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Manly V Melbourne

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Cletus

Cletus

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I think Williams will get a workout on the wing, to me he's not great under the bomb (granted he's only played a few NRL games) and Inglis does the best bombs in the comp. I still think Manly will get up by a few on the back of good defence and Beaver and G Stewart putting players into holes. Hopefully Orford doesn't kick long often, I'd say Manly 22-16.
 
Knights_Premiers

Knights_Premiers

Juniors
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Manly will win IMO, judging by performances this year they are more passionate than Melbourne. It will be close though, definetely 1-12 whoever ends up winning.
 
gong_eagle

gong_eagle

First Grade
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I am less confident now that Archer has been named as ref


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^_^

Juniors
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HAHAHAHA All the Manly haters will be squirming if Manly win the comp this year & OHH WILL IT BE SWEET how funny i wonder is it just jealousy or resentment (No WAIT hold up its BOTH) that as a club they have been so succesful?

If it was any other team they would have cried bloody murder the way Brett Stuart was taken out by that grub Crocker last year but as they have shown they just got on with it seems alot of you sad F*cks need to get a life....Mel are a great team & you gotta do what you gotta do to win & i think this yr Mel will be in for a BIG shock come September....
 
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Jatz Crackers

Bench
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The good thing about the arrogance of storm supporters & the tactical cheating culture of the club is that you just know it will come undone eventually.

I am sure to be watching when it does :cool:
 
gong_eagle

gong_eagle

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Eagles plan to strike first

Jason Avedissian

6 August 2008
http://manlydaily.com.au/article/2008/08/06/11438_sports.html

MANLY captain Matt Orford has strongly hinted his team will implement Melbourne-style ferocity to combat the Storm in Friday night's top-of-the-table clash at Brookvale Oval.

The round 22 NRL encounter is the second 2007 grand final replay of the year, following Melbourne's 26-4 round five trouncing earlier in the season.

There is little doubt Manly have grown from that defeat, with Orford intent on giving Melbourne a bit of their own when the teams meet again on Friday night.

It was an approach unsuccessfully adopted by the Dragons in their fiery tussle with the Storm last month.

"It's a great attitude to have," Orford said.

"It's good to see a team not take a backward step. They (Dragons) stuck it to them and played Melbourne's game, that's the attitude we need to take into this game.

"We need to be aggressive and need to be on the front foot.

"There's no use being a passive team and letting them dictate teams. I think we've grown since round five this year."

But coach Des Hasler believes it's Melbourne who have grown since winning last year's crown.

"Ten of their players have played Origin this year and they bring that experience and that intensity back to their club," he said.

"Club sides usually benefit from players being exposed to Origin series. They've got strikes right across the paddock and you can't afford to clock off at any time."

Particularly if the likes of Israel Folau, Greg Inglis and Billy Slater get any hint of space.

"It all starts from their big guys in the middle," Orford said.

"They get quick play the balls and give plenty of time and space for their backs.

"If you are off your game, they will make you pay."

Big time.

Hasler has named the same 17 which out-classed Penrith last Friday night but second-rower Anthony Watmough is a strong chance of playing. The Narrabeen junior will have to prove his fitness after under-going knee surgery last week.
 
gong_eagle

gong_eagle

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Big game pressure? What pressure?

Jason Avedissian


6 August 2008
http://manlydaily.com.au/article/2008/08/06/11440_news.html

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THE Sea Eagles will pocket $100,000 and take another step towards premiership redemption if they can defeat premiers Melbourne at Brookvale Oval on Friday night.
Tickets for the highly-anticipated round-22 National Rugby League match are limited to general admission sales with all 6000 reserved seats sold out.

The game represents another chance for Manly to make up a little for their 34-8 grand final loss to Melbourne last year.

Punters across the country are also in a frenzy, with TAB Sportsbet's Glenn Munsie expecting to break the $1m barrier.
``I'd be disappointed if we didn't hold $1.5 million for the game,'' he said.

``This match is a true blockbuster.''

Sea Eagles co-owner Scott Penn said the importance of the clash could not be lost with a win vital to wrap up the minor premiership, securing $100,000 for ending the regular season as the leading club on the competition table.

``There's no question the minor premiership would be icing on the cake,'' Mr Penn said yesterday morning before departing for the Beijing Olympics.

``For us, it's not something we are focused on. We are focused on winning games.

``If we win this week, then it certainly puts us one step closer to that (minor premiership) and it would go a long way towards dissolving last year.

``It would also create positive momentum heading into the finals,'' Mr Penn said.

The Storm will arrive in Sydney tomorrow, basing themselves at Manly's Pacific Hotel ahead of Friday night's clash.

The clubs have played only once since last year's grand final, with the Storm easily winning their round-five encounter at Melbourne's Olympic Park, 26-4.

``I think home ground advantage is critical this time of year,'' Mr Penn said.

Supporters are encouraged to pre-purchase tickets through Manly-Warringah League Club or Ticketek. Holders of season junior passes will not be allowed in after 6pm.
 
gong_eagle

gong_eagle

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Now it's personal

Dave Donaghy | August 06, 2008
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sport/nrl/story/0,21985,24136140-14823,00.html

MELBOURNE prop Brett White has labelled Manly's forwards the competition benchmark ahead of Friday night's showdown. Despite taking its club to two successive grand finals, White claimed Storm's pack had been overtaken by the Sea Eagles, with the score to be settled in, so far, the game of the season.
The New South Wales enforcer warned his teammates to be on their game from kick-off, with Melbourne expecting a fiery Manly to use its loss in last year's grand final as motivation.
"They certainly have the most dominant pack," White said last night. "They've got some big boys up there.
"No doubt they'll be taking this game personal after what happened last year. We know how they'll be coming out. It's a big thing for us to see how we handle that and react to that."
The battle between the teams will go a long way towards deciding the minor premiership. Manly, holding a superior for-and-against record, sit atop the table, one win clear of Melbourne, Sydney Roosters and Cronulla.
White said Storm, which faces the Roosters Friday week, was aware of the importance of the next two weeks, with Brisbane stalking the leaders.
"It's massive, the next two weeks," White said. "I was looking at the table before and we can fall to fifth (with successive losses).
"Over the next fortnight we could easily fall away. We realise how big it is."
Storm, which thrashed Gold Coast 44-4 on Friday, regains lock Dallas Johnson (rested) with prop Scott Anderson dropping off the bench. Manly is unchanged from its big win against Penrith.
Melbourne has not won at Brookvale since 1999. They lost 13-12 there last year but have won the past two meetings away from the ground - including the decider.
"For us to go there is like what it is for other teams to come down here. It's a tough place to go," White said.
 
gong_eagle

gong_eagle

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Manly plans to contain Inglis



Margie McDonald and Brent Read | August 06, 2008
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24134818-2722,00.html

DEEP in the back offices of Manly's football department, coach Des Hasler is hatching a plan to contain Greg Inglis.
Not one to shy from a challenge, Hasler has analysed and re-analysed video tapes and stats sheets.
"Des has got some good little things in place," confided Manly backrower Anthony Watmough.
So how do you stop Inglis, who leaps like a gazelle, fends like an octopus and produces tricks like a magician?
"We have to get to him just as he gets the ball and put some pressure on him," Watmough said.
Last weekend in Melbourne, beaten Gold Coast coach John Cartwright said the Titans had planned to tackle Inglis head-on and get right up in his face.
Inglis fended off Ashley Graham twice in the one sliding movement to score and then out-jumped the flying Preston Campbell to pull the ball out of the air and ground it.
Planning something and executing it are entirely different things when it comes to dealing with Inglis.
"In all the big matches he seems to excel," Manly and former Melbourne centre Steve Bell said. "It takes a pretty special player to do that. He's one of those players where the alarm bells go off when he has the ball. You don't know where he's going to pop up."
Manly and Melbourne, last year's grand finalists, meet on Friday night at Brookvale Oval for the second time this season. Storm won in round five 26-4.
Watmough identified Inglis's right arm as a potent weapon.
"He's got the fend from hell. You see that thing coming at you ... I got put on my backside in the grand final by it," Watmough said yesterday.
"It's not a pretty sight. He's about seven-foot tall with seven-foot arms. He's got a lot of strength behind him. He's an awesome talent."
Manly's veteran of 16 seasons, Steve Menzies, says Inglis, 21, is already the most devastating player in the NRL and could be one of the game's greatest.
"Just the way he runs and can push and beat a player, his athletic ability," Menzies, 34, said.
"I have no doubt if he can continue doing that for another eight to 10 years, he can be one of the greatest.
"His athletic ability is amazing, his raw talent is freakish."
Manly captain Matt Orford said the difference in the Inglis of 2008 compared with 2007 is greater confidence.
"When there are tight games, he's the one they go to, to make a difference," Orford said.
So how do you compete against such a player? "It's pretty much do your best," Bell said.
Most Manly players were not willing to talk about Melbourne's niggling tactics in defence. Hasler even reiterated the fact Manly does not employ a wrestling coach.
But Orford said Manly needed to take a leaf out of St George Illawarra's book of reacting when on the receiving end of grapple tackles.
"It was good to see a team not take a backward step," Orford said. "They stuck it to them and played Melbourne's game.
"That's the attitude we need to take into this game. We need to be aggressive and on the front foot."
 
effnic

effnic

Bench
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Whats all this bullsh*t talk about storm having a mental hold over us THEY HAVE WON THE PAST 2 GAMES LET ME REPEAT IT FOR YOU SLOW merkinS 2 GAMES, they dont have a 20 game winning streak against us. If anything it is Manly who have psychological edge over the storm, they havnt beaten us at brooky since 1999 we have had 6 games there and they have won 1. If they beat us on friday good on em, but it wont be playing on our minds come finals time. The only reason they will beat us if they do is because they are a better team than us simple, none of this psychological bullsh*t.
 
mave

mave

Coach
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gong_eagle said:
Now it's personal

Dave Donaghy | August 06, 2008
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sport/nrl/story/0,21985,24136140-14823,00.html

MELBOURNE prop Brett White has labelled Manly's forwards the competition benchmark ahead of Friday night's showdown. Despite taking its club to two successive grand finals, White claimed Storm's pack had been overtaken by the Sea Eagles, with the score to be settled in, so far, the game of the season.
The New South Wales enforcer warned his teammates to be on their game from kick-off, with Melbourne expecting a fiery Manly to use its loss in last year's grand final as motivation.
"They certainly have the most dominant pack," White said last night. "They've got some big boys up there.
"No doubt they'll be taking this game personal after what happened last year. We know how they'll be coming out. It's a big thing for us to see how we handle that and react to that."
The battle between the teams will go a long way towards deciding the minor premiership. Manly, holding a superior for-and-against record, sit atop the table, one win clear of Melbourne, Sydney Roosters and Cronulla.
White said Storm, which faces the Roosters Friday week, was aware of the importance of the next two weeks, with Brisbane stalking the leaders.
"It's massive, the next two weeks," White said. "I was looking at the table before and we can fall to fifth (with successive losses).
"Over the next fortnight we could easily fall away. We realise how big it is."
Storm, which thrashed Gold Coast 44-4 on Friday, regains lock Dallas Johnson (rested) with prop Scott Anderson dropping off the bench. Manly is unchanged from its big win against Penrith.
Melbourne has not won at Brookvale since 1999. They lost 13-12 there last year but have won the past two meetings away from the ground - including the decider.
"For us to go there is like what it is for other teams to come down here. It's a tough place to go," White said.
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