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The Titans are pretenders and are the team to pop up your for and against :yep

Souths will nail them later on in the season, even with the referee being on your side.

 

If Thurston is gone for the year, they'll be hovering around Sharkies and Broncos territory (which is spoonville).

 

What bet did you make?

 

Going ok so far, if Bird keeps improving you just may have a shot at it.

Still, the Dragons will be hard to run down in the season.

 

Also im hoping the Bulldogs and Parra keep losing.

Most overrated team in the comp.

 

The Bulldogs have lost a bit of their mongrel in the forwards, and Kimmorley is starting to remind me of Stacey Jones during his last year. Ben Barba looks like a star in the making though. Will be interesting to see how he develops.

Parra are playing very ordinary at the moment. Their 6 and 7 are playing like they're the worst halves pairing in the comp. They'll get better as the year goes by, but they'd wanna be able to pick up a few wins in the meantime.

 

ben barba is an absolute talent and a half, cant tackle but jeese with ball in hand that kid is exciting and i hate the bulldogs!!
parra are an ordinary team to be honest, apart from hayne they aint that much, they let go of there best junior to cronulla (albert kelly) although that cant be seen now by how crap cronulla are...
dragons, melb, titans & manly are the most consistent during the year, but dragons and titans arent proven finals teams... so its going to be interesting who can kick up a gear..
thurston going means cowboys are gone for the year

 

Parra will come good. Typical slow start to the season.

 

Yeah mate....same as the dragons...they always start slow...wait till the dragons hit full pace :yep

 

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Manly Sea Eagles beat Cronulla Sharks 40-12 at Brookvale Oval

• Dean Ritchie
• From: The Daily Telegraph
• April 11, 2010 4:03PM
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Manly outclass Cronulla

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Frustrated ... Ricky Stuart. Source: The Daily Telegraph

• MANLY 40 CRONULLA 12

HE HAS staunchly supported his players over the past two years but Cronulla coach Ricky Stuart could not hold back any longer.

After watching his side get belted 40-12 by Manly at Brookvale Oval, Stuart accused his side of "throwing in the towel".

And he was right.

Cronulla were terrible.
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They made error after error, most early in the tackle count.

At times it was embarrassing.

After conceding the first try, Manly steamrolled the Sharks - who simply could not compete against such a quality side.

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"We were outclassed and outplayed," Stuart said.

"There isn't much more of an excuse.

"At the 20-minute mark, we were right in the game.

"Then some of their class took over. We had an inexperienced group and Manly are always very tough. But some parts of our play, we threw in the towel.

"That is uncharacteristic for this team. That disappointed me most as the coach."

Reminded how he always stuck by his side, Stuart said: "I'm just telling the truth.

"I don't want that to make a beautiful headline tomorrow.

"We were outclassed on the edges.

"We were beaten by some very good footballers."

Sharks fullback Albert Kelly had a particularly unfortunate game.

His confidence looked shaken, his options questionable.

There is no doubt the youngster has skill - but errors are killing his game.

Cronulla fumbled, bumbled and threw forward passes.

Even their best player, Paul Gallen, coughed up the possession which led to Manly's final try.

"It all fell apart," said Cronulla skipper Trent Barrett.

"But they are a good side. We came up with a lot of errors."MANLY 40 (J Lyon 2 M Robertson 2 M Cross T Hodkinson G Stewart tries J Lyon 6 goals) bt CRONULLA 12 (G Millington T Smith tries N Stapleton 2 goals) at Brookvale Oval. Referee: Tony Archer, Alan Shortall. Crowd: 16,055.



43 years and still waiting.Singo and his Central Coast bears will be up and running within 2 years.:happy:happy:happy