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Walker to 5/8 our X factor for finals
Walker has needed a few games to get up to speed. Agreed he is maturing and seems to have pulled his head in more as well and let his footy do the talking. He's the kind of player who will win you a game on his own from time to time with some freakish play. Hoping it will be in the finals. We...- Ian Martin tragic
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- Forum: Rugby League Forum
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I’m calling it now
We have a knack of playing with that intensity when we play the purple parachute-ins. They are our 'Manly'.- Ian Martin tragic
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How many weeks will Jake get?
He needs a bit of a black mark on his record. Otherwise it's simply too implausible that such a gritty, granite tough bastard as him can play footy. He just seems too nice a bloke! Seriously though, when you make as many total commitment tackles as he does it's inevitable there'll be a mistake...- Ian Martin tragic
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Judiciary Charges
Running at full speed, crouching down to make a body hit, adjusts to a floppy open hand grab. An accidental contact to a player falling down. Waddell or Gosiewski got a forearm to the head earlier in the game similar to Sironen's one, not even noticed by the officials. If you want league to end...- Ian Martin tragic
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Be happy that we look like a Team again
That's awesome mate. You had some kind words for me when I posted about my father passing away, which was appreciated. Sorry to hear you are feeling low. I can only say your'e not robinson crusoe in that, and for me when I'm down ramping up the exercise is always beneficial just for the effects...- Ian Martin tragic
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Be happy that we look like a Team again
It was great to beat those purple dirtbags and any season where we do that is not completely lost. In the last try scoring movement of that game Slater took a painful blow to the body so it came with a bonus. Ditto beating the broncos. Having said that, Storm were absolutely ****ful and the...- Ian Martin tragic
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Hate Melbourne but
'Great coaches' are made by good cattle. They can get the credit for recognising talent and nurturing and combining it properly (and the blame for cheating their way to keeping them together), but its the team that wins dem games. Regardless of how much I dislike Cam Smith as a human being his...- Ian Martin tragic
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Jake sin-binning
Perinara is hopeless. A bigger problem here is the 2 refs. It simply means 1 extra person looking to find infringements. Even the game last week was so annoying to watch in the first half as the refs go on this drive to make the game into a touch footy game. Then later the frequency of penalties...- Ian Martin tragic
- Post #29
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Best and worst Poms
There's been some good ones including those mentioned. Tigers had a clever ball playing front row in the 70s too (Brian Lockwood?). Stevenson was good, John Gray was unorthodox but very clever also. Mal Reilly stands alone at the top though. Brutal, fearless, subtle, technically gifted; all at...- Ian Martin tragic
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Brett Stewart wins defamation case
This: (and, the scum 'newspaper' that defamed him twice would be happy to do it again as it sells advertising space. I hope he got a big wad off them even if it won't make up for the pain)- Ian Martin tragic
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The storm have..
The refs suddenly decided to enforce the rules and give cowboys a thousand penalties in a row until they get on the board...- Ian Martin tragic
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Who wins the GF?
Storm most likely (call me a genius). But the 'due for a loss' theory might kick in. Here's hoping. And the Cowboys seem to exude a kind of indecisive lacklustre gas that affects their opponents. Or that could just be who they played. The Sharks lack adventure anyway (how depressing to be a...- Ian Martin tragic
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The Oates Incident....stop or play on?
play on Powered by ForumApps- Ian Martin tragic
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Brisbane v Panthers
The only other thing I want to say: if we have any money to spend use it all to get that Campbell-Gillard...- Ian Martin tragic
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Brisbane v Panthers
Just watching this game. I don't go in for the conspiracy theories on the refs too much, but just seeing Brisbane get a free pass for things that Manly got instantly penalised for last week. Makes the blood boil a bit. Eg: lifting tackle above the horizontal. Last week immediate penalty against...- Ian Martin tragic
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Success
Success for me too. Objectively an advance on last year, and good signs of a new team coming together. One or 2 good signings to keep things moving forward, in the pigs and outside backs, and maybe another playmaker if Hastings is not looking like coming on.- Ian Martin tragic
- Post #29
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Game Day: EF2 - Manly v Panthers [Finals Week 1, 2017]
Does the bunker have some digital assistance like drawing a parallel line across the field to assess offside as in soccer tv coverage? Walker 'looked' a touch offside but he may not have been at all. In days gone by Uate's try would have been awarded as they were much more liberal in giving...- Ian Martin tragic
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Thanks Brett
Thanks for the photo Happily and the for the videos Kiwi. Some things are missed more than others when you live far away. Clearly, thanking the fans meant enough that Stewart was able to overcome whatever the dramas are with some at the club in more recent times. Shoulders might not have been...- Ian Martin tragic
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