, I think he will.
12. Will Paul Gallen ever stop being a grub? No, its genetic im affraid.
13. Will a winger ever captain Australia? Yes
14. How about win a Clive Churchill/ Dally M medal? Yes
15. Will they ever bring back the biff? Yes
16. Will anyone ever break Steve Menzies' record, 349 games for the same club? Yes.
17. Will the Origin concept ever be modified to include states other than NSW and QLD? No.
18. Will Origin ever die? No.
19. Will either NSW or Queensland ever claim 4 straight series victories? Yes.
20. Will League ever die? No.

Considering the Solar system has a finite existence then the death questions are kinda hard to answer unless we conquer interstellar space and take league to the other side of the galaxy, now that is ambition.

 

[Red Bear]

yeah the whole ET thing has been resolved i think, Andrew Ettingshausen has the record for playing the most games for one club 328. Steve Menzies doesnt even hold the most games for Manly Cliff Lyons holds that with 306 and deserves too, he was a Manly clubman as much as Beaver was

Cliffy started at the Bears, so yes he was a true Manly clubman, poached from norths


(my cheek tastes good)

 

[Rockin Ronny]

Cliffy started at the Bears, so yes he was a true Manly clubman, poached from norths


(my cheek tastes good)

Menzies should be penalised (and fined) for paying so long for a club which is out-and-out scum.

 

[Loudstrat]

on the record 40-0

both sides scored 8 tries ie easts & manly

manly might have had 4 point tries v 3 points to easts but easts got the advantage of the scrum penalty/differential penalty - someone might like to look at how many penalty goals they kicked that day - i am not sure !

None I think.

 

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Menzies should be penalised (and fined) for paying so long for a club which is out-and-out scum.

Ronny take the c**k out of your mouth before you type...:crazy:

 

[Jobdog]

Because records are made to be broken:

1. Will Cronulla ever win a premiership?
2. Will Souths ever win another premiership?
3. Will the Broncos ever lose a Grand Final?
4. Will the Melbourne Storm ever gain the wholehearted support of the Melbourne people?
5. Will the Bears ever gain readmittance into the NRL?
6. Will the video referee ever be abolished completely?
7. Will Rugby League ever become the dominant winter sport in Australia, outside of NSW and Queensland?
8. Will anyone ever best Ken Irvine's try scoring record?
9. How about Manly's 40-0 Grand Final win over Melbourne? Will that ever be bested as a winning margin?
10. Will the WCC ever be reformatted to resemble an actually relevant contest?
11. Will Phil Gould ever shut up?
12. Will Paul Gallen ever stop being a grub?
13. Will a winger ever captain Australia?
14. How about win a Clive Churchill/ Dally M medal?
15. Will they ever bring back the biff?
16. Will anyone ever break Steve Menzies' record, 349 games for the same club?
17. Will the Origin concept ever be modified to include states other than NSW and QLD?
18. Will Origin ever die?
19. Will either NSW or Queensland ever claim 4 straight series victories?
20. Will League ever die?

1. No
2. No
3. If they play the Knights ;-)
4. Probably not
5. Possibly
6. No
7. No
8. Probably not
9. Not for a long time
10. No
11. No (but that's a good thing)
12. No
13. Unlikely
14. Unlikely
15. Unlikely
16. Not for a while
17. Possibly
18. No
19. No
20. No

 

[This Year?]

1. Will Cronulla ever win a premiership?
YES

:lol:

 

[Non Terminator]

You are going on about what a 1975 record should be in todays time , i just prove how stupid your statement is.

Its the same game even though it changed in 33 years

I can't believe I'm going to say this, and Gaba, you wont either, but I actually agree.
As annoying as it was to see Manly take the mantle of the biggest win in a grand final, you damn well had to be impressed. To hit 40 in a Grand Final is one hell of an effort.

And yes, in todays scoring, we might have more points, but worse I would hate to see old scores being changed to suit modern scoring methods. Records by legends such as Dave Brown should never be changed, just like the 38-0 legendary win our team had in 1975.

Manly won by 40, it is the bigger margin. Well done to them. It's no longer a scoreline, it is now folklore. People in 20 years will talk about the Manly Grand Final side of 2008, like people today talk about the Easts side of 1975.