: Tue Mar 10, 2009 1:29 pm  

JB Down Under wrote:

bullocks, Perth NEVER "went bust". Show me one single pice of evidence this was the reason for them being cut.

Tradition? Yeh the most hated club in RL, great tradition to uphold but I see Stuart and Watmough are doing their best!

I knew that would get on your nerves.


Yes "tradition" you seem to have a problem with that.

: Tue Mar 10, 2009 1:31 pm  

manly tradition :

1972, 1973, 1976, 1978, 1987, 1997, 2007

Perth

: Tue Mar 10, 2009 1:35 pm  

dally messenger wrote:

perth had debts of $10 million which they couldnt pay back.
they certainly were a basket case that news ltd didnt want to fund anymore

your evidence or where you on the NRL/ARL or Reds board at the time?

They were culled to make way for Melbourne, a move that News deemed more profitable and gave the ARL it's pound of flesh it was after. Any surprise that half the Reds set up moved to Melbourne?

re being in debt, tell me which club wasn't that much in debt furing teh war? every club was being bailed by either ARL or News to sign players to way over the odds salaries. Being in debt in the miiddle of a spending war was no indication of how strong teh etam might have been following the peace treaty.

Enjoy your tradition Manly, like Newton, Nth Sydney and the other failures before you it will be all you have left in years to come

: Tue Mar 10, 2009 1:41 pm  

dally messenger wrote:

manly tradition :

1972, 1973, 1976, 1978, 1987, 1997, 2007

Perth

Amazing Dally, every year when manly won the premiership there has been a number 7 in it .Who know we could be the 7th wonder of the world lol.And to add to that we won 7 premierships ,so yes we're the 7th wonder of the world.

: Tue Mar 10, 2009 1:43 pm  

manly4ever wrote:

Amazing Dally, every year when manly won the premiership there has been a number 7 in it .Who know we could be the 7th wonder of the world lol.

its 7 more than perth have won, or ever will win.

these fans of expansion teams that we have to fund for years thinking they can take away our clubs which are the backbone of RL.

: Tue Mar 10, 2009 1:44 pm  

JB Down Under wrote:

your evidence or where you on the NRL/ARL or Reds board at the time?

They were culled to make way for Melbourne, a move that News deemed more profitable and gave the ARL it's pound of flesh it was after. Any surprise that half the Reds set up moved to Melbourne?

re being in debt, tell me which club wasn't that much in debt furing teh war? every club was being bailed by either ARL or News to sign players to way over the odds salaries. Being in debt in the miiddle of a spending war was no indication of how strong teh etam might have been following the peace treaty.

Enjoy your tradition Manly, like Newton, Nth Sydney and the other failures before you it will be all you have left in years to come

that debt was caused by the competition perth ran off too.

then news ltd needed perth no more, they said bye bye

am i missing anything here.

sweet justice.

shame they didnt do the same to the broncos

: Tue Mar 10, 2009 1:46 pm  

Yet you're all for expansion in SL?

: Tue Mar 10, 2009 1:47 pm  

JB Down Under wrote:

your evidence or where you on the NRL/ARL or Reds board at the time?

They were culled to make way for Melbourne, a move that News deemed more profitable and gave the ARL it's pound of flesh it was after. Any surprise that half the Reds set up moved to Melbourne?

re being in debt, tell me which club wasn't that much in debt furing teh war? every club was being bailed by either ARL or News to sign players to way over the odds salaries. Being in debt in the miiddle of a spending war was no indication of how strong teh etam might have been following the peace treaty.

Enjoy your tradition Manly, like Newton, Nth Sydney and the other failures before you it will be all you have left in years to come

A bit like perth!

: Tue Mar 10, 2009 1:47 pm  

Shame we didn't just leave small suburban clubs to head off back to the NSWRL and let the big boys get on with a world class league that made RL the number one code in the country. Oh well what could have been!

: Tue Mar 10, 2009 1:50 pm  

JB Down Under wrote:

Shame we didn't just leave small suburban clubs to head off back to the NSWRL and let the big boys get on with a world class league that made RL the number one code in the country. Oh well what could have been!

JB what competition do the reds play in now you silly, silly boy




thank god for sydney and all its clubs for helping the boys in perth out, in 1995, and 2008