It’s always sad to see what was once a newspaper of record descending into the morass of tired ‘we hate Manly’ twaddle. OK, Masters has been at it on and off for decades, but he has an excuse - he had three of his best players at Wests lured away by Arthurson.
However this Nicolussi bloke wasn’t even born then. The former is employed to offer opinions. The young bloke should simply report rugby league news.
It would never have happened when Fairfax employed the likes of Alan Clarkson and Geoff Prenter.
So, "everybody hates Manly", eh?
Does this bloke, who's name better indicates he should cover soccer, also know that everybody:
* thinks Parramatta is a joke, hence their name Doesn'tmatter?
* knows Easts are salary cap cheats?
* that Canberra crumble every year, hence their name The Faders?
* that Canterbury is run by the Lebanese mafia?
* that Melbourne are the biggest cheats of all?
* that Souffs supporters have the poorest dental hygiene?
* that the Titans are known as the Gold Coke?
* that St George and Balmain no longer exist?
* that The 'Riff and the Worriers are perpetual underachievers given their junior nurseries?
* that nobody outside a few cow cockies gives a cow pat about the Cowboys?
* that Brisbane is
really the team most people hate?
