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Hats off to Manly,

Very hard to think when a team last dominated an NRL Final to such an extent, they didn't just stomp on the Storm, they absolutely buried them! Clearly a class above on the day.

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... they didnt just bury them, they handed out a record kick ****ing. And they did it playing the game as it was intended.

Lets hope this is the revival of the true spirit of the game.
 
INteresting to assess next year, top contenders would appear to be...

Manly - won't lose too many important players in the off season and still with a young core group
Melbourne - lots of quality but losses of Crocker, Folau, Geyer will hurt as no real recruiting has gone on to replace them
Warriors - finished well, plus have recruited Kemp and Moon from the Broncs
Sharks - similar playing group but add Barrett, Tupou and Corey Hughes. Will add to offense but will it affect defence?

Hard to go outside that group for the top 4 I'd think. Roosters and Broncs as wild cards but Broncs have lost a pile of players and Bennett of course.

Smokeys - Knights and Dragons perhaps.
 
golfmos123 said:
Manly - won't lose too many important players in the off season and still with a young core group
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Except for Queensland State of Origin representative centre Steve Bell and the legend Steve Menzies. "Beaver" is the greatest try scoring forward in rugby league history ( 2nd outright behind Ken Irvine) and will be sorely missed.
 
Macquack said:
Except for Queensland State of Origin representative centre Steve Bell and the legend Steve Menzies. "Beaver" is the greatest try scoring forward in rugby league history ( 2nd outright behind Ken Irvine) and will be sorely missed.
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I stand by my quote - I don't really think that either of those are great losses. Bell is a solid centre, not flashy but does his job well - but you can find someone else to do that role. Menzies is so important to the side that he has been playing off the bench, filling in bit part roles depending on whoever is currently injured - again, this kind of player can be replaced.

I'm not arguing that they aren't good or great players - just that they are the kind of players that can be replaced without massive effort. This is very unlike key position players like halfback, fullback and hooker.
 
golfmos123 said:
I stand by my quote - I don't really think that either of those are great losses. Bell is a solid centre, not flashy but does his job well - but you can find someone else to do that role. Menzies is so important to the side that he has been playing off the bench, filling in bit part roles depending on whoever is currently injured - again, this kind of player can be replaced.
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I agree, Manly have plenty of depth.

For Bell - 'Wolfman' Williams to the centres with Matai, and Micheal Bani onto the wing. Or the Newcastle 5/8 recruit (who's name escapes me) to 5/8 and Lyon back to centre.

For Menzies - Adam Cuthbertson gets a permanent bench spot, or Tony Williams (Parra recruit) into second row with Glenn Stewart a ball-playing backrower off the bench.

Plenty of options! Manly will be very strong next year. :2twocents
 
I agree with both of you... They are the ones to beat again this year. Just a shame we have to wait so long to see the footy again, though there is world cup! ;)

I think Bailey is the 5/8 you mentioned there...
 
Bailey, that's right.

Apparently the English Super League competition has been really good this year, so maybe the poms will give us a bit of competition in the World Cup.

Still a long off season, though...
 
Good riddance
 

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lol -
If you happen to watch the preliminaries to the "NZ Maoris" vs the "Aboriginal Dreamtime team", - where they do the haka and the Aussie equivalent respectively :eek3: - complete with spears :confused:

... pay attention to how close one of the Abs goes to spearing one of the assembled Maori's feet , lol ;)
 
Well... it certainly won't be the Storm for 2010.

EDIT: Transfered to 'Melbourne Storm Busted' Thread.
 
After watching the first game of the 2014 season I predict that Souths will be the premiers.

Oh well, at least the Roosters won it last year!
 
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