Warriors 'Close' to deal with Matai - in talks with White & Blair

[nibbs]

FYI - We've withdrawn our offer to Steve. They haven't even bothered giving us an answer and the deadline has now passed.

Time waster of the highest order.

source?

 

[Mixmasterreece]

source?

A reliable one.

Should be announced that he's staying at Manly within the next few days

 

[NZ Warrior]

Huzzah!!!

 

[northmanlywarrior]

Who cares he would have been a waste of money

 

[Mixmasterreece]

Now officially confirmed

http://tvnz.co.nz/rugby-league-news/warriors-withdraw-matai-offer-3683518

Warriors withdraw Matai offer


The Warriors have officially withdrawn their offer to Manly centre Steve Matai.

With negotiations dragging on, the club has decided they have had enough.

Matai's manager Gavin Orr denies he was pushing the process out, to get him a better deal with Manly.

He said Manly was always his first priority and its fair enough that the Warriors want to move on.

Orr confirmed Manly tabled a new offer to Matai on Friday night.

 

[mean]

Can't believe the nrl has licenced Orr to act as an agent.

 

[Micistm]

Decent of him to let the other club know.

Pretty sh*t really. Not overly bothered as IMO would have been a waste of money for us, but reminds me of my retail work days with tyre kickers you waste ages with who have no intention of dealing with you

 

[Beavers Headgear]

Sensational, best move the Warriors have made in their history

Thanx lads

 

[Penrose Warrior]

I agree, you can have him. He's a decent player but there's definitely money better spent elsewhere. If you're happy, we're all happy.

Looks like Adam Blair is staying put and isn't ours as well, whilst you'd have to guess Brett White was going to Canberra.

Cmon James Graham...

 

[Scott]

Allen Mac was on the radio this morning talking about James Graham perhaps being on the radar.

It's a signing i'd like to see happen. Graham is in the same mould as Ellis and Burgess in terms of seasoned test players. The top pommy forwards are actually very very good players. They have no backs whatsoever though.

 

[Penrose Warrior]

Another reason today I'm so pleased we didn't sign Matai. What a dirty merkin he is. Should get 10 weeks.

 

[shinobi]

Yeah but he did it to Ennis so its OK.

 

[Glen from the Mount]

Yeah but he did it to Ennis so its OK.

I agree. He shouldn't get any weeks off for that, in fact he should get a few credit points to bring down his carry-overs.

 

[Rich102]

On a slightly different note hasn't it been great not having to worry about the judiciary this year?

 

[Glen from the Mount]

On a slightly different note hasn't it been great not having to worry about the judiciary this year?

Don't speak too soon, the season isn't over yet, but yes it has been very good so far.

Look at Manly, they already have Glenn Stewart out suspended (and rightfully so) and could have another 3 after yesterdays game. At the very least, Matai is gone.

 

[Dr Crane]

hopefully matai is gone for the kiwis as well.

 

[Penrose Warrior]

hopefully matai is gone for the kiwis as well.

Manly are out in the first round, and he's getting at least 4-6 weeks. So yep, thankfully he will be.

With SKD, Ropati, Sau around, we're fine.

 

[Auckland4ever]

hopefully matai is gone for the kiwis as well.

I agree with this, which is a shame because Matai is a good athlete who is capable of playing good football. But he's careless at best and a dirty player at worst and this side of his game rears its head too often.
Was it the last time we played Aus that we succumbed to a draw after largely dominating the match? From memory, the momentum swung to the Aussies after Matai put on a pointless, late shot on a player without the ball that resulted in a penalty & then a try not too long after. Very frustrating player who is tarnishing what potentially could be a very good career.

 

[Dr Crane]

I agree with this, which is a shame because Matai is a good athlete who is capable of playing good football. But he's careless at best and a dirty player at worst and this side of his game rears its head too often.
Was it the last time we played Aus that we succumbed to a draw after largely dominating the match? From memory, the momentum swung to the Aussies after Matai put on a pointless, late shot on a player without the ball that resulted in a penalty & then a try not too long after. Very frustrating player who is tarnishing what potentially could be a very good career.

yeah, he put a late hit on slater, was penalised and australia scored off the next set. we ended up losing by 4.

 

[RHYTHM AND STEALTH]

From the NRL Matai facing 7 weeks