Storm v Manly

[rosko]

My belief of what really killed the NRL off on the Coast, remembering that Im a Manly supporter, is when Manly came out and told everyone that they intended pulling the Northern Eagles back to Brookie after they had secured enough funding from seat sales at Gosford. Up until that time, the support for the Eagles had been growing. When Manly came out with that statement, the Coast supporters, me included, turned their backs on the Eagles. It is hard to believe that the NRL still uses the example of the Northern Eagles as a reason not to support an NRL team on the Coast. Bad luck to them... The Mariners are here, and support continues to grow. I am a proud Mariners supporter, I will only go to an NRL game if my kids beg me to take them, yet I try to never miss a Mariners game....

  Go you mighty Mariners.... WE have our OWN team in the Grand Final of a National Competition and are going to compete on an even greater level in Asia....

The NRL cannot even go close to offering what the 'WORLD GAME' can....

                                                                                 

 

[adz]

My belief of what really killed the NRL off on the Coast, remembering that Im a Manly supporter, is when Manly came out and told everyone that they intended pulling the Northern Eagles back to Brookie after they had secured enough funding from seat sales at Gosford.

That plus they moved the team before the stadium was even built... wtf were they thinking? They had no home ground for a year.

 

[Jesus]

I think most coasties hate manly. For the obvious socio-economic reasons. Especially with alot of westies moving north to the coast.

They would have done better with any other nsw team moving to the coast in my opinion.

 

[rosko]

Balmain had the opportunity to come here too. They knocked it back and Norths took it up. I really hope that the NRL 'never' put a team up here. I would like nothing more than to know that the Central Coast is 'THE' stronghold of Football in NSW... 

 

[BrisRecky]

I will always have a soft spot for the Eels, since I've been following them for 30 years, but NRL will never get my financial support whilst I live on the Coast (and I've no plans to move). In the meantime, I've become a Mariners season ticket holder, a Marinator, booked a Corporate Suite for the 2nd leg semi and have attended a few games up at Newcastle.

So take that NRL, you're so yesterday its not funny...........

I'm with Bex...hell I was there when Cumberland oval burnt down...I also will have a soft spot for the slippery's but you wont get me any closer than a t.v game...the NRL have shat all over the coast once too often as far as i'm concerned....got to hell Gallop and take your ever increasing group of thugs and a@@@holes with ya