News: Manly to fight for Steve Matai, Trent Hodkinson

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<p><strong> THEY are being offered big money elsewhere but Manly are poised to retain New Zealand Test centre Steve Matai and rising halfback Trent Hodkinson, The Daily Telegraph understands.


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[Dan]

Sorry WAMF CW got in just before you, I just hadn't published it yet

 

[DSM5]

Good to read that Orford is not on the radar.

 

[Matabele]

"he could be a victim of the salary cap" he shrugs as he walks away. 

 

[CliffyIsGod]

So one day Telle says Hoddo is going, then the next dasy, he is staying. Hopeless.

 

[Dan]

So one day Telle says Hoddo is going, then the next dasy, he is staying. Hopeless.

To be fair, the "he is staying" has only come about since the announcement of the salary cap increase

 

[Jethro]

I really do hope that they both stay but if one was to go, I'd be more in favour to keep Hodko (for the forward future development of the club) and lose Matai as I really can't see him lasting long in the game because of his continued neck and shoulder injuries with the way that he plays his game.

 

[codewana]

I really do hope that they both stay but if one was to go, I'd be more in favour to keep Hodko (for the forward future development of the club) and lose Matai as I really can't see him lasting long in the game because of his continued neck and shoulder injuries with the way that he plays his game.

Also considering we could play Farrar there or Whare - neither of which I think would let us down.

 

[Dan]

I agree, it seems the better and more logical option of the two. Sad to see either go. I guess heartstring wise I would not like seeing Matai go. I still remember sitting at brookie watching him score his first try...a very lucky try indeed on his first game, but thinking "good on you kid"

He annoys me sometimes but has really stepped up over the past 2 years. However games and comps are not won on sentiment and Hodko is worth holding onto for the next few years to see what he does and what he can become

 

[Matabele]

Letting Matai go is like bidding farewell to a jalopy held together by fishing twine and copper wire. 

 

[Jethro]

I agree, it seems the better and more logical option of the two. Sad to see either go. I guess heartstring wise I would not like seeing Matai go. I still remember sitting at brookie watching him score his first try...a very lucky try indeed on his first game, but thinking \"good on you kid\"

He annoys me sometimes but has really stepped up over the past 2 years. However games and comps are not won on sentiment and Hodko is worth holding onto for the next few years to see what he does and what he can become

Exactly

 

[Jethro]

Letting Matai go is like bidding farewell to a jalopy held together by fishing twine and copper wire. 

Haha, I like that analogy.

 

[The Wheel]

What is a jalopy

 

[Matabele]

Jalopy (also clunker or hooptie) is an old, decrepit, unreliable and often nonfunctional car which has limited mechanical abilities and is often in an unmaintained and usually in a rusty or dented shape. A jalopy is not a well kept antique car, but a car which is mostly rundown or beaten up.

When a jalopy gets to a state in which its maintenance becomes too expensive, its owner would be required to make a decision about its fate.

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

Letting Matai go is like bidding farewell to a jalopy held together by fishing twine and copper wire. 

Might not pass a pink slip exam but he's not out of rego yet.

 

[Matabele]

[quote author=Matabele link=topic=183454.msg264599#msg264599 date=1275269109]
Letting Matai go is like bidding farewell to a jalopy held together by fishing twine and copper wire. 

Might not pass a pink slip exam but he's not out of rego yet.
[/quote]  I wouldn't be committing to $600k over 3 years for a bomb without a pink slip, would you?

 

[WAMF]

lol Dan. No worries mate.

 

[WAMF]

[quote author=Matabele link=topic=183454.msg264599#msg264599 date=1275269109]
Letting Matai go is like bidding farewell to a jalopy held together by fishing twine and copper wire. 

Might not pass a pink slip exam but he's not out of rego yet.
[/quote]
I like that analogy.

 

[Dan]

Register him in QLD, only needs to pass for the first inspection then it's all good for the life of the car

 

[Matabele]

[quote author=SeaEagleRock8 link=topic=183454.msg264633#msg264633 date=1275273756]
[quote author=Matabele link=topic=183454.msg264599#msg264599 date=1275269109]
Letting Matai go is like bidding farewell to a jalopy held together by fishing twine and copper wire. 

Might not pass a pink slip exam but he's not out of rego yet.
[/quote]
I like that analogy.
[/quote]  Is it a comment on our declining medical assessment standards that have done us well in recent years?  Our injury toll this year is troublingly higher than we've seen for a while.