Manly Sea Eagles shed Sydney Roosters as their 'bogey team' ROOSTERS players have specifically targeted Manly all year, after receiving an off-season history lesson that identified the Sea Eagles as their "bogey team." Victorious in just two of their previous 10 clashes with Manly leading into 2013, the Roosters have won all three games this year after coach Trent Robinson pointed out the club's poor record against their feather foes during the summer. Lock forward Frank Nuuausala last night said Manly had routinely "flogged" the Roosters, with the Sea Eagles smashing the 40-point barrier on four occasions since 2007. The Roosters were also held scoreless twice in that period. "We did have chat that said Manly were the top team," Nuuausala said. They were our bogey team. We were always getting flogged by them. Target ... Trent Robinson pin-points Rooster's bogey team. Picture: Porteous Gregg. This year we just wanted to compete with the, and the credit goes to the coach (Robinson). We worked really hard on our defence. For the past decade, Manly and Melbourne have been the top two teams and we wanted to copy those teams. I didn't think it would come this week. The Roosters have been miserly in defence against their former nemesis, conceding just 16 points in three games this season. Interchange utility Daniel Mortimer said the team had "targeted" Manly as a result of Robinson's pre-season wake-up call. "We've been focussing on getting up for Manly games this year," Mortimer said. We've had a really poor record against manly, both in recent times and over history. They have been three of our better performances and that shows the type of attitude against Manly. They've been in this position a lot more than us in recent times, so beating Manly in April or June is a lot different than beating them in October. The coach also reminded his team that Manly had one two thirds of all 120 clashes between the sides since 1935. They definitely had the wood over us. We spoke about it at the start of the year and saw them as a bit of a target for us. We've risen up to the games so far but it won't mean anything if we don't beat them on Sunday. Manly players disagreed the Roosters enjoy a mental edge on the basis of this year's three results. Sea Eagles prop Brent Kite pointed-out that dynamic fullback Brett Stewart had missed two of the losses, and was resuming from injury in the other clash. "He just means points to us," Kite said. I don't want to put too much pressure on him, but we are more confident when Snake (Stewart) is there.