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He has played center all season in state cup. I was his biggest critic, but he has improved a lot and been by far our best attacker. His defense is poor...but no worse than Talau.

Laurie and Wakeham = we have officially hit rock bottom. I have been an advocate of Wakeham...but his last two games have been appalling bad. He is literally only there as there is no one else. If anyone saw Laurie in state cup at 6...he was poor and took multiple plays off. Chipped for...

Reilly has been by FAR the best attacking outside back in state cup...leads in tries and assists by a mile... Talau...is useless...equally as bad defensively...been horribly out of form...AND he is leaving... And Talau is in the squad / Reilly not. Why even bother having a state cup team? Why...

I don't think they would be true. Taratak has almost all of our topliners and is very close with Fulton. If he does us cold last second...it would destroy any goodwill...this is much bigger than one signing.

We should know soon. If Talau is picked in the NRL squad today, then we have messed it up. I doubt it though. In racing terms...we have the inside gate, a ten lengths head start (Fulton being close to the family and his brother here already) and we are carrying no weight (tons and tons of cap...

Sounds extreme...but you are right. They have to get this one right.

I just tried to find that...seems it has been removed. Not the best sign? Or is it still up for you?

Yep... final tackles with us he could not do it 6th tackles there DCE, Tommy, Shuster, Jake T will all be options before Luke most sets. He will run...and kick when needed on opp side of the field to DCE. Perfect.

Perfect team for Luke. Organising half and leader already there... X factor FB already there. Several ball playing forwards there. Leaders like Jake T and DCE already there. All he will have to do is run and play off the cuff. Perfect spot. Good luck to him.

Manly have officially announced Talau "from 2024"... Does this mean the "immediate swap" is off???

And he is a genuine leader... I mean this nicely, but Kit and TDS have 'it'. They are well spoken and leaders. Brooks has never had the personality for leading a side around.

I would be happy with Boyd and also their back up half. It is interesting Mal is angry he was left out of the Des Hasler negotiations....anyone who saw him interviewed re Hunt a week back will know why. He basically let it slip and backtracked as it was open tampering. Someone up there has had...

Absolutely no way Hunt tries to force his way out of a 1 million plus deal without knowing there is another deal waiting. Broncs and Cows can't afford him...that leaves Titans. If anyone saw big Mal on FOX about a week ago, he literally let it slip and then tried to cover his tracks.

Agreed...but Melb also make sure those centers can defend. Bad reads and they spend weeks in reggies / swapped immediately. Ours stay in the team no matter what.

Vital BOTH centers can defend their edges though. You can get by with two average centers if they can defend. Ours have no passing skills, no try scoring ability, 'and' both Talau and AJ can't defend / can't read on D. Look how many tries we have conceded on simple draw and pass plays where...

“I think over the last couple of weeks in talking to Ben and his manager he talked about frustration and we knew Ben wanted to be winning". Winning / frustration / 33. That does not add up to "Tigers".

And, as Demps said, the club has never chased anyone to fix the issue. We have not had two NRL level centers together at the same time in a decade plus...

Yes...that was deliberate and very well coached. I was disappointed Sheens did not react...at all. It was really obvious that was their main tactic. AJ should have been hooked for not blocking out at all on kicks. Matamua should have been on the bench. He could have come on and ToA back to...

He was excellent IMO. Showed genuine confidence. A couple of passes were out of synch with runners, but that is to be expected when he has not played with them all season. He is going to be a star and future captain. Him and Kit will, hopefully, lead the club for a decade.

Yeah, we literally have had issues at center for a decade (as you said)... And you are 100% right, the club have never addressed it. We have always just put 'athletes' into the centers, rather than players who actually can do the basics like defend...draw and pass... Feledy is our big hope...