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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 2791650, member: 1899"] I'm enjoying these old FoxSports marathons. They just aired the 2010 Grand Final between St George & Sydney. After watching it again, it maybe the worst grand final I've seen. The officiating reached an all-time low and the Roosters produced the worst half of football I've seen from a grand final team. True, they didn't have 40 put on them, but then again they weren't up against a red-hot side like Manly. In fact, the Dragons were ordinary on the afternoon and still managed to win comfortably. While I'm happy for their fans, I think any year where a top side is caught cheating makes for an odd conclusion. I also caught Manly versus St George from 06. I never gave Manly enough credit back in the day. To me, they were a side that was trying to buy it's way to a premiership without sorting their fundamentals. Looking back, they were displaying premiership qualities, the problem is that Rome wasn't built in a day. The squad wasn't quite there yet and players like Matai, G. Stewart and Watmough wouldn't come into their own next year. So you had blokes like Shayne Dunley, Luke Williamson, Kylie Leuluai, Travis Burns filling spots in the side before the likes of Jamie Lyon, Josh Perry, Glenn Stewart and Brent Kite would come into their own. The match itself saw the Dragons hold Manly off 26-24. Despite it showing up on a Dragons marathon, I thought this was a better illustration of where Manly were at. They were a patchy side that were their own worst enemy at times but you could see the pieces coming together. On the other hand, the Dragons were this gun side that just had enough stars to make the most of their opportunities. From 04-06, Matt Head was a gun player, it's a shame injury got the best of him. Apart of me wishes he had have remained injury free, found his feet at Wests and he could have helped steer the Tigers around following the departure of Prince. Unfortunately by the time he got there, he was completely busted and joined Moltzen (another player with no luck) on the sideline. I feel for the Tigers, they had no other choice but to go with Morris and once he over-stayed their welcome their gun NYC prospect was a no-good piece of shit... Back on topic, Cooper, Gaz, Poore and Young were impressive. Considering the Dragons got the job done without Jason Ryles and Luke Bailey on the road it was a quality win all things considered. [/QUOTE]

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