Completely agree with this. We need more creativity. Sometimes when brilliantly creative players like Benji become a coach they think that players should be able to do what he could...sometimes it's their undoing as they find it frustrating. Looks like he's identified what he needs so it's a good start.
Possibly. Might be able to get us to 16th
Actually I am glad and excited and prefer the new halves. Hope Sullivan is 100% have wanted him for some time now as a replacement at 7. Fainu will be an awesome 6. Sezer will provide the experience until they mature. Agree that we are so much better off. Just think the numbers are a bit low. That is all. Think Fainu and Sullivan will get paid more for 2024 than the estimate and rightly so. Brooks was back ended because of poor management not his fault. And the rubbish he gets is unjust. We have had a crap spine and forward for so long and I would never put it on one person. Learn’t that as a child. Story for another day. When all the blame is on one person in a team that fails, in reality makes that person most valuable to that team. Will explain that in another post. If it is true about Brooks and how crap he was, then Manly in for a horrible few years. Time will tell.
Just as a matter of record, none of Moses, Tedesco or Brooks were under 20s premiers. This was the team that won the (2012) comp:
that was coming out of english SL news as well so i expect it has some legs
Then don’t play him that way, start Twal; he is experienced. We moved on Joffa to give Stef the start.
RIP Mosese Fotuaika. He had a big future in the game. So sad what happened.
I make that as Stef asking Freddy to not play him so that he doesn't activate that clause in his contract.
Won that premiership on the back off a team of average players and two great wingers. Most likely won’t see that again!!
you could even make the argument that it might be even less with Sullivan at 6 and Da Silva on the pine.
I agree that Sullivan will be paid more than 350k. But my post was regarding 2024 numbers and I am certain we won't be taking on Sullivan at 500k.. Dragons will have to chip in atleast 100k.
For sure, I could see Doueihi stepping in as a 14 towards the back end of the year though.
Agreed. I think Manly believe their window is the next year or so, hence Brooks over Fainu. But I hope Fainu kicks butt in 24 and 25+. 2024 looking better than 23 and 25 better still. So for all so much to look forward to, baring injuries. Then the chatter here will be very different. Looking forward to that!
Excellent post mate.
100% right mate, the old Brooks fans trying to blame anything or anyone to deflect from our pathetic halves. Anyone with an ounce of footy IQ can see we win the yardage most games, get in to position to score, but the halves create nothing.
And great coaching . If we’d had had the foresight to pick him ahead of Taylor when that all went down , I wonder what situation we would be in now
It’s also the way they back up around the ruck . It’s easy to blame Bula , who is out of place at times , but whenever API pokes his head through there’s never anyone there . Brooks does it occasionally , but Wakeham would never be there . And too often Bula isn’t there because he’s out wide ready for the next play .
