He has some sway!? He is a selector he picks the teams. Whether he guaranteed it before hand or not doesn't really matter, he has done Walker a favour here, ive literally heard no one but Laurie(who has to) try and justify his selection based on form, it cant be done.
If Daley or any other rep coach does not pick the team they want then more fool them. Fulton is not an official selector.
And whether or not he is guaranteed a spot before hand does really matter, as it's what most whinge about claiming that players are promised NSW spots to sign on. Cannot be done.
Anyhoo, he is picked, and like so many other NSW selections it is an odd one. Would love to know what Fulton promised blokes from other teams that get in and are so often scrutinised.
I guess Fulton promised Pearce his spot to join Manly but he kept stringing him along? Maybe Coote did not sign with Manly so this is a get square? Nathan Merritt must have been about to sign with Manly I'd say when he got in. Likewise Kane Snowden, Tim Mannah, Tim Grant, Josh Reynolds etc.
Point being, there are selections thrown up nearly every year that get questioned. As soon as one of those is a Manly player "oh its a conspiracy" when there are plenty of other calls made in every team, every year.
