Who will be our 2017 whipping boy ?

[Fluffy]

i am surprised the wasn't an all of the above option

 

[wombatgc]

Nobody. We are Manly, we love our team fiercely, we have hope and belief and we do NOT put people down. So stop ****ing whinging and rating people as ****, and believe that they are all doing their best, because nobody wants to be known as a half-assed player or why are they here in the first place? Winning culture starts at the grassroots and that, good people, is US. We are as grassroots as it gets. So believe that our team are all capable of being stars. Remember the good stuff rather than the bad. Look at the basic effort and teamwork, and know that they are trying their arses off. And get behind them. The rest will follow. Yep, I'm drunk.

Yeah, yeah....we get that bit, but who's your pick?

 

[maxta]

Pretty easy.....4 of them
Wrights and Brown, Myles
Not Tom who will show flashes of skill in 9's with limited NRL time...the other 2.

 

[robbiea]

How did the Penn's & Ztc escape that list.

 

[Wombat64]

How did the Penn's & Ztc escape that list.

They are a given as is Barrett

 

[Budgie]

Oh honey, I ain't getting off the Zorba train.

 

[ALinda]

Do we have to have one? Thinking optimistically I say no-one.

 

[TimmyQ]

Huge pressure on DCE imo. He will have a consistent and reliable halves partner and a pack that should get decent go forward. He's not even a rep player ATM As hes acknowledged yet he's on international money. Hopefully the captaincy is a master stroke and starting the year injury free he can get back to that running game again. Another fizzer year from him and the knives will definitely be out.

 

[The '47ers]

Huge pressure on DCE imo. He will have a consistent and reliable halves partner and a pack that should get decent go forward. He's not even a rep player ATM As hes acknowledged yet he's on international money. Hopefully the captaincy is a master stroke and starting the year injury free he can get back to that running game again. Another fizzer year from him and the knives will definitely be out.

True Timmy, but that's the trouble with these long contracts. All or nothing, either way we're stuck with the player! Could be worse : ie Ben Hunt/Dragons

 

[tookey]

Oh honey, I ain't getting off the Zorba train.

Is that the sushi train?

 

[tookey]

Manly fans have been fairly exasperated with their club’s off-season recruiting, and it’s easy to see why. On the way out are Jamie Lyon, Steve Matai, Josh Starling, Jamie Buhrer, Matt Parcell, Feleti Mateo and many, many more.

On the way in are bit-part players and fringe first graders, including Shaun Lane, Lloyd Perrett, Jonathan Wright and Jarrad Kennedy.

Jackson Hastings and Blake Green are the big signings, but even those two won’t turn things around. Oh, then there’s Akuila Uate…real good.

Biggest addition: Jackson Hastings

Biggest loss: Jamie Lyon

Biggest risk: Just being a Manly fan in general

http://www.sportingnews.com/au/leag...dris-tamou/z009a8ijktsj18948m3fah0l0/slide/16

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

Manly fans have been fairly exasperated with their club’s off-season recruiting, and it’s easy to see why. On the way out are Jamie Lyon, Steve Matai, Josh Starling, Jamie Buhrer, Matt Parcell, Feleti Mateo and many, many more.

On the way in are bit-part players and fringe first graders, including Shaun Lane, Lloyd Perrett, Jonathan Wright and Jarrad Kennedy.

Jackson Hastings and Blake Green are the big signings, but even those two won’t turn things around. Oh, then there’s Akuila Uate…real good.

Biggest addition: Jackson Hastings

Biggest loss: Jamie Lyon

Biggest risk: Just being a Manly fan in general

http://www.sportingnews.com/au/leag...dris-tamou/z009a8ijktsj18948m3fah0l0/slide/16

The wanker who wrote that had us 16th in recruitment, think he's a Manly hater.

By a country mile we've had the biggest changeover , and there's a lot of " hopefuls" in the list, but how we rate 16th ( unless he's just being a prick) is beyond me.

Anyway, hope all the players read that and it gives them some fire in the belly to prove this arsehole wrong!!

 

[Goanna Pete]

Stupid stuff this..everyine who pulls on a Manly jersey gives their all. So why don't we get behind these men..maybe we should nominate those who constantly bag the players as our whipping boys..

Manly 4 life!! your friend Goanna Pete from Rabual...

 

[Wombat64]

The wanker who wrote that had us 16th in recruitment, think he's a Manly hater.

By a country mile we've had the biggest changeover , and there's a lot of " hopefuls" in the list, but how we rate 16th ( unless he's just being a prick) is beyond me.

Anyway, hope all the players read that and it gives them some fire in the belly to prove this arsehole wrong!!

I don't know how anyone can realistically rate our recruitment. Who the **** knows if we've picked up some astute buys or just more **** that we'll be getting rid of again at the end of this season? I'm also yet to be convinced that our coaches have the ability to get the best out of them?

 

[wombatgc]

Manly fans have been fairly exasperated with their club’s off-season recruiting, and it’s easy to see why. On the way out are Jamie Lyon, Steve Matai, Josh Starling, Jamie Buhrer, Matt Parcell, Feleti Mateo and many, many more.

On the way in are bit-part players and fringe first graders, including Shaun Lane, Lloyd Perrett, Jonathan Wright and Jarrad Kennedy.

Jackson Hastings and Blake Green are the big signings, but even those two won’t turn things around. Oh, then there’s Akuila Uate…real good.

Biggest addition: Jackson Hastings

Biggest loss: Jamie Lyon

Biggest risk: Just being a Manly fan in general

http://www.sportingnews.com/au/leag...dris-tamou/z009a8ijktsj18948m3fah0l0/slide/16

Blake Green would be a bigger signing than Jackson Hastings imo.

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

Er, yes, because he is a regular first grader.

 

[manlyfan76]

Huge pressure on DCE imo. He will have a consistent and reliable halves partner and a pack that should get decent go forward. He's not even a rep player ATM As hes acknowledged yet he's on international money. Hopefully the captaincy is a master stroke and starting the year injury free he can get back to that running game again. Another fizzer year from him and the knives will definitely be out.

Last year was a pressure year for DCE with no 5/8 and short on forwards.