Souths reach their first grand final in 40 years.

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

elohel

 

[Medievalknight]

Will be a cracking prelim. Souths will roll thru Manly imo

They did.























For the first 15 minutes ........lol@souffs

 

[God-King Dean]

Some are using it as the primary reason why Manly and Melbourne should be premiership favourites and why either of them will win a grand final against Souths or Easts.

I'm saying the "experience" factor is bullshit as we have as much or more of it as several recent premiers.

Clearly.

 

[thorson1987]

South Sydney v Newcastle grand final...said no one ever.

For a long time now it has been looking like Souths v little brother. And as it gets closer to the GF it is only looking more and more likely.

Manly and Melbourne look exhausted.

BUT anything can happen in a grand final qualifier. Stranger things have happened in 80 minutes of rugby league.

Having said all of that, Souths v Easts is still the most likely outcome.

Some peoples inability to see past the status quo is ridiculous. "They've won it recently so they'll win it again" is a stupid argument. Saying Easts and Souths have no hope against Manly and Melbourne is ridiculous. By your logic how did Melbourne ever manage to win in 2007, or Manly in 2008. Surely the more experienced teams should have smashed them back then.

St George crumbled in straight sets the year before they won. Wests missed the finals the year before they won. Broncos went out in straight sets the year before they won.

Didn't stop them from winning.

We made a prelim last year playing infront of 70,000. Similar atmosphere to round 26. That's plenty of experience compared to some previous premiers.

That's not everything but it is part of it. My point was our players have played in big games with lots riding on them over the last couple of years. And they've had as much experience as some previous winners.

And crowd and atmosphere can be a massive deal. Many players are used to playing infront of crowds of 10 and 15 and 20 thousand. They might never have played infront of a really big and loud crowd until a GF.

Some are using it as the primary reason why Manly and Melbourne should be premiership favourites and why either of them will win a grand final against Souths or Easts.

I'm saying the "experience" factor is bullshit as we have as much or more of it as several recent premiers.

 

[Eelectrica]

Souths did really well to win the grand final
http://www.dailymercury.com.au/photos/souths-win-mackay-nrl-grand-final/23225/#/0

 

[gronkathon]

There is a reason methadone comes in red or green

 

[Titanic]

lol@chokers

 

[Mr Saab]

LOL @ Souffs. Great night last night....even though it was Manly winning

 

[carlosthedwarf]

South Sydney v Newcastle grand final...said no one ever.

For a long time now it has been looking like Souths v little brother. And as it gets closer to the GF it is only looking more and more likely.

Manly and Melbourne look exhausted.

BUT anything can happen in a grand final qualifier. Stranger things have happened in 80 minutes of rugby league.

Having said all of that, Souths v Easts is still the most likely outcome.

:lol::lol:

 

[muzby]

 

[Joker's Wild]

lol why do people start threads like this? They nearly always just end in disaster for then

 

[firechild]

Good reason Manly and Melbourne fans didn't start threads like this. We've experienced the highs and lows of grand finals and finals series' in recent seasons. Confidence is good, overconfidence that leads to arrogance results in threads like this.

LOL@Souff$

 

[taxidriver]

Bullshit

They would have lost to the loser of tonight's game

 

[bottle]

Counting chickens and hatching come to mind.
Manly are under no pressure. They have all the excuses in the world if they need them. Nothing to lose.
Souths, all the pressure, all the expectation, no excuses. Everything to lose. They are carrying a forty two year burden as well.

The mind is a funny thing, even the collective one.

What he said.

 

[thorson1987]

Good reason Manly and Melbourne fans didn't start threads like this. We've experienced the highs and lows of grand finals and finals series' in recent seasons. Confidence is good, overconfidence that leads to arrogance results in threads like this.

LOL@Souff$

Exactly.