conanu
Bencher
Manly will never be the same again under this NRL.
1. The NRL fixed the draw so that Manly must now play every Sydney club away every season. Was easier to get 2 points up for win facing Cows or Warriors away than Shark Park, Kogarah, Parra Stadium, Penrith, Dogs, Souths, Roosters, Leichardt Oval. But now Manly get most of our away games against Sydney teams at their fortresses which means right from the start we 6 or 8 points worse off on the points table - enough to miss the top 8 finals.
2. The NRL salary cap ensures that success is followed by failure.
The only good news will be if we avoid the spoon each year.
Let Manly be Manly. Get rid of the cap & let our 1970s & 80s glamour club come back. Would the Liverpool FC or Manchester be any good under a cap? The NRL has ruined Manly's brand.
I hate to say it mate, but without the cap we would have been confined to the bottom 8. Super league made sure to empty our coffers so that we could never dominate financially again. Bronco's Parra and Roosters would be top 3 every year if not for the cap.