robbiea said:
mickqld said:
To hell with them. They're dead. The entire north side from the harbour bridge to Doyalson is our territory. Piss off forever bears.
Harbour bridge to Gwandalan !!
Ryan said:
In my opinion, we need one LESS team in Sydney, not one more. Give them the Central Coast, but as it's own team, not Bears - they are gone and failed.
Are all your previous allegiances to the Bears gone ? Would of thought as a bears fan you would still hold a glimmer of hope for them .
Unlike some, who always held Manly and North Sydney separate, I actually embraced the amalgamation at the time. I loved my footy, and I love my Bears at the time - missus and I used to sit under the fig on the fence each week.
When the business changed, and Manly became just Manly again, I really didn't feel it like that. Manly were my club, but why?
I made great friends (life long) through some pretty tough years for the club. I had interaction with the great players like I never had (remember Anthony Watmough screwing his face up, and saying "The Bears, who are they?" Dan).
Those tough years had some very fantastic story lines. Players so passionate, they played with broken legs, fans like me who turned up in the pouring rain against Nth Qld with around 2,000 people at the ground.
I created that petition (and got fantastic help) that had circa 10, 000 signatures, that I gave to Grant Mayer fully bound and professional looking, that he, Annersly and David Gallop provided to Morris Iemma to garnish us 10 mill in upgrades for Brookie.
I've received my 10 year membership badge.
Manlys culture was magnetic. I've never seen anything like it. It was us vs. them siege mentality culture. I was hooked. Every player to the tee bought into that no matter our position on the ladder.
It's what it made it all so great.
Which leads us to today. As you see, Manly naturally just became my Bears. Any Bears team, or any other team besides the maroon and white in, or coming into the competition is just one thing to me, the enemy.
You see, that's why I'm so passionate about culture, and that's why this current behaviour by the club as a whole kills me - its un-manly like. I've taken it personally. Maybe I shouldn't, but I just love my club so damned much.