08 :: R2 Sat :: Knights 13 Sea Eagles 12 @ EnergyAustralia

[wittyfan]

Manly wont lose this game. I am prepared to make a bet on that aswell. If manly lose i will even take wittyfan to dinner and give him his long time dreams of being in my presence.

They weren't supposed to lose last week either. :lol:

Oh, and something Italian would be fine, effie. ;-)

 

[effnic]

1st round jitters, thats all it was. They will get it together this game and win by 20+

 

[wittyfan]

Jitters? They were simply outplayed by a better team.

 

[Dutchy]

Kunghts by 8

 

[Garts]

I downloaded it the other day if you want it

Thanks mate but I did tape it, just not made the time to watch us get beat.

 

[Garts]

1st round jitters, thats all it was. They will get it together this game and win by 20+

I hope you are not the kiss of death.

 

[effnic]

I am that confident that after the game you will call me the kiss of life. Im also going to predict a Bani double. And Brett Stewart to open up his try scoring account for the year.

 

[Shorty]

I think Manly will take this one,sorry Knights.
I just think although Manly have dropped their form,they're not totally over.

 

[Jobdog]

Nah your right its 5... just seems more

16-26 Sharks @ EAS 2006
12-46 Eels @ Parra 2006
18-48 Raiders @ Canberra 2007
22-28 Titans @ GC 2007
6-71 Broncos @ Brisbane 2007

There's some spankings in there too

Ben Cummins has reffed Manly 3 times with Manly winning all 3
and he has Reffed Newcastle 5 times with the Knights losing all 5

I thought we were a real chance, however, we're sadly no hope now

 

[perverse]

that ref stat has me deeply concerned.

 

[Jono078]

Especially that Titans game, that ended up being a crucial loss IMO.

 

[NthKnight]

Nah your right its 5... just seems more

16-26 Sharks @ EAS 2006
12-46 Eels @ Parra 2006
18-48 Raiders @ Canberra 2007
22-28 Titans @ GC 2007
6-71 Broncos @ Brisbane 2007

that ref stat has me deeply concerned.

Um just pointing out to you fellas that in all those games the ref had bugger all to do with the result, especially the last 3. Me thinks perhaps you are reading a little too much into this little "stat"

 

[Jobdog]

Well, tbh, he disallowed 4 of our tries in that Sharks game, 2 of which were later found out to have been incorrect calls IIRC ...

 

[NthKnight]

Well, tbh, he disallowed 4 of our tries in that Sharks game, 2 of which were later found out to have been incorrect calls IIRC ...

In actual fact Job, he only made the decision on 1 of those tries and the video ref was responsible for the other 3. Also I suspect that the forward pass call on the Carney try came from the touchie

 

[perverse]

Um just pointing out to you fellas that in all those games the ref had bugger all to do with the result, especially the last 3. Me thinks perhaps you are reading a little too much into this little "stat"

fair enough. tbh i've watched enough footy and seen enough upsets to know that stats mean jack sh*t once a team runs out onto the field... however there are still some imposing numbers surrounding our team and this ref.

we haven't exactly been world beaters since cummins started reffing anyway. we'll just have to wait till saturday and see what happens... it would be nice to get this hoodoo off our back.

 

[Serc]

I was about to add myself that we were robbed in that Sharks game in 06...which mucks up the record but we still have not much of a chance under Cummins!

 

[gong_eagle]

Perry sidesteps talk of 2007 Knight-mare

March 18, 2008 - 7:37PM


As a hard-nosed prop Josh Perry isn't known for his sidestep, except when he's confronted with questions about his departure from Newcastle.

The Manly forward, who flattened Cronulla's Ben Ross in a sickening head clash last Saturday at Brookvale Oval, will this week confront his former club as the Sea Eagles visit Newcastle.

Perry, 27, was one of the victims of Knights coach Brian Smith's player cleanout last season which ended his dream of remaining a one-club player.

"It was a tough year, that's all I will say," said Perry when asked of his final season with the Knights.

But Perry has no regrets.

He's "loving" life in Manly and is determined to cement a spot in the Sea Eagles starting line up.

Perry's moved on from last year's diabolical season and isn't treating his homecoming as a chance to prove a point to former coach Smith.

"I've got no point to prove," said Perry.

"It's in the past, I've got no grudges or anything like that.

"When I was a kid I always thought I would play my time out in Newcastle but in saying that I'm down here now and enjoying it.

"At the time it was a pretty tough call but looking back now (leaving) was definitely the move I needed to do.

"I enjoyed my time in Newcastle but I'm a Manly player now and I'm just ready to go out there and play my game like any other.

"(This) was one game I put in my diary as a game I'd get out there and enjoy. I don't know if it's much different to any other game."

Perry is in fact thriving after joining Manly, a move he made on the advice of former Knight and ex-Manly skipper Ben Kennedy.

He's shed five kilograms from his big frame and is fitter than ever.

In his Sea Eagles debut, aside from the massive hit on Ross, he churned through 108 metres from just five hit ups.

"I'm just enjoying being coached by Dessy (Hasler) and I think my form and fitness is a lot better than last year," said Perry.

"Me and BK had a couple of chats. From the moment he came down here he told me how good it was and how much he enjoyed it and he wasn't wrong."

Perry didn't train with the Sea Eagles squad after suffering mild concussion in the collision with Ross, but expects to resume full training on Wednesday and be ready for Saturday's clash with the Knights.

"I was a bit blurry myself, it was a bit of a shock what happened," said Perry of the clash with Ross.

"I'm alright now. The doc just didn't want me to exert myself too much today."

Sydney Morning Herald

 

[MSIH]

Get over it `Mad Dog'
Jason Avedissian

20 March 2008


MEMBERS of Manly's losing 1997 grand final side have told Newcastle's Adam MacDougall to stop living in dream world after the controversial centre claimed the Sea Eagles are still traumatised by that epic decider 11 years ago.

MacDougall has made the bizarre taunts against the Sea Eagles in the lead-up to Saturday night's round two NRL clash at EnergyAustralia Stadium.

The 32-year-old claims the last-minute loss in 1997 played on the Sea Eagles' minds in last season's grand final defeat to Storm.

MacDougall and Manly veteran Steve Menzies are the only two current players from that epic decider which the Knights won thanks to a last-gasp try to Darren Albert.

"I don't think Manly have ever got over that loss in the 1997 grand final," "Mad Dog" told Rugby League Week magazine this week.

"They lost to Melbourne in last year's decider, so you have to wonder whether '97 was still playing on the club's mind.

"The Eagles have never forgiven us for the grand final and that's something we'll always have over them."

Manly's 1997 half Geoff Toovey said the club has "well and truly moved on" with the current squad mostly teenagers back then.

"It was a long time ago," he said.

"It's history, let's move on.

"If anything, we are still getting over last year a little bit, but we have pretty much moved on from that as well."

Toovey's inspirational halves partner Cliffy Lyons, who came off the bench that fateful day, said MacDougall was stuck in a time warp. "He's living in dream world," Lyons said yesterday.

"He's obviously living in the past. The boys are not hung up about it and have definitely moved on."

http://manlydaily.com.au/article/2008/03/20/9315_sports.html



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Too much steroids on the brain I think.

 

[Baron Vo Mandor]

If we can win this game it will instill so much confidence and against Parra next week we have an excellent chance even though its it parra, could put a lot of inuando to bed.

 

[The Camden Leisure Pirate]

Lyon :"He's obviously living in the past. The boys are not hung up about it and have definitely moved on."

And so were Manly when they signed you.