Good effort from you guys

[ceagle]

You should be proud of your boys, they fought hard and had me on the edge of my seat.

Good luck for next year.

 

[The EELiminator]

agreed a mighty effort to fight back in the second half hopefully that maiden premiership is not too far away

 

[Reece75]

Fantastic effort Warriors you did yourselves proud
let's hope 2012 will be a premiership year

 

[Sueb]

Bugger - always next year. Keep your heads high boys.

 

[KeepingTheFaith]

Cheers guys. Coming from someone who gave them absolutely no chance of making the GF this year I'm so proud of the way they played. Just didn't get enough luck/passes not quite sticking at vital times etc. It happens.

More excited about the future this club has than disappointed about losing tonight, although it would've been odd to see a brand new coach having his first game over in England for the WCC. Don't think that's been done before. Ah well.

 

[attila_the_gorilla]

I hought Manly was very beatable today, pity we didn't start playing until we were out of it. Tey played like the more experienced and smarter team, our guys looked like they just wanted a close game but weren't looking to create anything.

 

[kos]

Proud of the boys, No complaints and thought well is Elijah Taylor capable of filling a centre role.
Boys never threw in the towel and busted their guts.

WE WILL BE BACK!


And congrats to the under 20.s.

 

[Izz]

Our boys can hold their heads high. They didn't give in, even when everything seemed to be going against them.

We'll be there or thereabouts again next year.

 

[Warmess]

Very proud of that second half. Definitely a squad which can win a premiership. Lets hope Bluey can not only follow that up, but go one better.

 

[Micistm]

I feel utterly heartbroken atm, but I'm so proud of their game. The bounce of the ball wasn't going their way, but they stuck at it, got back into the game.
I couldn't watch the end celebrations, honestly the last few games have just taken their toll! I feel so much for them, but they did good.
If you'd said even a month aog they'd lose in a GF but stay in it until close to the end, I'd have been happy. But it hurts atm, and it's no doubt a gazillion times worse for the team. Proud of them.

 

[Noa]

As I said n the game thread, a big positive will be a coach who trusts the skills of the players a bit more.

Shaun Johnson will become one of the greats and the best thing coach can do is give him the entire set of keys and say its your team.

 

[KeepingTheFaith]

A bit of perspective and a reason to be proud.

Johnson made his debut halfway through the season and still managed to be our most dominant player on the biggest stage of all.

Locke only just moved to fullback midway through the season and some of his touches today were pure class.

Would've preferred to win, don't get me wrong, but this team has their best years ahead of them and maybe this loss will push them to become better and hungrier players. A GF win after only 16 games? I suppose when you win who gives a shit, but sometimes you get more long term gain out of a Grand Final loss early in your career than you do a win (provided you get a second shot and nail it of course)

 

[attila_the_gorilla]

As I said n the game thread, a big positive will be a coach who trusts the skills of the players a bit more.

Shaun Johnson will become one of the greats and the best thing coach can do is give him the entire set of keys and say its your team.

Yeah mate, that's exactly right. We saw what he can do when he takes ownership of the team. He's very young obviously and probably a bit shy as yet to be calling the shots. But he needs to and the others need to follow him.

 

[NZ Warrior]

Thanks guys. Definitely one of the better Grand Finals I've seen.

Congratulations, Manly!

 

[woodyk2]

Well done Warriors...and i mean that sincerely. Great game and you guys should be proud. Stuffs me why Cleary is leaving because i can see some fantastic things happening with the Warriors team. A force to be reckoned with.

 

[Micistm]

Well done Warriors...and i mean that sincerely. Great game and you guys should be proud. Stuffs me why Cleary is leaving because i can see some fantastic things happening with the Warriors team. A force to be reckoned with.

Cheers mate, and congratulations- worthy crown wearers for '11. The toughest team to take on, no doubt about it.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Great effort Warriors, and with that second consecutive NYC premiership the future is looking very bright.

 

[shiznit]

Well done Warriors... for the sake of the game here... we need a solid season from the boys next season.

hopefully the players can have a nice off season and get back into it next year.

at least there shouldn't be any GF inexperience anymore...

hopefully it wont be another 9 years before you go back to the big dance.

 

[_addict]

I just got back from being part of the cold, wet, small but noisy Mt Smart viewers. I fell so ... what was the word someone used a few weeks back ... guttered? Fugg.

Thanks to all those bandwagon supporters thumbs up to you guys.

Thumbs up to the Manly fans too, who have been good sports and good supporters. Well done Manly, just too good in the end.

 

[Meth]

Thanks Manly fans (and others).

We played good football in the first half, but not our kind of football. That try we conceded on the stroke of halftime was, at they always are, a killer. Once Mateo and Johnson started to loosen up, we looked a lot better.

Great season, when most of us wrote them off. Special mention to Manu- another great performance 3 weeks after we had the knives out for him. Here's to many more years of the boys proving us wrong.