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The game has moved on from me and a lot of people from my generation
Oh the memories. Almost brings tears to the eyes. Great years, great players, great games.- Bearfax
- Post #146
- Forum: Rugby League Forum
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Confirmed: PNG Team Coming 2028
In my usual convoluted and expansive manner, all I was trying to suggest is understand we are all conditioned to believe or accept perspectives, just as those on this site are rabidly Manly supporters. Its an emotional response, not a logical one. And as Goebbels demonstrated and we're seeing it...- Bearfax
- Post #93
- Forum: Rugby League Forum
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Confirmed: PNG Team Coming 2028
Now Woodsie, I know I can be a a pain the a at times. Its in my nature. Perhaps its because having been in the work I had, researching is a fundamental. But hey, doesn't mean I'm right, though I operate on what seems the most probable, not what is absolute. Always leave the door open for the...- Bearfax
- Post #91
- Forum: Rugby League Forum
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Confirmed: PNG Team Coming 2028
That's why you should vote based on which party offers the most sensible policies. Voting for the one party over and over is why the US is in such chaos. I was raised in a conservative right wing family and voted that way until my mid 20s. I saw things then that disturbed me about the policies...- Bearfax
- Post #88
- Forum: Rugby League Forum
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Confirmed: PNG Team Coming 2028
I base my opinion on policies not media propaganda, like the majority in the US seem to have done. This is not about left or right wing nonsense that so many fall into. Its about examining the policy issues. What impacts on us all. I'm supportive of some elements of the Labor party, the Greens...- Bearfax
- Post #84
- Forum: Rugby League Forum
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Confirmed: PNG Team Coming 2028
Though I think you over glorify the Albanese government (there are issues I feel that are contrary to our interest such as in fossil fuels etc) I do agree that in general they are doing a fairly reasonable job. Internationally I applaud most of their efforts to take a stand on some issues that...- Bearfax
- Post #77
- Forum: Rugby League Forum
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We were blessed at centre
Quite right. O'Connor's last game for Manly was in 1992. Lyon's first game for Manly was in 2007, though his career started in 2000. Excellent combination, but I think Lyon-Fulton was a superior combination, and would have been lethal outside Cliff Lyons and Toovey or DCE- Bearfax
- Post #11
- Forum: Rugby League Forum
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If we are to go all the way in 2025 who is in our 17?
Where's our best defender, Jurbo.- Bearfax
- Post #41
- Forum: Rugby League Forum
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We were blessed at centre
Noel Cleal Ron Gibbs Both ended up in the forwards but they were also a terror at centre. Chris Close Darrel Williams Kevin Iro Peter Gallagher Dylan Walker Some didn't reach their peak or were just good in the role.- Bearfax
- Post #8
- Forum: Rugby League Forum
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Who’s “ stepping up” in 2025
Agreed Bozo. Great full back and had he escaped injury over so many years he would have challenged Eadie for my best Manly full back. A shame we never saw that consistency and frightening skills of 2021, every year. But we now have another potentially outstanding full back in young Hopoate. If...- Bearfax
- Post #39
- Forum: Rugby League Forum
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Who’s “ stepping up” in 2025
Having watched Turbo's style, he does a lot of what I would identify as 5/8 type play, running in to create gaps for outside backs.. His roving stile is actually quite similar to Lockyer, though he's a little quicker and stronger. Watched him in the centre closer to the action and he was...- Bearfax
- Post #34
- Forum: Rugby League Forum
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Who’s “ stepping up” in 2025
Read recently of talk about Turbo to 5/8 and young Hoppa to full back when DCE hangs up his boots. Memories of Lockyer's move which proved very successful- Bearfax
- Post #26
- Forum: Rugby League Forum
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Confirmed: PNG Team Coming 2028
I understand Mark. Like I said I've a mate who is quite dubious of the decision. Another old flame who spent her early years in Port Moresby tells of some difficult moments as a teenager. All I can suggest is sometimes sport settles things down a little. Like I said the Romans understood that...- Bearfax
- Post #60
- Forum: Rugby League Forum
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Confirmed: PNG Team Coming 2028
One of the biggest concerns is who would want to join them from the NRL. Talk suggests they would have to live in enclosed security monitored accommodation. I would actually love it if it worked. I'm all for expansion of the code and keep hoping Perth will be next cab off the rank. Its going to...- Bearfax
- Post #58
- Forum: Rugby League Forum
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Confirmed: PNG Team Coming 2028
Though the idea seems worthy, in reality as you say, its a political decision to keep China at bay, without clear guidelines as to how it should operate. I have a close friend, a former Polish missionary, who spends a lot of time in PNG, mainly in the highlands, working voluntarily for the...- Bearfax
- Post #53
- Forum: Rugby League Forum
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Confirmed: PNG Team Coming 2028
Australian governments for some reason have not clamped down on Australian property being allowed to be sold to overseas interests without restrictions. Many countries don't allow this without restrictions. For example to buy a property in China it has to be only on a 70 year lease, must be...- Bearfax
- Post #52
- Forum: Rugby League Forum
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How old are you ?
Year of the Tiger man, just turned 74. At my age one expects what I call Geriatric moments. Many of my friends are suffering major illnesses or early to late stages of dementia. I hit my used by date 20 years ago, so I'm on borrowed time. Still reasonably fit, but you start to feel it after you...- Bearfax
- Post #27
- Forum: Rugby League Forum
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2026 recruitment & retention
Hopefully by the beginning of the 2026 season, all this talk will be redundant and young Joey Walsh will be Manly's next half. No doubt that is what the coaching staff is hoping for. Humphries and Arthur were just fill ins, it seems. By then he'll be nearing 20 years old. Given Foran played his...- Bearfax
- Post #2,693
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[Resurrected] RELEASED WTF? - viliame fifita and alec tuitavake
Agreed LC. We still have DCE for at least another year, and Manly are hedging their bets that young local Joey Walsh will develop from a top junior to a top first grader. To keep Humphries may have had Walsh look elsewhere. The kid may not reach the heights. That's the risk you take. But his...- Bearfax
- Post #532
- Forum: Rugby League Forum
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2026 recruitment & retention
Straight backed, tough as teak, great defender, solid in attack and pushed Fulton into the centres. Yes a top player- Bearfax
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