: Sun Mar 01, 2009 11:51 pm  

joanne callotte wrote:

if anything, the ref let leeds back into it in the last 20

couch cough...........of course he did.

: Sun Mar 01, 2009 11:56 pm  

well its funnny how people say aussie rl is boring and defence minded, manly are a class rl side, and in reality could of scored alot more, the scoreline flattered leeds imo, everything they did, be it ptb, passing everything was done at speed with great skill, i know you can't compare, but its like watching a different sport to what i watched this afternoon at lsv, my advice is try and watch some aussie games this year if you can, its really good, we're still miles behind them.

: Sun Mar 01, 2009 11:58 pm  

well overall, if i was a coach........OF EITHER CODE OF RUGBY......


I'D BE SHOWING MY BOYS THE FIRST 60 MINUTES OF THIS, AND SAYING.........this is what you need to aspire to


i try and look at the positives, and not be too narrow minded and patriotic, and manly were the biz!!

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 12:02 am  

Stephen I think that would have been right some 4 years ago the NRL was boring but the last couple of years have seen better attacking options, us we are still stuck in the defence orientated way of things when our 'natural' game has always been skill but its now all down to 'game plans' defence structures' and all the other aussie training manuals.

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 1:10 am  

FredParky wrote:

Stephen I think that would have been right some 4 years ago the NRL was boring but the last couple of years have seen better attacking options, us we are still stuck in the defence orientated way of things when our 'natural' game has always been skill but its now all down to 'game plans' defence structures' and all the other aussie training manuals.

true, ihave setanta and the quality and excitement that the aussies dish up is really good, me and my dad always look forward to the new nrl season. alot of skill has imo gone out of our game. were the skill on show tobnight from mnaly was brilliant.

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 10:12 am  

We are still stuck in the play down the middle and on the 4th tackle pass out wide and the 5th boot down field where as the Aussie are happy to throw it around to the wingers on the 1st play the ball. English RL is to predictable......

[Dick Jones]

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 10:59 am  

Glad to see Manly beat Leeds cant stand Leeds. The best part though was the fight, Peacock was a lucky boy it wasnt a red card too.

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 11:20 am  

trainee_lobbygobbler wrote:

We are still stuck in the play down the middle and on the 4th tackle pass out wide and the 5th boot down field where as the Aussie are happy to throw it around to the wingers on the 1st play the ball. English RL is to predictable......

Don't worry, the franchise system will sort that out.

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 11:22 am  

POPMAN wrote:

Don't worry, the franchise system will sort that out.

Great to see all these imports and we still play predictable rugby league, maybe one day we'll learn off them.....

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 11:25 am  

trainee_lobbygobbler wrote:

Great to see all these imports and we still play predictable rugby league, maybe one day we'll learn off them.....

The likes of Matt King can teach us nothing, with the exception of how to steal a living.