Lyons To Menzies - Face To Face
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The '47ers
Your resident two-headed Queenslander
Pity about the Hadley taking over
Hadley goes alright, think he's got a soft spot for Manly, being good mates with Bobby Fulton from his footy calls.
HK_Eagle
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I just watched the replay of it and thought the exact same thing, Bob. Gutted at how this club has fallen this past decade and a bit.
double hoops
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The Scott Penn era of meh
Brookie1973
Previously TerryRandall
The greatest try scoring combination in the history of the game. The footy equivalent of caught marsh, bowled Lillee.
Brookie1973
Previously TerryRandall
Just finished watching it. Don’t mind admitting I still get teary eyed with that Menzies try in the 2008 GF. As far as fairytales go, that is hard to beat.
Good to see Cliffy still putting **** on the ref for 95. What a legend.
Was sitting in the corner where he scored that. Was seriously the best night ever.
Brookie1973
Previously TerryRandall
That must have been something else. What a memory to have. Great stuff.
HoldenV8
Journey Man
Unless I'm wrong, he's also good mates with Zorba.
I guess I'm lucky. Being from and in Adelaide, I never had to deal with Hadley's radio show or personality. He's Sydney's problem
As a football commentator though, I tend to agree that he goes alright. Unlike most ex-players who get commentating jobs because of who they are regardless of their mic skills (or lack thereof), at least Hadley comes from a radio calling background and sorta kinda knows what he's doing.
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CollaroyJo
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Yes one of my best memories of that game...... way up in the middle of the stadium but we were all up on our feet cheering
manly al
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Guess a bit understated but how most of the passes seemed to stick
Probably a combination of some deft and precise passing and positioning from Cliffie and Beaver having some real good handling skills
Beaver did make it look easy slicing through the opening but also there , more as a result of his great footwork , acceleration , anticipation
Can "t really think of a Manly back rower that was so good on his feet and the pace to go with it then Beaver
Gartner was real good also , Choc had quite a bit going for him as well ,
Shawn Lane had deceptively good footwork as well but Beaver exclusively , always just seemed to have that real elite level of ability and more so , finishing ability
Probably a combination of some deft and precise passing and positioning from Cliffie and Beaver having some real good handling skills
Beaver did make it look easy slicing through the opening but also there , more as a result of his great footwork , acceleration , anticipation
Can "t really think of a Manly back rower that was so good on his feet and the pace to go with it then Beaver
Gartner was real good also , Choc had quite a bit going for him as well ,
Shawn Lane had deceptively good footwork as well but Beaver exclusively , always just seemed to have that real elite level of ability and more so , finishing ability
Dont forget Nic Kosef, two good knees and he would have been a superstar. An ideal 13 in todays game.
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