Wow. Manly falling Magpies style to a club who wouldnt know what a junior looked like. Throw is Easts and you'd have the perfect feeding frenzy!
Manly's board is f*ked. They have handled this with all the ego and carelessness that Qantas did last week. That is the problem. One can understand loyalty to the coach, but unless you are addicted to the taste of your coaches sperm like Darius Boyd, there also has to be an element of club loyalty. Put this way - the future legend status that Lyon, Watmough, Matai, Kite, Ballin and the Stewarts has at Manly has to have value. I would be shocked if any of them left Manly before the pension topup years.
That said, what is it with Canterbury's addiction to Manly halves ffs? And more importantly, what loyalty will Canterbury get? Cleal is as loyal as Charmayne Pavlisi's vagina. Dymock and the existing coaching staff have been given a use by date, and while it's normal for coaches to come with staff, it's not normal to say to an incumbent that whatever success you bring will amount to nothing.IMHO neither board has invested in loyalty.
Back to Manly. Any club that thought it was a good idea to poach John Ribot deserves the curse of the dead. Damn shame Manly fans that you cannot enjoy this premiership. Then again, Wests never got their shot again after Arko called.
This will not break Manly as much as it wont make canterbury. There is not a premiership for either of them, but Manly's future looks bleak.
