Is there anything better than beating this filthy mob ? To do it twice is one season as only bettered for me by a premiership win
The moment of Slater being steamrolled by Williams, and then Williams smashing him in defence will be replayed many, many times by me. In fact all night we hammered him, I loved it
Was a great team effort out there tonight, hard to fault much of that effort.
The forwards were outstanding. Kite really led from the front, outside of the penalty, Choc was great. Stewart I have never seen as aggressive as he has been lately, some real intent in his tackling, love it. Galuvao good in extra mins off the bench, and Rose and King helped carry that load well too.
Now, I have left 1 bloke out so far, my man of the match, Shane Rodney
What an outstanding purchase we got, that was his best match in Manly colours. Ran strongly with the ball, was always poking through the other side, solid in defence and on there for the full 80mins, an absolute blinder
In the halves, Foran was brilliant as well. His kick chase was a real standout, especially the aggression in it. Hodko started the match off really well then faded a wee bit
Lyon, exceptional player. No need to write much about him, he is all class. Only thing we need to do is stop him grubbering on the 2nd and 3rd tackles !! Matai was solid on the other side, although not as aggressive as I hoped for
Both wingers were quietish, but as mentioned earlier, the Rex over Billy is a great moment
Hoppa, looked solid, and his strength surprises me, great effort for his 1st effort at fullback for 80mins
Need to mention Perry, after his final match in our colours. I will remember the role he played in getting us the premiership, he had a great season there. Last 2 have been disappointing, but his role in the comp win shouldn't be forgotten. Was very disappointed to see his final play being a hair pull, Manly is a better club than that.
Very, very disappointing crowd there tonight. But those that were there did us proud.
an intriguing week coming up, as Hodko may miss a week I think. Will Des throw Cherry in ?
would have been nice to put another couple of tries on them, but with Ballin going off we lost a lot of our attack with the fill in dummy halves
Bring on the Goons next monday
The moment of Slater being steamrolled by Williams, and then Williams smashing him in defence will be replayed many, many times by me. In fact all night we hammered him, I loved it
Was a great team effort out there tonight, hard to fault much of that effort.
The forwards were outstanding. Kite really led from the front, outside of the penalty, Choc was great. Stewart I have never seen as aggressive as he has been lately, some real intent in his tackling, love it. Galuvao good in extra mins off the bench, and Rose and King helped carry that load well too.
Now, I have left 1 bloke out so far, my man of the match, Shane Rodney
What an outstanding purchase we got, that was his best match in Manly colours. Ran strongly with the ball, was always poking through the other side, solid in defence and on there for the full 80mins, an absolute blinder
In the halves, Foran was brilliant as well. His kick chase was a real standout, especially the aggression in it. Hodko started the match off really well then faded a wee bit
Lyon, exceptional player. No need to write much about him, he is all class. Only thing we need to do is stop him grubbering on the 2nd and 3rd tackles !! Matai was solid on the other side, although not as aggressive as I hoped for
Both wingers were quietish, but as mentioned earlier, the Rex over Billy is a great moment
Hoppa, looked solid, and his strength surprises me, great effort for his 1st effort at fullback for 80mins
Need to mention Perry, after his final match in our colours. I will remember the role he played in getting us the premiership, he had a great season there. Last 2 have been disappointing, but his role in the comp win shouldn't be forgotten. Was very disappointed to see his final play being a hair pull, Manly is a better club than that.
Very, very disappointing crowd there tonight. But those that were there did us proud.
an intriguing week coming up, as Hodko may miss a week I think. Will Des throw Cherry in ?
would have been nice to put another couple of tries on them, but with Ballin going off we lost a lot of our attack with the fill in dummy halves
Bring on the Goons next monday
