How do you rate the Knights 97 Premsiership?

[Apey]

Well, according to my bros who were in Manly after the grand final, the Manly players were quite jovial and relaxed. Plenty of lauging and carrying on. According to my bros, it didn't seem like they had just lost a grand final

Best post yet :lol:

 

[Alex28]

Let's be serious for a minute. If 1997 was a united comp the Broncos would have wiped the floor with the Knights.

Let's be serious for a minute. The Eagles - being the best team of the ARL competition - would have wiped the floor with the Knights.

Oh...wait...that didn't happen. We have NO IDEA how the Broncos would have fared against the Knights on any particular night. Just stick to the topic champ.

 

[Phil McGrawhan]

Threads like this are the reason RL is being held back in this country....
FFS it was 12 yrs ago...you can't change history.
Both teams won the comp they were in .
If you can't let go of the past how can RL move forward .

 

[macavity]

Well, according to my bros who were in Manly after the grand final, the Manly players were quite jovial and relaxed. Plenty of lauging and carrying on. According to my bros, it didn't seem like they had just lost a grand final

thats because they didn't care about Manly.

 

[macavity]

a superior football team that had been kept back from the powers in the other league,

.....and that is why Bronco League had no credibility.

 

[Dutchy]

Threads like this are the reason RL is being held back in this country....
FFS it was 12 yrs ago...you can't change history.
Both teams won the comp they were in .
If you can't let go of the past how can RL move forward .

Yes, forum topics are the reason RL is being held back...

thats because they didn't care about Manly.

:roll:

 

[Phil McGrawhan]

Yes, forum topics are the reason RL is being held back...




:roll:

Let me spell it out for you ,There are too many people holding onto past grudges .
Have a look at how long it took to actually get the ball rolling with a new commission.

If people High up in RL ,& fans can't let go of the past ...we will never move forward.

 

[Shire Panther]

Brisbane & Newcastle both won their comps that year anbd that is how it should stay!
Someone said something about a clayton's premiership? Well that would be the 2002 GF if ever there was a Claytons premiership the best team stripped of all their points and the Roorters get up for a "premiership victory:roll:".

 

[adamkungl]

Brisbane & Newcastle both won their comps that year anbd that is how it should stay!
Someone said something about a clayton's premiership? Well that would be the 2002 GF if ever there was a Claytons premiership the best team stripped of all their points and the Roorters get up for a "premiership victory:roll:".

You're kidding me right...you think they count as the best team when they cheated their way to the top?
We beat them to make the GF in 2003 anyway

 

[Garts]

Brisbane & Newcastle both won their comps that year anbd that is how it should stay!
Someone said something about a clayton's premiership? Well that would be the 2002 GF if ever there was a Claytons premiership the best team stripped of all their points and the Roorters get up for a "premiership victory:roll:".

They may have been the best but they cheated. Therefore it does not count.

 

[Green Machine]

Knights beat Manly in what must be the best GF in the last 20 years.

It was good but, not as good as 1989

Their performance saved RL in Australia that day.

What a load of garbage. Saved Rugby League from what?

 

[Fein]

You're kidding me right...you think they count as the best team when they cheated their way to the top?
We beat them to make the GF in 2003 anyway

Your argument is compelling Adam but the fact remains the Bulldogs were the best team that year until penalised and as a result, in many people's minds, 2002 is just as big an asterix as Newcastle's "reserve grade" premiership in 1997 and The Bronco's "World Series" of the same year.

 

[Green Machine]

The Knights fans didn’t care one bit about the match up with the Broncos in May 1998. At the time, Michael Hill was quoted as saying it was the highest ever rating show on NBN,

 

[Alex28]

We care Green Machine - however I don't think the poll is about some game in 1998. It is about the 1997 Premiership.

The history books will always say that the Broncos and the Knights won premierships in 1997. We have absolutely no idea who would have won a "super bowl" type of match - Broncos probably would have won that match-up on paper, but Manly should have won the ARL Grand Final on paper too...history says they did not.

Why is it that Raiders have to bring everyone down to their own level? It's beyond pathetic.

 

[Loudstrat]

I love how they belittle the Knights triumph in 97 to try and ramp up the comp that no one cared about. Talk about small penis syndrome.

 

[adamkungl]

Your argument is compelling Adam but the fact remains the Bulldogs were the best team that year until penalised and as a result, in many people's minds, 2002 is just as big an asterix as Newcastle's "reserve grade" premiership in 1997 and The Bronco's "World Series" of the same year.

How do you feel about drug cheats in the Olympics that were "the best" until it was found that they were lowlife cheats?

 

[bileduct]

We have absolutely no idea who would have won a "super bowl" type of match - Broncos probably would have won that match-up on paper, but Manly should have won the ARL Grand Final on paper too...history says they did not.

We didn't know about the performance enhancing drugs then.

 

[Fein]

How do you feel about drug cheats in the Olympics that were "the best" until it was found that they were lowlife cheats?

Well I suppose Newcastle's "premiership" in 1997 is tainted even moreso.

 

[Where Eagles Dare]

At the time I was shocked and seated in a stunned trance, looking at the clock, wishing the Sea Eagles had some sort of right of reply, seeing Blue & Red jerseys jump all over Darren Albert in super emotional rapture. Then I stood and clapped, realising I'm more of a Rugby League fan than a Manly fan, just like the great ARKO said, if anyone other than Manly were to win the competition, I wanted it to be Newcastle, and the game was better, so much better for it.

That's disgusting.

 

[Non Terminator]

Your argument is compelling Adam but the fact remains the Bulldogs were the best team that year until penalised and as a result, in many people's minds, 2002 is just as big an asterix as Newcastle's "reserve grade" premiership in 1997 and The Bronco's "World Series" of the same year.

In the end, we were the best team, not only because we won the Grand Final, but because we also played by the rules.