Which players are you most interested in 2024

[Stagger eel]

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.

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.

 

[Avenger]

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.

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.

 

[Incorrect]

I still remember where I was when @Delboy contacted me one Saturday morning to tell me we snagged him

On the shitter?!

 

[Avenger]

On the shitter?!

You're terrible, Muriel.

 

[the phantom menace]

I just hope we have a better run without as many injuries this year.

 

[Eelementary]

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.

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.

 

[King-Gutho94]

I just hope we have a better run without as many injuries this year.

and suspensions

 

[strider]

and suspensions

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

 

[hindy111]

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

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.

 

[TheCrowe]

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.

And were still only one win out of the 8.

 

[The Colonel]

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.

 

[TheCrowe]

Boxing is good for him.

 

[The Colonel]

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

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....

 

[The Colonel]

Boxing is good for him.

Looks like it however he boxed at the end of 2022 and didnt come back looking this fit.

 

[TheCrowe]

Looks like it however he boxed at the end of 2022 and didnt come back looking this fit.

He was pretty fit and pushed out big minutes. Its great cardio training so wont hurt him.

 

[The Colonel]

He was pretty fit and pushed out big minutes. Its great cardio training so wont hurt him.

Don't disagree. He just looks fit this time. Last year he was much bigger than he appears at the moment.

 

[strider]

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....

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

 

[strider]

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.

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

 

[the phantom menace]

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.

Yep, looks significantly slimmer.

 

[The Colonel]

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

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.