Giving strawberries to Pigs ....

[Woodsie]

I have always been a proud, loyal and confident supporter, and always supportive of Manly .... to a fault ..... coaches, players, the club ... everything .... could see no evil ..... since attending my first games as a teen in the 60's, to hanging around the sheds and playing as a lower grade numpty in the 70's, then as a boofhead supporter for the next half century..... I have loved and supported the club ...

But a huge part of that support was always the people at the club and that I had met along the way .... Manly, like most football clubs were blessed with outstanding people .... back in the day the sheds were always full of ex-manly greats that volunteered their time as selecters, team managers, gear stewards, cleaner-uperers or just blokes who liked to hang out ...

We had people at the club to be proud of. Arko, Stanton, Peters, Tennyson, Hunter, Fulton. Ritchie, Batty.

It would not be unusual to turn up to find Roy bull asking kids how they pulled up, Rueb Hudson, Bernie Seymour, Gordon Willoughby, Bob Lenon, Bill Hamilton and many others all just being around the place .... making themselves useful and giving back ....

Today of course there are no volunteers, they wouldn't be allowed in the sheds .... would have to get somebodies permission ....

Which brings me to my point ..... I have been trying to come up with the name of one person at the club in any senior capacity ... that on the 23/09/2018 ... that I can honestly say I like, admire or respect ...... and I can't ... not a bloody one ....

... and with all respect to Gorman ..... if he is your answer ..... if a Cronulla bloke who has been at our great club for less than a year is your answer ..... then we are truly fukked ....

Giving a Centre of Excellence to this mob is akin to giving strawberries to pigs ......

 

[Woodsie]

PSS .... the above post will be viewed by many as a dummy spit .... it is ..... but it also a cry for help ..... please give me one name ...

 

[manlyfan76]

I think you are confusing the franchise club with what you have know as Manly.

 

[Harvies elbow]

I think you are confusing the franchise club with what you have know as Manly.

Yep.
It ceased to be a club when it became a franchise.
Especially this franchise.
Woodsie I don't know his name but the old fella who leads the team song 6 times a year if we are lucky.
I respect him.

 

[Woodsie]

Yep.
It ceased to be a club when it became a franchise.
Especially this franchise.
Woodsie I don't know his name but the old fella who leads the team song 6 times a year if we are lucky.
I respect him.

Thanks .... love him .... there used to be many of blokes like him ....

 

[ricardo]

Love these teary "Manly used to be good" threads. Keep it up Woodsie!!

 

[midsteyne]

PSS .... the above post will be viewed by many as a dummy spit .... it is ..... but it also a cry for help ..... please give me one name ...

Bozo is still in the wings according to my informant.

 

[Woodsie]

Love these teary "Manly used to be good" threads. Keep it up Woodsie!!

People underestimate just how sensitive a soul I am .....

 

[Harvies elbow]

To me the spectre walked in the same door Tooves was forced out of and they would've passed each other on the way.
I'm hopeful the speculated up coming good news will act as something of a cleansing ceremony and will roll on to some of the old heads coming back and restoring our culture.
Maybe I'm being overly optimistic, but at the moment I feel like I'm standing in the middle of some Mad Max type wasteland as far as we are concerned.

 

[robbiea]

To me the spectre walked in the same door Tooves was forced out of and they would've passed each other on the way.
I'm hopeful the speculated up coming good news will act as something of a cleansing ceremony and will roll on to some of the old heads coming back and restoring our culture.
Maybe I'm being overly optimistic, but at the moment I feel like I'm standing in the middle of some Mad Max type wasteland as far as we are concerned.

The Thunderdome ?

 

[Harvies elbow]

The Thunderdome ?

Who's playing the role of aunty?

 

[Wombat64]

Who's playing the role of aunty?

Zorba

 

[mickqld]

The 40 year reunion of the 1978 premiership team was organised wholly by the Manly leagues club and team members. Not a single input from anyone at "The Franchise" or attendance. That sums up what you're saying @Woodsie

 

[Woodsie]

Zorba

.. and there in lies the saddest tale of all ....

For 40 years Zorba was a powerhouse of strength and commitment ..... he devoted his life to the good fight and was for many years the heart and soul of the club, and a huge part of the culture that grew ...

He was friend to all at Manly, helped many and supported all, he was an attack dog to enemies .... but he was Manly's attack dog and I loved him .....

But Alas ... at some point family, self interest or just politics changed the narrative .... he went from being Manly's attack dog .... to becoming the Penn's attack dog ...

PSS ... I sincerely hope recent years haven't indelibly damaged his legacy ..... he was a giant of Manly folklore .....

 

[Harvies elbow]

.. and there in lies the saddest tale of all ....

For 40 years Zorba was a powerhouse of strength and commitment ..... he devoted his life to the good fight and was for many years the heart and soul of the club, and a huge part of the culture that grew ...

He was friend to all at Manly, helped many and supported all, he was an attack dog to enemies .... but he was Manly's attack dog and I loved him .....

But Alas ... at some point family, self interest or just politics changed the narrative .... he went from being Manly's attack dog .... to becoming the Penn's attack dog ...

PSS ... I sincerely hope recent years haven't indelibly damaged his legacy ..... he was a giant of Manly folklore .....

Well if it has, and I think it has, then it's purely of his own making...

 

[Harvies elbow]

.. and there in lies the saddest tale of all ....

For 40 years Zorba was a powerhouse of strength and commitment ..... he devoted his life to the good fight and was for many years the heart and soul of the club, and a huge part of the culture that grew ...

He was friend to all at Manly, helped many and supported all, he was an attack dog to enemies .... but he was Manly's attack dog and I loved him .....

But Alas ... at some point family, self interest or just politics changed the narrative .... he went from being Manly's attack dog .... to becoming the Penn's attack dog ...

PSS ... I sincerely hope recent years haven't indelibly damaged his legacy ..... he was a giant of Manly folklore .....

And you are right Woodsie.
When you remember how he used to tear in back in his print, 2gb days or his spells on controversy corner he gave Manly a very formidable voice.

 

[BOZO]

Bozo is still in the wings according to my informant.

 

[Wombat64]

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Really? I am surprised ......

 

[Class of 96]

Giving a Centre of Excellence to this mob is akin to giving strawberries to pigs ......

 

[Harvies elbow]

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Hope he checked them for pins...