Results last updated 20-Feb-1996
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150 people have replied. Not everyone has answered every question.
I love Manly : 62
I like Manly : 30
I am neutral : 5
I dislike Manly : 12
I hate Manly : 31
26 votes
Geoff Toovey
21 votes
Steven Menzies
16 votes
Cliff Lyons
10 votes
Ian Roberts
9 votes
Matthew Ridge
5 votes
Jack Elsegood, Nik Kosef
4 votes
Mark Carroll, Danny Moore, Terry Hill
3 votes
David Gillespie, Des Hasler
2 votes
Les Boyd, Owen Cunningham, Daniel Gartner, Graham Eadie, Rex Mossop,
Paul Vautin
1 vote
Anthony Colella, Matthew Guberina, Craig Hancock, Soloman Haumono,
John Hopoate, Peter Peters
Who is your least favourite player?
18 votes
Cliff Lyons
17 votes
Matthew Ridge, Ian Roberts
12 votes
Terry Hill
5 votes
Mark Carroll, John Hopoate, Geoff Toovey
4 votes
Danny Moore
3 votes
Steve Menzies
1 vote
Phil Blake, Les Boyd, Owen Cunningham, Scott Fulton, David Gillespie,
Craig Hancock, Des Hasler, Shannon Nevin, Anthony Rogers, Paul Vautin
Do you think Manly will win the 1996 Optus Cup?
Yes : 38
No : 11
Your comments (most recent listed first)
From the fans...
``Manly were the best in 1995. Eddie Ward stole the final from us. Go
the ARL.''
- Anonymous
``Even though I am from Queensland, I think the Broncos are aresholes.
We aren't all dickheads up here.''
- b.abraham@qut.edu.au
``Manly were outplayed by 14 men in the Grand Final. For winning the
minor premiership there should be more rewards.''
- 94027331@major-mitchell.mit.csu.edu.au
``God comes in many forms. One of them is Geoff Toovey. Go the Eagles.''
- gordonh@sulaw.law.su.oz.au
``Go the Mighty Sea Eagles - 1995 World Sevens Champs. To all those DRONGOS
out there sucked in. Get a life and go whinge on your own pitiful page.
Manly to win forever.''
- Anonymous
``To all those shit heads that follow Canberra, Brisbane or any other Super
League club. You need your fucking head read. Everyone knows that the Manly-Warringah
side have the hottest side going so why would you choose a fucked team like
Canberra or Brisbane. So all those people go root a pig.''
- Anonymous
``STUFF THOSE SUPER LEAGUE BASTARDS - ARL ALL THE WAY. Manly are the only team
in the comp with a chance of winning - CANBERRA MY BUM.''
- Anonymous
``What can I say? Manly always have been and always will be the best team
in the comp. The only reason everyone hates them is that they are so
hard to beat. All the nonsense about money and favouritism etc is
just an excuse.''
- ptrevor@ix.netcom.com
On the Super League...
``Fuck Super League. The only reason Super League started is because John
Ribot holds a large stake in Broncos inc. and supposedly earns a couple of
hundred grand a year from the business. He started the comp to increase
his personal fortune. Ever wonder why the Crushers were not invited to
Super League? Because Broncos lose their monopoly and hence profits.
All the other sides who jumped ship behaved spinelessly and their greed
has ruined a once great game. I am proud to support the ARL and hope SL turns
out to be the flop it is shaping up to be. Oh yeah - fuck the Broncos
too.''
- Anonymous
``How can Super League go by that name when the best team - MANLY - is
not part of their League. Ribot is only in it for the loot - Manly should
remove his name from its records.''
- Anonymous
``Face it - the Bulldogs reign supreme and Manly are LOSERS. John Ribot
is the only person to demonstrate the kind of vision and intelligence that
rugby league in Australia needs.''
- Anonymous
``I wish Packer and Murdoch would fix this problem because they are quite
capable if they tried. Why should rugby league supporters suffer at the
hands of media moguls?''
- Anonymous
``With all the best teams out of the ARL in '96, Manly can win for sure.''
- moot@netinfo.com.au
These clubs with their money-hungry attitude re Murdoch League are destroying the
game; that's right - it IS a game. The Murdoch League concept is motivated by
money and Pay TV and is slowly destroying the Greatest Game of All. Where was
Murdoch in the early days? Did he want League then? NO. But now the ARL has made
league into the game it has become, Murdoch wants some for himself. Even more
of a disgrace are those clubs who have signed with Murdoch League. I am a proud
Easts supporter and wish Manly well especially against the traitors. THE
ARL MUST RUN THE GAME - SUPER LEAGUE MUST DIE.''
- rbvx@music.macarthur.uws.edu.au
``Manly will have to eventually switch to the Super League once the
sponsors figure out that they can have more exposure for their
sponsorship dollar. I fear the ARL will go broke on its present
expenditure I'm sorry to say. At the end of the day, football
is only a business.''
- brendon@triode.apana.org.au
``Manly needs to look long and hard at its role in the whole Super League
drama. The role of Bobby Fulton both as Manly coach and national coach in
particular needs to be viewed very critically.''
- Anonymous
From the rest...
``Since I am a Bulldogs follower you may be able to guess at the bottomless
depths of my hatred for and loathing of Manly and Bozo and his bunch of
sycophants. However, I must say that this page is excellent as it provides
a forum for not only the reasonable and accurate criticisms of the
Bozo-bashers, but also for the ravings of the demented few who support Manly
even though they don't work for the evil KP and his minions Thank you.''
- Anonymous
``Manly really really really piss me off.''
- Anonymous
``The mighty mighty mighty Roosters will be the premiers for the next 200
years. What legends they are - Manly have no chance.''
- Anonymous
``Warriors all the way in '96. The New Zealand invasion has only just
started. We got you in the union now we will kill you in the league.
The West Island will soon be ours. The australia league - notice the
lower case for lower class - is full of Kiwis showing how to play the
game anyway. Hope this really pissed you off.''
- Anonymous
``Manly take it up the arse do-dah do-dah
Manly take it up the arse oh de-do-dah day''
- Anonymous
``I used to love Manly but after the favouritism of the ARL, my feelings have
changed somewhat. I feel oppressed because although the actual team hasn't
changed, I cannot help but despise them. I realise that this is merely tall
poppy syndrome in action but there you have it.''
- Price@internetnorth.com.au
``Kill Bob Fulton. He is a wanker.''
- Anonymous
``GO THE EELS - MANLY SUCK.''
- Anonymous
``BRYAN YOU MUST BE INSANE,
THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOUR BRAIN,
MANLY ARE PILLS,
ONLY FOLLOWED BY DILLS,
CAUSE WE ALL KNOW THE BEST TEAM'S BALMAIN!!''
- Timmy Brasher's sex-kitten
``Who cares? I hate football.''
- bushy@mailbox.uq.edu.au
``MANLY SUCK. They need to get their fucking heads read. Congrats to MATTHEW
RIDGE, IAN ROBERTS and OWEN CUNNINGHAM for having the good sense to
join Super League and leave Manly. Bob Fulton - biggest ARSEHOLE in history...
he wrote the song Dennis Leary sang. BRONCOS FOREVER.''
- n1533321@student.fit.qut.edu.au
``I hate Manly and always will.''
- seanmac@iplabs.ins.gu.edu.au
``Up the Maggies! What I really hate is the way some people who have hated
Manly for years are now looking to them as the saviours of the ARL. It's
unnatural and disgusting. Manly are the bad guys and that's the way it
must stay. I've never forgiven you lot for pinching Les Boyd, and the
Greg Hartley stuff.''
- wallford@magna.com.au
``Manly would not exist if it wasn't for the players they stole from
Norths. We Norths supporters have very long memories - we have to.''
- bwilson@waite.adelaide.edu.au
``Manly suck suck suck suck suck suck suck suck suck suck suck.''
- Anonymous
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