Classic thread! haaaaa!!!

[iggy plop]

http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showthread.php?t=118712


Will Hadley Roach and Fulton....
Wonder if Hadley Roach and Fulton will be calling for the sacking of Des Hasler (a la` Brian Smith) ?
Will fat fool Peters be questioning the buying policy of the Club and thanking teams for developing players for them to sign up (a la` Mick Witt)?

Manly = Hapless jokes :lol:


Talk about humble pie!!

Good one parra pete, I'm glad you brought this up. :lol:

 

[Brutus]

Peter Peters thanking Parra for all their discards in his usual smart arse way. How the table turns.

 

[Hurriflatch]

Not to mention in reserve grade for Manly in recent weeks (haven't seen this weeks team)

Witt, Donald, Curtis, Hollingsworth, Robson, Cleal and Heckenberg have all spent time in reggies.

Only Dunley and Leuluai seem to be able to hold down top grade spots.

Even Sam Harris is getting picked at 5/8 ahead of Witt.

 

[Harold Bishop]

Not to mention in reserve grade for Manly in recent weeks (haven't seen this weeks team)

Witt, Donald, Curtis, Hollingsworth, Robson, Cleal and Heckenberg have all spent time in reggies.

Only Dunley and Leuluai seem to be able to hold down top grade spots.

Even Sam Harris is getting picked at 5/8 ahead of Witt.

Ill admit Donald, Witt and Cleal have been pretty average and i will be glad when they leave the club.
Heckenburg only spent time in PL because he had a re-occuring injury, otherwise he is a very good prop,and will be in the team in the future.
Hollingsworth and Robson were Hookers werent they? If so they arent getting a look in PL because Matt Ballin is being groomed for the future.

 

[Hurriflatch]

Hollingsworth was a hooker who could fill in at lock if needed.

Robson tho was a halfback/Five-Eighth who had played a little hooker.

 

[Brutus]

Good one Zorba ya tossa!!

 

[wittyfan]

Witty is being used as a scapegoat for Hasler being bereft of ideas.

 

[BuffaloRules]

Witty is a speed bump....

 

[ParraDude_Jay]

No, "Witty" is in premier league for going missing in the attack and being steamrolled in defence.

They do miss his goalkicking, but that's it.

 

[iggy plop]

Witty is a speed bump....

Witty was the new Bobby Fulton according to Peter Peters at the start of the year.

If Manly start badly next year I'll be waiting for Ray and friends to start the campaign to axe him. Somehow I don't think that is going to happen. :lol:

Agenda-driven radio.

 

[Mr Saab]

kane cleal will be on of those players you look back on in 10 yrs and say "how the f**k did he make 1st grade"

 

[RufusRex]

Brett Firman was the new Darren Lockyear according to the chooks ... These clown blow so much smoke up these young players arse its no wonder they dont make it ...

Will agree that the bash Smith agenda of the past few years is looking a bit foolish now.

At least at the Dragons we can hold our head up high in terms of junior development.

 

[Hurriflatch]

Brian Smith has developed more players then any other coach

Just that only 10% are still at Parra even then there are quiet a few players at Parra who came through the grades some of them (Grothe, Marsh, McKionon and Robinson) left the Eels only to come back but were originally developed by Smith

Others Cayless, Hindmarsh, Burt, B.Smith, Delaney, Williams, T.Smith, O'Dwyer, Afamasaga, Reddy and Cordoba are still at the club.

 

[wittyfan]

kane cleal will be on of those players you look back on in 10 yrs and say "how the f**k did he make 1st grade"

His dad is involved with the club.

 

[Mr Saab]

Flatch...have you forgotten someone named Wayne Bennett? He has been in the coaching game (sydney based comp) since 1987. I think he would have developed a "Few" more

 

[RainMan]

Witty was the new Bobby Fulton according to Peter Peters at the start of the year.

He never said that.

He thanked Parra for letting him go. What did you want him to say? "We have bought this below average player from Parra, hopefully he may perform better under a different coach"?

 

[Hurriflatch]

No, but he could've kept his pie-hole shut.

 

[RainMan]

No, but he could've kept his pie-hole shut.

Yep, when I heard him say that. I thought this will bite Manly on the arse as usual.

 

[walker smith]

Flatch...have you forgotten someone named Wayne Bennett? He has been in the coaching game (sydney based comp) since 1987. I think he would have developed a "Few" more

Charlie

As much as i hate brian smith, he has been coaching first grade in the sydney based comp since 1984 and lower grades for years before that...so i would say that it is possible that Flatch is right and that he has developed more players than any other coach (cheer weight of numbers).

But i personally think Bennett is the best coach in the league, just a little stale lately in terms of preparation for the post-origin period.

 

[Mr Saab]

Smith may has coached more yrs in the NSWRL/ ARL/ NRL than B Smith.
Bennett and Sheens are on par for yrs coached.

Bennett also coached in the QLD comp too and "produced" players that went on to play in the NSWRL comp.

As for preperation...i dont know. They quite easily could have beaten the Dogs had berrigan caught that grubber...and the same with regards to the Panthers game.
Yes i know its a case of "what if" but those 2 games were very winnable and they would be minor premiers.