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Sea Eagles v Dogs @ Fort Brookie GameDay chat thread
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Winging it
BULLDOGS coach Des Hasler will travel more than 200km today - and work a 20 hours - as his front-running side prepares for and plays arch-rivals Manly this evening at Brookvale Oval.
Hasler, a workaholic, will leave his northern beaches home at 5am today and drive directly past Brookvale Oval on a 50km journey to Canterbury's home base at Belmore Sports Ground.
He will work on video and preparations before taking his side into a mini-camp from lunchtime at a Sydney hotel. There, they will have lunch and hold a team talk before heading to Brookvale.
Rather than drive, Hasler always rides in the team bus to Sydney games. While at Manly, superstitious Hasler always sat in the second seat on the left. Yet rather than be dropped home - just 5km from Brookvale - after the match, Hasler will stick with his side and return to Belmore on the team bus.
He will then drive back to the northern beaches, arriving home about 1am.
Meanwhile Manly coach Geoff Toovey has tipped big Tony Williams to make a huge impact tonight.
"I just think with the amount of time he has been out through injury and suspension that he just wants to pick things up for himself and for the team," Toovey said.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/bulldogs-coach-des-hasler-driving-himself-hard-in-his-bid-to-beat-manly/story-e6frexnr-1226430397612
Down to business as Brookie hype builds
There's no denying the Sea Eagles' second encounter with the Bulldogs and Des Hasler's return to Brookvale is a big deal but the challenge for the Manly men is managing the hype.
While the public anticipation for the blockbuster rematch at Brookvale Oval builds, the players are trying to narrow their focus to exclude everything but the football.
"Nothing other than wanting to perform well and win," co-captain Jason King said.
"...When we get out there and we're playing, we won't be thinking about any of that type of stuff."
Lots more @ http://www.seaeagles.com.au/news-display/Down-to-business-as-Brookie-hype-builds/59645
Hasler, a workaholic, will leave his northern beaches home at 5am today and drive directly past Brookvale Oval on a 50km journey to Canterbury's home base at Belmore Sports Ground.
He will work on video and preparations before taking his side into a mini-camp from lunchtime at a Sydney hotel. There, they will have lunch and hold a team talk before heading to Brookvale.
Rather than drive, Hasler always rides in the team bus to Sydney games. While at Manly, superstitious Hasler always sat in the second seat on the left. Yet rather than be dropped home - just 5km from Brookvale - after the match, Hasler will stick with his side and return to Belmore on the team bus.
He will then drive back to the northern beaches, arriving home about 1am.
Meanwhile Manly coach Geoff Toovey has tipped big Tony Williams to make a huge impact tonight.
"I just think with the amount of time he has been out through injury and suspension that he just wants to pick things up for himself and for the team," Toovey said.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/bulldogs-coach-des-hasler-driving-himself-hard-in-his-bid-to-beat-manly/story-e6frexnr-1226430397612
Down to business as Brookie hype builds
There's no denying the Sea Eagles' second encounter with the Bulldogs and Des Hasler's return to Brookvale is a big deal but the challenge for the Manly men is managing the hype.
While the public anticipation for the blockbuster rematch at Brookvale Oval builds, the players are trying to narrow their focus to exclude everything but the football.
"Nothing other than wanting to perform well and win," co-captain Jason King said.
"...When we get out there and we're playing, we won't be thinking about any of that type of stuff."
Lots more @ http://www.seaeagles.com.au/news-display/Down-to-business-as-Brookie-hype-builds/59645
only 20 hours?
Luxury!
We used to have to get out of the lake at six o'clock in the morning, clean the lake, eat a handful of 'ot gravel, work twenty hour day at mill for tuppence a month, come home, and Dad would thrash us to sleep with a broken bottle, if we were lucky!
Luxury!
We used to have to get out of the lake at six o'clock in the morning, clean the lake, eat a handful of 'ot gravel, work twenty hour day at mill for tuppence a month, come home, and Dad would thrash us to sleep with a broken bottle, if we were lucky!
Nthn NSW said:
Or I could go and watch some monty python.
Berkeley_Eagle
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GIFTYS PLAYING
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mickqld said:
Glenn named on the official list, no Brett
EagleFromMay1967
Sky Punching : send them High as the Clouds
I'm listening via ABC Digital Grandstand - live here in Delhi, Pre match stuff is on. as soon as match finished, we have to get the train to Varanasi.
GO THE EAGLES !!!
on the hill:
M A A A N N L Y ! M A A A N N L Y ! M A A A N N L Y !
GO THE EAGLES !!!
on the hill:
M A A A N N L Y ! M A A A N N L Y ! M A A A N N L Y !
caspersparks
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nervous as.. i think we all need to remember its just another game.. we may lose and still win the grand final and vice versa..
i really hope we win though
i really hope we win though
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