I think the Titans are partly to blame.
Much like their junior recruitment, they backed the wrong horse.
The circus surrounding the Cronulla meeting should have sounded alarm bells.
Perhaps but most clubs are going to sit down at the table for DCE.
I think the Titans are partly to blame.
Much like their junior recruitment, they backed the wrong horse.
The circus surrounding the Cronulla meeting should have sounded alarm bells.
Thank god we didn't go after DCE. Imagine he backflipped on us? We would try and get Hayne back. :sarcasm:
Mate I swear the bloke (?) you replied to has to be about 12 years old. I snorted with laughter when I read that post he (?) wrote.I would argue the guy definitely deserves to be in the top tier for player payments. His statistics this year alone are matched by only Thurston as far as playmakers go. This, in a losing Manly side and with plenty of years still in him shows how important he is to their team. Trash the guy all you want about his 'moral fibre' (I still think a lot of you are getting carried away) but he is an elite playmaker and worth the big pay packet.
The bloke has no honour.....A person's word means nothing these days.
So we can still just go on hating Manly as normal, yeah?
DCE's reaction
The bloke has no honour.....A person's word means nothing these days.
Bingo, we have a winner
I don't support Manly but good luck to him. The money must be excellent and the Northern Beaches is the best place in Sydney. It's a wore out phrase but rugby league is a business.
people having been lying and going back on their word since words were invented
People love feeling personally aggrieved at matters that have nothing to do with them
Well done Manly for securing a good halfback.
Too bad Titans - your offer wasn't good enough.
As for the rest of you whinging morons - I'm sure you've never made a financial decision based on what's best for you and your family.
If rugby league was really a business the douche bag would have been gone by lunchtime...
Business is hard, cut-throat, and you have to roll with the punches but beyond a certain point, if you go back on your word, play one against the other, and hang people out to dry you won't last long, your reputation will precede you & that's when the business world gets really 'hard'.
Regardless, you are free to choose your own destiny & he has...he played everyone to get what he wanted (stupid rules or otherwise) and you can't make excuses for the way he did that - I don't care if he's the greatest player ever, or who advised him, I don't care what reasons he puts forward...zero respect for his character (or lack of)
Tell that to the TITANS