Manly

[Tim Freedman]

Watched St.George for the first time last weekend and I was very impressed with them. They totally dominated NS in that 1st quarter and then hit cruise control for the rest of the game. They have a very strong spine with multiple options up forward that will make them very hard to beat. Saddington, Ryan & Swain all worked well together and I cant see many sides being able to match up on them. That was the first time I had seen Swain and he is a very handy player. They still had a few out as well which means they will only get better with Declan the main one missing.

I have seen Manly once this year and I really cant see them getting anywhere near St.George this week. They have done an outstanding job to finish on top at the end of the H&A but finals in prem div on a big ground will be a very different story.

I'm tipping a St.George v Penno GF this year and Mudge may just deliver on his 3 year plan that he communicated when he took over.

[Benchwarmer]

MP i

Should the competition become as you wish then measures must be put in place to stop stacking in the lower divisions. Ie players must be registered to a division not just to a club. Players should also be graded accordingly.

The Juniors seem to have it sorted


17.9, Any Player who plays five (5) or more games in the Under 18?s or Senior
(Higher grade)
Competition must play a total of at least 10 games in a lower Age Group to be eligible for the finals in the younger ( lower grade)
Age Group. Where an under age team has byes scheduled the total of 10 games can be reduced in accordance with the table below.
This would sort out the "list managers"

[chatovadafloor]

He may or he may choke again... he has been involved with losing a few.

Watched St.George for the first time last weekend and I was very impressed with them. They totally dominated NS in that 1st quarter and then hit cruise control for the rest of the game. They have a very strong spine with multiple options up forward that will make them very hard to beat. Saddington, Ryan & Swain all worked well together and I cant see many sides being able to match up on them. That was the first time I had seen Swain and he is a very handy player. They still had a few out as well which means they will only get better with Declan the main one missing.

I have seen Manly once this year and I really cant see them getting anywhere near St.George this week. They have done an outstanding job to finish on top at the end of the H&A but finals in prem div on a big ground will be a very different story.

I'm tipping a St.George v Penno GF this year and Mudge may just deliver on his 3 year plan that he communicated when he took over.

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Who is this big list???

From the number of players I hear that are bailing from the SHEgirls next year, they will both have no trouble making their NEAFL team. Pekay would be in line for captain/coach and I'd probably squeeze into the 22, despite the fact I haven't ever played the game.

[ShortHalfHead]

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Who is this big list???

Sorry, secret. Check out clearances in Feb 2014.

Just stuff on the grapevine at the moment, with a few going back to their home soil....and probably a few going Blacktown if they can snare DO jobs

Well done to Manly in a couple of other areas. Canteen in finals been fantastic. They put on a good feed indeed.

And great to hear that they are fielding a women's team next year.

[chatovadafloor]

Sorry, secret. Check out clearances in Feb 2014.

Just stuff on the grapevine at the moment, with a few going back to their home soil....and probably a few going Blacktown if they can snare DO jobs

Well done to Manly in a couple of other areas. Canteen in finals been fantastic. They put on a good feed indeed.

And great to hear that they are fielding a women's team next year.

Be interesting how many, not that many on list from other clubs in syd afl. Would say would cover regardless. More ins than outs would occurs i would imagine.

[Dr.Jonestown]

Watched St.George for the first time last weekend and I was very impressed with them. They totally dominated NS in that 1st quarter and then hit cruise control for the rest of the game. They have a very strong spine with multiple options up forward that will make them very hard to beat. Saddington, Ryan & Swain all worked well together and I cant see many sides being able to match up on them. That was the first time I had seen Swain and he is a very handy player. They still had a few out as well which means they will only get better with Declan the main one missing.



I have seen Manly once this year and I really cant see them getting anywhere near St.George this week. They have done an outstanding job to finish on top at the end of the H&A but finals in prem div on a big ground will be a very different story.

I'm tipping a St.George v Penno GF this year and Mudge may just deliver on his 3 year plan that he communicated when he took over.

Thank you for writing this.

You and and everyone else in the league has kept writing us Wolves off. We absolutely love it, Keep it coming, it's awesome.

Hopefully by the end of today, you'll see why we won the Minor Premiership in not only Prem Div but also Div 2 AND our 18's.

Go Wolves.

[ShortHalfHead]

Dr Jonestown, "everybody else in the league" wrote them off?. I go back to a post I made last November on the rumours thread.


Quote Originally Posted by Norris Lurker View Post

North Shore and Manly have the same pathway group - all the other groups have one Premier Division club and a couple of other clubs. It'll be interesting to see what happens to the players that both clubs have put on their pathway lists.


My response was:
I think if players want to play 18'as Div 1, there will be no problems as they can go where they like if listed by both. On the other hand, I wonder if Manly will apply to go to Div 1, which makes the draw a lot clearer.

From what I have seen, Manly will be quite competitive in PD. I think it will hurt North Shore a lot.

You have never tipped them on here, Doc. Until a week after they won the minor premiership.

I eagerly await your post to tip us the Melbourne Cup winner....on or about the second Tuesday in November.

[Offal]

goose

Thank you for writing this.

You and and everyone else in the league has kept writing us Wolves off. We absolutely love it, Keep it coming, it's awesome.

Hopefully by the end of today, you'll see why we won the Minor Premiership in not only Prem Div but also Div 2 AND our 18's.

Go Wolves.

Wow - just joined the forum and that is your first post? LOL.

It's amazing how many Manly people come out of the woodwork just before a grand final. I have seen it for 2 decades and they hide under a rock when they're not winning. At a previous grand final in Blacktown, it got very close to a brawl thanks to some tarts with big mouths supporting Manly.

Congratulations to Manly on your results this year and introducing the game to women in 2014. It's a shame you have a few idiot supporters in your ranks that tarnish your outstanding on-field results.

You don't need a long neck to be a goose.

[Postie]

Agreed congrats to Manly on results to date, however witnessed and clearly heard first hand last Saturday and could not agree more with Offal in regard to idiot supporters

[mountainsofpain]

Wow - just joined the forum and that is your first post? LOL.

It's amazing how many Manly people come out of the woodwork just before a grand final. I have seen it for 2 decades and they hide under a rock when they're not winning. At a previous grand final in Blacktown, it got very close to a brawl thanks to some tarts with big mouths supporting Manly.

Congratulations to Manly on your results this year and introducing the game to women in 2014. It's a shame you have a few idiot supporters in your ranks that tarnish your outstanding on-field results.

You don't need a long neck to be a goose.

They've always had a particularly unpleasant supporter element in that club, coupled with a very strong sense of entitlement as a club overall.

I've been to their home ground a few times over the years and the feral abuse coming from that little grandstand, directed squarely at the visiting club, was disgraceful and classless. Certainly far worse than anything else I have witnessed around the traps.

So it looks like things haven't changed.

Having said that, they have done magnificently this season. And good luck to them for the flag, you can't say they don't deserve it if they win.

It might help if they don't get ahead of themselves though, as they did a particular GF in the 90s when they were aiming at (I think) their third flag in a row. Their t-shirts that day jumped the gun somewhat. Needless to say, they lost.

[tara]

They've always had a particularly unpleasant supporter element in that club, coupled with a very strong sense of entitlement as a club overall.

I've been to their home ground a few times over the years and the feral abuse coming from that little grandstand, directed squarely at the visiting club, was disgraceful and classless. Certainly far worse than anything else I have witnessed around the traps.

So it looks like things haven't changed.

Having said that, they have done magnificently this season. And good luck to them for the flag, you can't say they don't deserve it if they win.

It might help if they don't get ahead of themselves though, as they did a particular GF in the 90s when they were aiming at (I think) their third flag in a row. Their t-shirts that day jumped the gun somewhat. Needless to say, they lost.

I agree wholeheartedly with the abuse you would have seen however over the past few years they have worked pretty hard to clean up that side of things and from my perspective they are nowhere near as bad as years gone by.

[Dr.Jonestown]

hehehehe I'm sorry, I've been playing for this great club for the last 10 years, so I'm not really a fan who's come out of the woodwork. I'm sorry if you feel we don't treat you with the respect, but when you come down to the Wolves Den, expect some unpleasantness (all in good humor I might add).

We are very happy to be the best club in Sydney at the moment and putting plans in place to make that happen for the next decade and more.

We don't pay any of our players $$ like St.George have to do and what Balmain did or offer scholarships, we did it the hard way and will continue to do it the hard way because that's the way we like to do it.

But at the start of the year, many experts wrote us off, you may have been an exception to the rule and yet people still underrate us. Basically we love proving people wrong and will continue to do that.

"We started from the bottom now we hear"

I like this site and I'm glad there is a Sydney AFL forum. All in good fun people, relax don't get all uptight. But be rest assured The Mighty Wolves aint going away for a looooonnggg time.

[Tim Freedman]

Watched Manly for the 2nd time this season and was pleasantly surprised. They have a few class players that I hadn't seen much of before and if it wasn't for bad kicking they would have beaten St.George comfortably by 6+ goals. I think the end scoreline flattered a pretty average Saints performance.

Stroud, Koch & Armitage were all very impressive and Armitage should have kicked 4 in the last to ice the game.

Saints midfield really struggled IMO and they showed that they liked to run hard forward but not as hard back. I kept hearing the "buzz term" 2 way running coming from their bench but they must have been yelling at Manly because they were the only side working hard both ways. (No doubt Mudgy will print this out and put it on their noticeboard to create the "us against" the rest of the world mentality that he loves.)

As for Manly supporters, I didn't really notice them being any better or worse than St.George. As a neutral I hardly noticed them at all.

Well done Manly for making the GF. I don't mind admitting I was wrong.

PS Dr Jonestown: You are not the BEST side in the Sydney AFL just yet. You need a medal around your neck first before you can claim that title. All you have done is give yourself the best opportunity.

[unconfuseme]

hehehehe I'm sorry, I've been playing for this great club for the last 10 years, so I'm not really a fan who's come out of the woodwork. I'm sorry if you feel we don't treat you with the respect, but when you come down to the Wolves Den, expect some unpleasantness (all in good humor I might add).

We are very happy to be the best club in Sydney at the moment and putting plans in place to make that happen for the next decade and more.

We don't pay any of our players $$ like St.George have to do and what Balmain did or offer scholarships, we did it the hard way and will continue to do it the hard way because that's the way we like to do it.

But at the start of the year, many experts wrote us off, you may have been an exception to the rule and yet people still underrate us. Basically we love proving people wrong and will continue to do that.

"We started from the bottom now we hear"

I like this site and I'm glad there is a Sydney AFL forum. All in good fun people, relax don't get all uptight. But be rest assured The Mighty Wolves aint going away for a looooonnggg time.

Can you enlighten us as to who gets paid at St George and how much ... plenty of people would be interested, i'm sure!

BTW, you aren't the woman in maroon who was STILL complaining about the umpiring 15 minutes after the game are you ...? you seem to have the same disagreeable demeanor, and to be just as knowledgeable! ...

[Dr.Jonestown]

Can you enlighten us as to who gets paid at St George and how much ... plenty of people would be interested, i'm sure!

BTW, you aren't the woman in maroon who was STILL complaining about the umpiring 15 minutes after the game are you ...? you seem to have the same disagreeable demeanor, and to be just as knowledgeable! ...

Can assure you I am not a woman. Last time I checked.