RE: Caught on radar, shooting for the stars
I've been pondering this question for most of the season and I think without doubt if this team bags another title then it will be the greatest team of not only Manly's history but in the top 5 of all time greats of all clubs. It is now harder than ever for a club to consistently stay at the top in fact almost impossible.
Look at the super rich clubs Broncos,Dogs,Storm,Dragons,Parra,Warriors they haven't been able to dominate for the period of time we have and we do it making losses and boardroom bitching. The core group of our success Snake,Wolf,Lyon,Matai,Choc,Gift,King,Ballin,Kite,Rose have been here the longest through all our success unlike the Manly teams of the 70's where there was a heavy turnover of core key players between 1968 - 1978.
The greatest teams of alltime the Saints of the 50's followed by Souths the 60's then Parra 80's if we win another title we go above Manly 70's the Raiders of the 90's and Broncos of the 90's as the top teams of all time. We have already surpassed the mid 90's Manly team.