Manly

[Vasco]

I want Maloney to Wrestle Daly Cheery Dick and take back what is rightfully his the CC Medal

Cherry Evans deserved it I reckon.

He was awesome.

[stsae]

Manly have half a forward pack and players dropping like flies.

The Stewart brothers will be in doubt, Foran missed last week, I think Taufua is still out, and the have 3 green horns in their prop rotation.

I'll give them credit, their 'never say die' attitutde is a unique one, but their near loss to Whatsamatta should have the alarm bells ringing. They will be out to perform.

That's when womanly are the most dangerous, backs against the wall.

[bondi paul]

I remember that 40-2 flogging we gave them in 1982 probably the best Roosters performance I've ever seen.

Nice call Ray - I was there at the sports ground - a fond memory Schubert tore them apart that day.

[Guest]

cherry evans deserved it i reckon.

He was awesome.

booooooo

[stephenj]

i was at the sports ground that day too! awesome!

[fletch]

Star Manly five-eighth Kieran Foran has all but ruled himself out of Friday's grand final rematch with NRL premiers the Sydney Roosters as he battles an ongoing calf complaint.

Foran suffered the injury in the Sea Eagles' gutsy round two win over South Sydney and was a late withdrawal from their last-minute victory over Parramatta on Sunday.

The Kiwi representative was hopeful of playing the Roosters but struggled to run on Tuesday at training.

"It's coming along alright, I tried to run on it today but it didn't go too well," Foran said.

"I'm going to ice it up today and see how it pulls up tomorrow.

"The short turnaround is a problem. If it was a Sunday game, I would like to back myself in but being a Friday night game it has changed things a little.

"I will see how it goes day to day but at the moment it is not looking good."

Brett Stewart is unlikely to return from a hamstring injury he has had since round one to face the Roosters and Jorge Taufua is probably still at least another week away from overcoming a shoulder injury.

Prop Jason King will also miss the round four fixture after taking the early guilty plea on a grade one shoulder charge.

But Foran said his side had proved already this year they can win with key players sidelined.

"We thrive when our backs are against the wall and we have got players out," he said.

"We have got great depth, the players who come in seem to lift and do a great job.

"It is something that is so great about this club.

"We like it when our backs are against the wall."

If Foran isn't fit, captain Jamie Lyon is likely to move to five-eighth, with Tony Satini to play centre, as was the case against Parramatta.

[Guest]

Cherry Evans deserved it I reckon.

He was awesome.

Your are kidding. Around the 50th minute mark in the grand final, Manly hit the front. From that moment on DCE did nothing to get his side the win. The decision to hand him the medal was another Manly decision with Fulton on the panel. The game goes for 80 minutes, not just 50.

[The Rooster Oracle]

Star Manly five-eighth Kieran Foran has all but ruled himself out of Friday's grand final rematch with NRL premiers the Sydney Roosters as he battles an ongoing calf complaint.

Foran suffered the injury in the Sea Eagles' gutsy round two win over South Sydney and was a late withdrawal from their last-minute victory over Parramatta on Sunday.

The Kiwi representative was hopeful of playing the Roosters but struggled to run on Tuesday at training.

"It's coming along alright, I tried to run on it today but it didn't go too well," Foran said.

"I'm going to ice it up today and see how it pulls up tomorrow.

"The short turnaround is a problem. If it was a Sunday game, I would like to back myself in but being a Friday night game it has changed things a little.

"I will see how it goes day to day but at the moment it is not looking good."

Brett Stewart is unlikely to return from a hamstring injury he has had since round one to face the Roosters and Jorge Taufua is probably still at least another week away from overcoming a shoulder injury.

Prop Jason King will also miss the round four fixture after taking the early guilty plea on a grade one shoulder charge.

But Foran said his side had proved already this year they can win with key players sidelined.

"We thrive when our backs are against the wall and we have got players out," he said.

"We have got great depth, the players who come in seem to lift and do a great job.

"It is something that is so great about this club.

"We like it when our backs are against the wall."

If Foran isn't fit, captain Jamie Lyon is likely to move to five-eighth, with Tony Satini to play centre, as was the case against Parramatta.

We do seem to be getting them at a great time Fletch. Provided we don't go into this game complacent thinking that we should simply win because of all those players out, we should beat them again.

I will never forget the time we played manly a few years ago, when they had a stack of players out and we went into the game big favorites to win and ended up getting our backsides smacked. Let's use that as the perfect reminder in order to eliminate in any ounce of complacency!

I don't know what the stats are, but for some time it seems like to me that the premiership winning team seems to have some psychological edge over the team who they defeated in the GF and end up beating them again the next time they play each other.

[Andrew Walker]

Cherry Evans deserved it I reckon.

He was awesome.

I too tbought it was awesome how he twice manged to kick the ball into FPNs back twice when trying to do a clearing kick in the 1st half

[horrie hastings]

Cherry Evans deserved it I reckon.

He was awesome.

Cherry Evans had a great game and was Manlys best but did not deserve the CCM, as pointed out, he went missing when the Roosters came back in the 2nd half.James Maloney by far deserved it and even SBW ahead of Cherry Evans.

[stsae]

I too tbought it was awesome how he twice manged to kick the ball into FPNs back twice when trying to do a clearing kick in the 1st half

I also believe more than once CherryKnob was speedhumped in that second 1/2 as $BW and co took us downfield to win the GF.

But hey opinions are like arseholes and mine is soft and devoid of logic apparently.

And I know zip about the game.

[Ray Stehr]

If we play well we'll win by as many as we want, If we play like we did the other night we'll still win. We were quite poor in the GF but we still had the class to overrun them when it mattered.

[kakaruk]

Cant wait for jimmy to put one up in the air for tupoe to soar high over poor old Wolfie.Toovey will be well aware Wolfie hasn't got a snowflakes hope in hell to out-jump topes so there will be a couple of manly players loitering in the drop zone for sure.Could create an opportunity for jimmy to grubber thru the line for jenko depending on how the blockers position themselves to nullify toups on the 5th.

[Johnny.]

But hey opinions are like arseholes and mine is soft and devoid of logic apparently.

I don't want to be that guy but I think you messed that metaphor up.

[Parkway_Drive]

Cherry Evans deserved it I reckon.

He was awesome.

Hahaha....loved the sarcasm mate, you got a few to bite!..