The Manly players made me proud....
What a gutsy , gritty fighting effort missing key players, suspensions , injuries, constant media attacks & some dodgy calls.
Realistically imo the Dogs were far from great & in fact, possibly 20-30 points off Roosters/Souths with that performance.
Manly dug deep & had nothing more in the tank, but in comparison to other teams who have zero injuries/suspensions, the obstacles were simply to hard to jump.
At full strength Manly would have won that game comfortably & been in the hunt for another premiership, but with the team we had available, honestly think we were just not good enough to compete with the heavyweights....
What a gutsy , gritty fighting effort missing key players, suspensions , injuries, constant media attacks & some dodgy calls.
Realistically imo the Dogs were far from great & in fact, possibly 20-30 points off Roosters/Souths with that performance.
Manly dug deep & had nothing more in the tank, but in comparison to other teams who have zero injuries/suspensions, the obstacles were simply to hard to jump.
At full strength Manly would have won that game comfortably & been in the hunt for another premiership, but with the team we had available, honestly think we were just not good enough to compete with the heavyweights....