: Mon Mar 02, 2009 1:20 pm  

Nah, I put it down to Manly being the better team on the night

I dont think anyone could have lived with them in that 10 minute period just after half time.

Though Jamie Lyon was their weak link though. When was the last time you saw Keith Senior make easy yards like that

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 2:28 pm  

Yeah, Leeds going down fighting was the big story of that game. Pretty craven 'this way we should sell more copies' editing there.

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 2:32 pm  

debaser wrote:

Jusr waiting for the Leeds' fans responses:
Either
a) it doesn't matter its just a friendly anyway
or
b) we didn't want to win, we are concentrating on the league
or
c) they had an Aussie ref
or
d) at least we got there, you jealous Bulls fans, you are rubbish and are never going to get into a WCC again

Actually, can't argue with d really.

Or, how about e) we can't win expect to everything, Manly showed how wide the skills gulf between the NRL and SL still is

Naturally I'm disappointed but as a Leeds fan of nearly 20 years I've plenty of experience of them losing games big and small so it doesn't affect me too much

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 3:04 pm  

Bully_Boxer wrote:

Manly deserved the win though. Thought they were the better side.. more than the scoreline suggests. Credit to Leeds for the late rally to bring some respectability but I still feel SL has some catching up at club level too despite the recent WCC results.

Good match to watch though.

On another note, the Bulls like other SL clubs will not doubt be keeping a close eye on negotiations between Manly and Orford go. I expect he'll re-sign though unfortunately.

i think a lot of the nrl teams have a long way to go in catching manly too

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 5:10 pm  

Trimalchio wrote:

..

Naturally I'm disappointed but as a Leeds fan of nearly 20 years I've plenty of experience of them losing games big and small so it doesn't affect me too much

Well said. I missed my first WCC for a few years as I was working in the evening, and was pretty sick about that, as this Manly team are indisputably amongst the ranks of the best there's ever been, and such teams deserve to be watched at any opportunity.

Phil Clarke (for it was he) pulled out the 2008 stats showing that, on average, it's the 3rd quarter when Manly come out and pulverize teams, and boy didn't they just. Nobody could have lived with that, and it is no disgrace to Leeds that they were on the receiving end. It's one thing knowing what they are likely to do, but quite another doing something about it.

Manly have a rare blend of players and as a team, are currently head and shoulders above anything else in the game. I thought it was a treat to watch.

[Bullseye]

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 5:17 pm  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

snip

Good to see you're back too FA.

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 6:20 pm  

Just shows how good Manly are, when they turned it on, they were unstopable against one of the best defences in SL, shows the gulf between the 2 leagues.

I would love to have watmough in our team he is absolute class, was the best player on the pitch, and looks to have everything in his game.

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 6:33 pm  

very poor leeds , very good Manly

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 10:20 pm  

BradfordServiceCrew wrote:

very poor leeds , very good Manly

You missed the link!

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 10:56 pm  

Hollywood Harrigan wrote:

I dont think anyone could have lived with them in that 10 minute period just after half time.

Certainly since the reformation of the competition in 2000, it knocked the Roosters demolition of Saints in 2003 off of the second best performance in the competition.

Neither team could have lived with the Bulls performance in 2005.