Jahream Bula #269

[wstigers11]

Waterman is back after a long break with news - JB will be here next year

Option taken up??

 

[Tigerstigerstigers]

Waterman is back after a long break with news - JB will be here next year

back from a long break? Welcome to the forum Waterman, NEW MEMBER as at 30 mins ago 🙂

 

[Waterman]

back from a long break? Welcome to the forum Waterman, NEW MEMBER as at 30 mins ago 🙂

TTT - have a look back 10 years +. The Waterman has been around for long time.

 

[Rock Hopper Steve]

The difference RHS is that Manu is a naturally gifted, classy and skillful player, whereas Gutho is a high intensity all effort player. I can see Manu at the top of his game for 2 or 3 years, whereas Gutho is cooked.

Sorry mate, can't agree with you on this one, scarred from too many older recruit failures in the past.

 

[clontarfkid]

Manu was not a success in Rugby..had difficulty handling the monster Springboks centres particularly
Dont excpect the same player as 5 years ago at Roosters,who wld pick him up in a heartbeat if he had anything left

 

[clontarfkid]

..and last thought on Bula.our $900k 1 year option is looking reasonable
Drinkwater offers more in attack,but jeez he makes some errors..hope he signed his Dragons offer b4 last nite
Neither are within an inch of Tedesco/Walsh/Ponga/Edwards..and there are other young blokes at Manly/Raiders/Storm who offer at least as much..maybe more

 

[HUNT 101]

Joey Manu as far as I know is signed for this season to play Yawnion but as far as I know is free to play rugby league next year, turns 30 mid year.

I wonder what sort of money and length of deal he would be willing to accept to play full back.

I think he could be a great proposition for a couple of years, but would most likely want a long deal and pretty big dollars.

I'm Gunna say with confidence the won't be putting the black white and orange on ever, the game is getting faster, he will be in his 30's , hasn't played league for a bit , great players once, probably still goes ok but the days of paying a retirement fund for old talent should say way in the revision mirror ....unless we pay peanuts with an option to upgrade if he killing it .... Still not Gunna happen because .Bulla will be locked in before long 😉

 

[vlad]

Waterman is back after a long break with news - JB will be here next year

Welcome back Dennis

 

[jadtiger]

Welcome back Dennis

A great pommie show.

 

[Odessa]

John Bateman making a comeback?

Along with Jordan Rapana still young only 36 will be a great pickup for PNG

 

[crazycat]

It still astounds me that player mangers pull the strings and players just go where they are told to like little children.

Kinda yes/Kinda no.

Look some in the NRL have huge brains. Heck Justin Olam has a degree in applied Physics!!

Others, well they are strugglers.

I had a friend, he was asked to pick his elective subjects at School. i.e. "do you want to do Woodwork, Industrial design and PE" or "Art, Music and drama".. He handed his form to his mother and asked her to fill it out.

Some people just have no drive or will to push for what they want.

 

[GCfan]

Chester I am a fan of to come back from back to back ACL's takes alot

I am too but last night he was rubbish. Been good in all other games this year though.

 

[Betterdays22]

Gonna be honest, I really don't buy the whole "Moses wants to screw over the Tigers" thing everyone on here cries about

His goal is to get his players (and himself) the most money possible - and the Tigers have been such a weak club, he's been able to use us to do so

It's not a personal thing against the Tigers. He's also done it to Manly with Seibold and half their players on ridiculous money.

With Benji running the show, winning games and a united playing group etc it will naturally become much less of an issue in the future.

Agree winning changes anything but I thought it had been confirmed (maybe by Richo) that Benji and Moses will refuse to deal with each other directly. Moses almost certainly orchestrated the Galvin's famous notebook re Benji as well as the Mitch Moses tank.

Truth is probably somewhere in the middle. Tigers have been a basketcase and their own worst enemy, but Moses has also played a role in said basketcase and seems to have some kind of beef with our current head coach.

 

[Fainu Brothers]

Mmmm Creamy. Lets show gus how creamy you are against the defending premiers!