Comments on: Sea Eagles too manly as Melbourne are cast in void

By: alan nicolea

alan nicolea — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:45:27 +0000

The Link

Next year will be Bellamy’s toughest year in charge of the Storm and NSW. He has a long term contract at Melbourne but the pinch of the salary cap and the Grand Final loss will see him struggle abit.

The Sea Eagles roster looks very strong for 2009. They now have what it takes to rule over the competition. But will they be able to garner more premierships?

The Storm have ruled for three seasons through the regular rounds, but have only one grand final win to show for it, just like the Sydney Roosters did when they were hot in 2002,03 and 04.

By: The Link

The Link — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:55:10 +0000

Geez hasn’t Bellamy’s bubble burst. Loosing the State of Origin series and now the GF. May bring him down a notch or two.

Yep Robbo will still be there. Manly have great depth out wide, with Michael Bani returning and Chris Bailey slotting in as a utility / five-eigth. Wolfman’s a bolter for the Aussie WC squad.

By: Alan Nicolea

Alan Nicolea — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:18:34 +0000

Skull

Apologies mate. Robertson is staying in 2009. I though he was going to the Super League for sure. I got confused bigtime.

Even more reason for the Sea Eagles to feel confident come 2009.

Sorry mate.

By: Skull

Skull — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:10:53 +0000

How come nobody has said anything about him leaving is this a secret? (not having a shot at you). The only blokes leaving are the aforementioned trio. The performasnce in 78 was almost as complete, but if you though Melbourne went through some tough games in the lead up, Manly’s lead up to 78 triumph was twice as hard

By: Alan Nicolea

Alan Nicolea — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:05:37 +0000

Skull

Michael Robertson is gone mate. He is going to the English Super League next season. I was not around in 78 but i would be hard pressed to find a more complete performance in Grand Final history. Everything Manly touched turned to gold. The passes were crisp and the instinct displayed by the likes of Stewart, Lyon and Robertson was brilliant. They only had like seven rep players prior to their grand final victory. Expect the Australian squad to feature alot of men from the Peninsula.

By: Skull

Skull — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:26:04 +0000

Alan, don’t know that Robbo is going anywhere, Beaver, Bryant and Bell are moving on. Good article though but I still think the 78 teams performance was the best after taking into account playing 6 games in 21 days (or whatever it was), but as a single performance, this had it all and was done in a very old fashioned simple and efficient manner with hard straight running, finesse in the backs and brutal defence.