Dodger said:
Brilliant performance to shut Easts down but really... it's Easts.
CharlieF, manonthehill was referring to US beating the Goosters, not us beating you. It's not a huge feat and while I can get confident and bleat about how we're on course for the premiership... it's not necessarily gonna be true.
Any Manly fan who takes this win as a sign they're "back on track" needs to have their head read.
I dare say if Melbourne played them last night Saints' 91-6 record would've come under fire... hell even Penrith would've put at least 30 on them.
This is the most common response after a lot of games Manly have played. The reality is that most teams actually lift when they play Manly. Bulldogs as an example. I dare say, why didn't Melbourne when they played them?????????? Melbourne were lucky to get away with the Souths win last night.
Mate, most if not all Manly fans take the Roosters game last night as they should. We all know that they are in a severe form slump.
All we are doing here is saying that you cannot judge a team based on a couple of games like a lot of people here are doing. That is the reason Manly fans are bringing up the Roosters flogging; to show that Manly can go on with the job. As bad as they are, how many other teams this year have beaten the Roosters by 56 points and managed to hold them out for the whole game? I'm not gloating about the score, far from it. It just is so stupid how some supporters are wishing that Manly fail that they actually see it as reality.
Any minor lose by Manly is taken as "the start of their decline" and any win is a "flash in the pan".
