Would have lost that game in 2016

maxta

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There are many opinions on a scrappy, tough even lucky win.
Fact is - the side showed belief and resilience to get the job done.
These are the wins the real contenders get - they find a way.
Not as super as a few other performances, but if your not at your best and down by 16, yet come home to win - very happy with that and would have lost by 30 plus after that start in 2016....
 
The team is learning valuable lessons in games like that one. The tag of favourites is something new for them and they did not handle it well for 25 minutes yesterday. Sometimes you have to win ugly and that was yesterday's game and the Newcastle one. When we have a wet day it is important to respect the conditions and that is a learning curve. One thing this team has is resilience and desire and any win coming back from 16-0 down is a special win!
 
It's nice in a way as the more scenarios Manly win from....the more Manly can overcome anything thrown at them.


Still, please don't go down by 16 again!!! 🙂
 
Its the modern game, teams come back from 16 point behind all the time. Even the best teams get a touchup here and there.
 
@maxta 100 percent. Last year we go down and go down big no question. The way we were able to stay in the contest and arrest the momentum is a credit to Barrett, DCE, and Jake T especially.

There is a belief in this team which we were so used to seeing in the golden generation of the 05 to 14 teams. I remember games in 08 and 11 especially where we won and I thought......how did we do that? The win v sharks with killers chip, the win v the eels with Wolfman kicking for foran, the win v raiders wi cuthbo sent off. This win ranks up there with those. Just belief and attitude.
 
@maxta 100 percent. Last year we go down and go down big no question. The way we were able to stay in the contest and arrest the momentum is a credit to Barrett, DCE, and Jake T especially.

There is a belief in this team which we were so used to seeing in the golden generation of the 05 to 14 teams. I remember games in 08 and 11 especially where we won and I thought......how did we do that? The win v sharks with killers chip, the win v the eels with Wolfman kicking for foran, the win v raiders wi cuthbo sent off. This win ranks up there with those. Just belief and attitude.
The best win was the semi against the bunnies(think it was '13,the year we got screwed against the roosters in the GF.We got hammered by them and were down by 16 to zip I think, but killer and the boys got together and told the side to hang in and things will turn,and it did..I thought we were gone but we got it done,was massively impressed that day,pissed off the following week with the dodgy reffing though.
 
The best win was the semi against the bunnies(think it was '13,the year we got screwed against the roosters in the GF.We got hammered by them and were down by 16 to zip I think, but killer and the boys got together and told the side to hang in and things will turn,and it did..I thought we were gone but we got it done,was massively impressed that day,pissed off the following week with the dodgy reffing though.
Recall that win well
The try Wolf snuck over in the corner to beat Inglis with zero room to move was Gold.
 
The best win was the semi against the bunnies(think it was '13,the year we got screwed against the roosters in the GF.We got hammered by them and were down by 16 to zip I think, but killer and the boys got together and told the side to hang in and things will turn,and it did..I thought we were gone but we got it done,was massively impressed that day,pissed off the following week with the dodgy reffing though.
Still ranks as one of my all time faves. Absolutely smashed inthe first 15 mins and the rabbits were starting to lair it up. Killer delivered a very uncustomary spray.
 

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