swoop said:
rastus said:
swoop said:
Hey Rastus, they're all nobodies according to you when they leave Souths but when you buy players like Byrne, Polgase, Marteene etc they suddenly become labelled as superstars! :lol: :lol:
You also pay big money for players past their use by date. Souths is the retirement village of the NRL. Players only go there to collect their last big pay cheque before they retire. :lol: :lol: :lol:
cough cough McGuinness, Walker :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
What are you on about :lol: They played more games than Hill & Macdougall. They are also a few years younger than your guys! I think we got better value from Macguinness and Walker!
250k for Hill 31 :lol: :lol:
200k+ for Macdougall 28.
:lol: :lol:
BTW Macdougall was going to play for the knights on match payments until your mob waved the big retirement cheque in front of him!! ;-) ;-) ;-)
I think you must have your forums mixed up. Where have I, or any other Souths supporters, labelled Byrne, Polglase & Marteene as superstars ?. The Manly forum, on the other hand, greets EVERY signing as if it is Joey Johns
. The kerfuffle created by the signing of C Hicks was amazing considering he is a nobody :lol: :lol: :lol: .
It's your inference that because a few clubs were after Hall and Bryne that they must be great players, both are untried at the top level, and talking of nobodies Marteene, Pethybridge, Polglase haven't played much 1st grade at all in 2003
To make a comparison, let's look at Marteene shall we? His signing has hardly rated a mention by Souths supporters (and certainly nothing compared to Hicks in the (official) Manly forum. Now lets look at their respective careers. Hicks has played first grade yes, but when the Panthers were VERY ordinary, since becoming successful he has not had a look in - no coincidence there
. On the other hand, Marteene has played in an EXTREMELY successful Bulldogs premiership winning side and has since been kept out by El Masri & Utai - no shame there. On the above evidence, who is the better signing :roll: .
You know as well as I do that the Hicks signing was blown out of proportion by some posters on the Mightyeagles site, and as for Hicks no being able to crack a 1st grade spot I can use the same comparison, he's behind Rooney and Lewis, no shame in that. But according to Zorba Hicks also had a falling out with Lang, so he wasn't going to play 1st grade no matter how well he played.
Based on your evidence we won't know who the better signing is until they play some 1st grade games next year. It's ridiculous to suggest that just because Marteene played in a premiership winning side that he's a better signing than Hicks
The above statement is not meant to indicate that I rate Marteene highly as a signing, but I would certainly have him in front of Hicks.
In relation to McGuinness, what has he done to earn his $200k + :lol: :lol: and Walker, he is going so well that you want to shaft him :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Walker may or not be at Manly next year but he missed a fair few games and was still in the top 10 on the points scorers list. I don't agree with him being released(but that still isn't a forgone conclusion). I agree Mcguiness has been disappointing but he's the only highly paid played that hasn't performed.
Now if you want I can list a few of your ex-players that have been shafted(your words) Muir 300k and Richardson 200k+, money well spent! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
