We won that game 23-11 - 7 tries to 3. Mooney 4, Gartner 2, Steve Knight one try in his last match. And Gibbsy ran about 80-90 metres, only to drop the ball over the line in the southeast corner. I still believe that S. Mortimer didn't ground the ball when he scored for the Dishickers.We didn't get the spoon so anything else is a bonus given the start we had to 2015.
All of this reminds me of Tom Mooney in 1979. Manly were white hot at the back end of the season but couldn't jag a top 5 spot in the end missing out by one win i think. In the final round Manly smashed up the so called 'entertainers' Dogs team who were in the top 3 by putting on 7 or 8 unconverted tries at Brookie & winning by 20 or something. Dogs went on to play in the grand final. I remember seeing Mooney interviewed in a bath in the Brookie sheds on Mossop's show the next day saying "They would never have touched us if we had got in the finals".
100% of the blame has to go to pin head Foran. He single handedly derailed the first half of our season. He can now look back on the last and final season with us in disgrace. I hope he rots at the Eels.That try in the last few seconds v cowboys in Townsville will come back to haunt us - the season will come down to one missed tackle (plus about half a dozen **** losses early in the year)
I kinda agree. Foran destroyed the first half of our season.100% of the blame has to go to pin head Foran. He single handedly derailed the first half of our season. He can now look back on the last and final season with us in disgrace. I hope he rots at the Eels.
At the end of the day it is the b%llsh%t draw that has cost us. Look at the last three teams, Titans, Knights and Tigers. Too lazy to check, however from memory we have played them once. Cronulla on the other hand has played all three twice, yet still has a negative for and against. The inequity in the draw has for years meant the NRL is a mickey mouse comp and that dud clubs (last year Penrith) can make the eight on the basis that none of the power clubs want to play them .
If we finish in the bottom 8 we will be the beneficiary of that very draw in 2016!!
I was at that game too, our season ended with back to back away defeats to Wests and Cronulla and that was a good win against the eventual runnners up, the team that season had a lot of injury hassles and a hangover from 78 and all the guys playing in England for the Kangaroos. Tom Mooney was a great finisher and hes right up there with Manlys best ever wingers.We won that game 23-11 - 7 tries to 3. Mooney 4, Gartner 2, Steve Knight one try in his last match. And Gibbsy ran about 80-90 metres, only to drop the ball over the line in the southeast corner. I still believe that S. Mortimer didn't ground the ball when he scored for the Dishickers.
I remember it like it was yesterday, standing towards the northeastern corner of the hill on a sunny Saturday in August. Not 36 years ago, as of this coming Tuesday!
Defend the kiwis rofl100% blame for a season on 1 player ? That's fantasyland stuff
1st half of the year, Forans hamstrings were stuffed, hence zero running game
2nd half of the year, Forans hamstrings are fine again and he is twice the player he was because his running game returns
People look far too hard for conspiracy theories and tin foil hat stuff
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10 | 9 | 1 | 124 | 20 |
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9 | 7 | 2 | 72 | 16 |
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9 | 7 | 2 | 49 | 16 |
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11 | 7 | 4 | 59 | 14 |
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9 | 6 | 3 | 57 | 14 |
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10 | 6 | 4 | -10 | 14 |
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11 | 6 | 5 | 107 | 12 |
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11 | 6 | 5 | -9 | 12 |
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10 | 5 | 5 | -56 | 12 |
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11 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 11 |
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10 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 10 |
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11 | 5 | 6 | -12 | 10 |
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9 | 3 | 6 | -71 | 8 |
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10 | 3 | 6 | -9 | 7 |
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9 | 2 | 7 | -69 | 6 |
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10 | 2 | 8 | -91 | 6 |
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10 | 1 | 9 | -186 | 4 |