Matai

[Jesbass]

Hey guys, just noticed that Matai seems to be absent from the team lists. Is he injured?

 

[Dr Crane]

Hey guys, just noticed that Matai seems to be absent from the team lists. Is he injured?

suspended i think

 

[Jesbass]

suspended i think

Cheers, Doc. I know he got suspended for 3(?) weeks, but I thought that was in mid-May, so assumed that he'd be back by now. Maybe not! :?

 

[Dutchy]

Has only served one game so far. We had the bye the week after he copped the suspension.

 

[zombie jesus]

He's served 2 already, Broncos and Cowboys, plus Titans this week, he got the QLD trifecta, he will be back against Souths next week.

 

[Jesbass]

Thanks, guys. Forgot to factor in the bye.

 

[Dutchy]

Ah yeah, forget we played Cowboys. Head is all over the place atm.

 

[Talanexor]

Ah yeah, forget we played Cowboys. Head is all over the place atm.

For what it's worth Dutchy I'd rather forget that game too...

 

[Sea_Eagles_Rock]

Now Hokko is gone, I hope we sign up this beast for a couple more years. Looking good tonight.

 

[zombie jesus]

He made some great runs out of dummy half tonight.

 

[Daddycool]

Yep, I'm convinced re-sign him. He clearly has some injury concerns but he's too valuable to the team to let go. His performance tonight against Souths with one arm and Lyon out of the game.... gutsy.

 

[winnyason]

He is a gun test footy player and great hitter

 

[Overweight Moron]

Matai is seriously a nuffbag. I mean he's great if you want a bloke in your team who clutches his shoulder all game every game, either that or tries to start the marker every time he gets tackled (when he gets angry he forgets about clutching the shoulder).

 

[coolsteve]

a

Matai is seriously a nuffbag. I mean he's great if you want a bloke in your team who clutches his shoulder all game every game, either that or tries to start the marker every time he gets tackled (when he gets angry he forgets about clutching the shoulder).

yep,name says it all

 

[zombie jesus]

Beat me to it.

 

[Sea_Eagles_Rock]

Scored 2 last night. Yet apparently he only clutches his shoulder. Honestly, some opposition fans have no idea about him. Blinded with rage.

 

[eagles4eva]

Matai in two minds after Sea Eagles contract offer comes up short

CHRIS BARRETT

July 13, 2010
MANLY have made a last-ditch bid to retain their New Zealand international centre Steve Matai, but the three-year contract offer made by the Sea Eagles yesterday is unlikely to be sufficient to keep him at Brookvale Oval.
Matai, off contract at the end of the season, is due to give an answer to coach Des Hasler today after weighing up the new deal last night. However, the chances of the 25-year-old accepting the offer are minimal, as the salary is considerably less than offers from two rival NRL clubs including the New Zealand Warriors and three English Super League sides.
Matai's agent, Gavin Orr, said Hasler would be told Matai's decision today, but conceded Manly's offer was below what the player had hoped for. ''It's something that he's got to consider,'' he said. ''It [the offer] is probably not where he's at at the moment. Whether they want to improve on that is another thing.
''There are other clubs in Europe and in the UK that are offering better deals at this stage. [Manly] have been hamstrung with what they were able to offer but we're just considering everything.''
A frustrated Matai last week gave Manly an ultimatum: give me an offer by Monday or I'm off. The Sea Eagles took the hint and tabled a three-year deal before the deadline expired yesterday but there remains a sense of unease on Matai's side about Manly's priorities.
''I think he's probably been in their top two or three players this year,'' Orr said. ''The frustration is more from Steve's side of things. I think Steve is very unhappy they haven't made him a priority and recognised what he gives the team each and every week.''
The Sea Eagles have faced a challenge to retain some of their leading players after tying up Anthony Watmough, Jamie Lyon and Kieran Foran on long-term contract extensions earlier this season.
They added Glenn Stewart to that list in June but the constraints of the salary cap rendered them far from competitive when Canterbury came sniffing for their rookie halfback Trent Hodkinson, who the Bulldogs eventually lured with $280,000 a year. Representative prop Josh Perry is also on the way out, headed for St Helens.

Source - http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/...ract-offer-comes-up-short-20100712-107xj.html

 

[Dutchy]

I cant put my disappoint in words if we were to lose Matai.

 

[mortz]

i will be stoked if he comes to the sharks, but disapppointed for you guys, he is a top player

 

[Nice Beaver]

i will be stoked if he comes to the sharks, but disapppointed for you guys, he is a top player

What, have the Sharks put in an offer now?? First I've heard of it.
I thought it was the Warriors or Manly.