He's clearly got a plan in mind. It apparently went down like this. Manly made him an offer. The Storm upped that offer. He still chose Manly.
He is very cluey (has a Bachelor of Teaching and a Masters of Education and lectured in the Faculty of Education at the University of Southern Queensland after his retirement from footy), and a nicer bloke you will struggle to meet. He has a knack of connecting with players and is an astute judge of a good footballer.
His connections throughout the Q-Cup and Qld junior football alone will be invaluable to us. Had we snared him a year or two ago, we would most likely have Tim Glasby on the roster now too. Cameron Munster (I know we don't really need him with young turbo biding his time) would be handy as well. These are the types of players we will have access to with Anthony on board. Young, hungry, talented and above all...cheap! (until they establish themselves, and get noticed 😛)
He's also pretty well known and respected in ESL circles too, so he throws a pretty wide net. I'm sure he sees this as a great opportunity for himself, and I think it's a massive get for Manly. Win/win!