Charlie since we began we only have a 30% record away from home
I have always loved this ridiculous argument. We began in 1995 and were a rag-tag club made up of players three years past their prime and nobodies from nowhere, we were the whipping boys of the NRL for years and could barely win a f**king coin toss let alone a footy game.
So why the hell would win/loss stats dating back 18 years have anything to do with how they play now? Hell, you can go back to round 26 just a couple of years ago in 2010 and only find 5 or 6 players currently at the club.
You cant look to a clubs
overall history as a guide to how the current players perform in certain areas. Recent history (the current season and possibly previous one) sure, but any further back then youre not even talking about the same players.
Just for the record,
in 2012 our win/loss record is as follows.
HOME: Won 8, Lost 4
AWAY: Won 7, Lost 5
2011:
HOME: Won 9, Lost 3
AWAY: Won 5, Lost 7
So over the last 2 years our away record isnt bad at all, in fact Manly are only 2 away wins better than us over the course of those two years with W/L records of 7/5 for each year.