exactly,he went for the money,I remember talking to Bob Fulton on the continuous call team when it was just about to happen,he said Manly cant match the offer that the Bulldogs have put to him, I wasnt happy at the time,but over the moon now,as we got the better of the twoHappilyManly said:He went for the monies, Manly were not impressed 😎 In fact it gave ideas to the Son of Sam 😛
MadMarcus said:Just quietly, I reckon the plan was always to keep DCE. Manly just wanted to force the Dogs to pay the big bucks for second best. Hodko was good, but there was somebody with far greater potential waiting in the wings.
We took the same approach in relation to the coach a year later.
Team | P | W | D | L | PD | Pts | |
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1 | Bulldogs | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 74 | 14 |
2 | Storm | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 78 | 12 |
3 | Raiders | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 12 |
4 | Warriors | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 12 |
5 | Broncos | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 78 | 10 |
6 | Cowboys | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | -10 | 10 |
7 | Sharks | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 39 | 8 |
8 | Sea Eagles | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 8 |
9 | Tigers | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 8 |
10 | Dragons | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -8 | 8 |
11 | Rabbitohs | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | -44 | 8 |
12 | Dolphins | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 6 |
13 | Roosters | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -52 | 6 |
14 | Titans | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -68 | 6 |
15 | Knights | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -74 | 6 |
16 | Eels | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -107 | 6 |
17 | Panthers | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -26 | 4 |