Kelma Tuilagi Signs With Manly

[Kelce68]

That’s the thing tho he wasn’t a starting back row, he had just had his debut and was only 5 games in playing off the bench in limited minutes.

.... He started in Round 1. He looks every chance to hold that starting spot. He may not have a history of being a starter, but is now and looks very likely to be on a continuing basis.

I need a counter here for this phrase as I'm losing track of the number of times I've said it....

'He's the best current second rower at the club'.

 

[innsaneink]

Maybe we should try and ditch the duds and keep the gooduns

 

[Eyeofthetiger 0]

Forget Nanai. He is likely to the dolphins as they have tabled him a huge offer.

That’s Nikora in the video with Madge. Not Nanai

 

[batboy]

Source? They're offloading Marty Taupau at the end of the year who's on 800k so you'd have to think that would free up a fair bit of money. Dylan Walker too.

You think there's no one in that whole squad getting an upgrade between now and then?
800k off the cap for next year, Doesn't ever mean there's an automatic 800k to spend.

 

[TieDye]

You think there's no one in that whole squad getting an upgrade between now and then?
800k off the cap for next year, Doesn't ever mean there's an automatic 800k to spend.

Wish more people understood that it isn’t how it works, thus the paper bags…

 

[Go_You_Good_Things]

my bad I didn't mean for that to have a condescending tone

All good mate . . . it's very hard to build tone of voice and a joking demeanor into texters and forum posts.
The fact I didn't notice his offload for the try, but did notice the 3 or 4 times he could have advanced the ball, might have a lot to do with the negativity that comes with being a long time fan. Especially vs the storms.

 

[Spartan117]

Forget Nanai. He is likely to the dolphins as they have tabled him a huge offer.

That’s Nikora in the video with Madge. Not Nanai

Can someone repost the Vid ir the link??

 

[bathursttiger1]

Hey just wondering where you saw that he’s been signed for 500k a year?

The POM said in a previous post that Manly offered a lot more dollars then we were going to offer.

 

[TieDye]

The POM said in a previous post that Manly offered a lot more dollars then we were going to offer.

It was the Manly money that got him, interested to note he’s concerned about longevity and security, says to me he may be the type to bail on the boys and that rumour about the dressing sheds starts to become reality.

 

[bathursttiger1]

Add Schuster to that duo

Schuster will replace Foran at 5/8.

 

[bathursttiger1]

Anyone know who nanai manager is

Nanai's manager Sam Ayoub.

 

[bathursttiger1]

Forget Nanai. He is likely to the dolphins as they have tabled him a huge offer.

That’s Nikora in the video with Madge. Not Nanai

Dolphins have offered Harry Grant and Jahrome Hughes big contracts so there cap is starting to fill up very quickly.

 

[Tiger5150]

Schuster will replace Foran at 5/8.

For mine Schuster will end up too big/slow for 5/8. much like AD I fear.

 

[diedpretty]

Can't imagine they'll make a play for Garner now as well - something went cold there obviously and they moved on to pinch Kelma. Really hope we can grab Nanai to make up for the loss.
If we could get him and Blore returns fit to play we should be covered on the edge in 2023.

May have been the old smoke and mirrors - make a noise about Garner for distraction and quickly move in on Kelma. They nabbed him on Nov 1.

 

[tony soprano]

For mine Schuster will end up too big/slow for 5/8. much like AD I fear.

They have one of the

For mine Schuster will end up too big/slow for 5/8. much like AD I fear.

They have latu Fainu coming through.

Des has a history of keeping old timers in first grade too long tho.

 

[tony soprano]

Dolphins have offered Harry Grant and Jahrome Hughes big contracts so there cap is starting to fill up very quickly.

So have Melbourne

 

[rihannafan1]

People get wound up over the weirdest things. A bit like Paul Momorovski. No club has fought hard to keep him and he has bounced around several clubs. Surely this is an indicator of their value. Fringe players and not worth spending elite money on, whatever the price.

This guy is the same, bounced around, Melbourne let him go and not a whisper. As soon as we do, it's big news. Everyone has a price and maybe his value to us is $350. At Manly it may be more. Good luck to him.

And before anyone says how well he played in the Rnd 1 Storm game last week....I'd like to see that for multiple games and multiple seasons before panicking that we lost a great player.

Pretty sure Momo was a loan swap with Harry Grant and had to leave Melbourne. He came to us bc of Ivan and clearly wanted to leave after that, hence why he went to Melbourne then Penrith. Has now gone back to his junior club to start rather than play one game a year. But I see your point.

I think both will have excellent careers but he could also become a Sitaleki Akuola too.

 

[batboy]

Wish more people understood that it isn’t how it works, thus the paper bags…

Understood what....
That's exactly how it works.

Especially when there's a predicted increase in the cap.

 

[TieDye]

Understood what....
That's exactly how it works.

Especially when there's a predicted increase in the cap.

The comment you were responding to, and correctly addressed. Learn to read I guess?

 

[batboy]

The comment you were responding to, and correctly addressed. Learn to read I guess?

My Bad...
It's just with every comment of yours I read - I can actually feel myself getting dumber.
So I'll apologise if I glaze over anything.

Let me know if you decide to contribute anything of substance in the near future - I'll be sure to check it out.