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Which players are you most interested in 2024

Stagger eel

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Eelementary said:
I think I recall some comments from Manly at the time that they were looking to have Gutherson as their long-term centre.

They were definitely annoyed when we snagged him.
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he was still contracted to Manly when he signed, I'm not sure they can be annoyed about releasing a kid from his deal.

one things for certain BA knew straight away he nabbed a special one when the deal came through.
 
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Stagger eel said:
he was still contracted to Manly when he signed, I'm not sure they can be annoyed about releasing a kid from his deal.

one things for certain BA knew straight away he nabbed a special one when the deal came through.
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I still remember where I was when @Delboy contacted me one Saturday morning to tell me we snagged him.

Easily our greatest external signing since Ray Price.
 
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Stagger eel said:
he was still contracted to Manly when he signed, I'm not sure they can be annoyed about releasing a kid from his deal.

one things for certain BA knew straight away he nabbed a special one when the deal came through.
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They were probably annoyed that we were the ones to sign him!

I can see why they made the call - they had Tom Trbojevic, and Gutherson suffered his second knee injury.
 
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strider said:
Yeah i dont think we had a particularly bad injury year .. there are always going to be injuries and the way our squad is built is meant to handle that .... the dumb as shit suspensions screwed us
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RCG missed 10 games
Lane missed 14
Grieg missed 8
Matterson 6

Being that our forward pack is our strength I reckon we where unable to dominate how we would normally.
 
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Looking at this photo, Junior has dropped a few kilos. Possibly the fittest I have seen him in some time. Be interested to see how well the weight drop helps him this year.
 
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strider said:
Yeah i dont think we had a particularly bad injury year .. there are always going to be injuries and the way our squad is built is meant to handle that .... the dumb as shit suspensions screwed us
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We started the season with 16 contracted players and had to draft in Lumelume to field a side. We lost Lane, Greig, RCG, Matterson, Hodgson, Doorey, Ofehengaue, Davey, Dunster, Rein, Cini, Loizou and Blake for long periods throughout the season. We had two forwards playing in the centres in NSW Cup for a long period and Rein, Davey and Hodgson were all medically retired during the season.

Dumb shit suspensions cost us as did the release of players without replacing them in the squad but to suggest we didnt have a particularly bad injury year is fanciful....
 
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We started the season with 16 contracted players and had to draft in Lumelume to field a side. We lost Lane, Greig, RCG, Matterson, Hodgson, Doorey, Ofehengaue, Davey, Dunster, Rein, Cini, Loizou and Blake for long periods throughout the season. We had two forwards playing in the centres in NSW Cup for a long period and Rein, Davey and Hodgson were all medically retired during the season.

Dumb shit suspensions cost us as did the release of players without replacing them in the squad but to suggest we didnt have a particularly bad injury year is fanciful....
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most of those players are rubbish

hodgo getting injured was a blessing ...... dunster, rein, loizou, blake - rubbish, none worthy of even filling in in NRL .... doorey, davey - pffft, fringe first graders

Lane and RCG were our main injuries - sure they were missed ...... every other team loses good players to injury too ...... I don't think it was a particularly bad injury year
 
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hindy111 said:
RCG missed 10 games
Lane missed 14
Grieg missed 8
Matterson 6

Being that our forward pack is our strength I reckon we where unable to dominate how we would normally.
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yeah Lane and RCG were significant injuries that were bad for us .... but same shit happens with most teams

and half of Mattos missed games there are suspension .... and 4 of RCGs are suspension too
 
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strider said:
most of those players are rubbish

hodgo getting injured was a blessing ...... dunster, rein, loizou, blake - rubbish, none worthy of even filling in in NRL .... doorey, davey - pffft, fringe first graders

Lane and RCG were our main injuries - sure they were missed ...... every other team loses good players to injury too ...... I don't think it was a particularly bad injury year
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I feel you are talking out your arse....

The calibre of the player isn't part of the injury. If they aren't available then you have to replace them with someone. It upsets defensive patterns as players are defending outside someone new each week or having to learn a new combination in attack. Lane and RCG were our main injuries as was the disruption with suspensions for stupid reasons however injuries interrupt a season and to have so many players unavailable during the season played an impact regardless of your "interpretation". Other clubs have them as well and more often than not as we saw with clubs like the Bulldogs, Sea Eagles and Cowboys it impacts your season regardless of how you rate their playing ability.
 
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