OFFICIAL Kelma Tuilagi
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Really love him and Luciano for us this year and can't believe we're going through the same process... yet again... of having to see our better players leave (though I do agree with the club's decision of not offering LL more money to stay).
Viking Warrior
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😔
He confirmed it himself a few weeks back
What a loss this guy will be. Such a shame to have identified him from Melbourne, spent years developing him, only for him to leave just as he hits grade. Don’t know how manly are going to fit them all in. Maybe we can have a crack at Olakauatu or Schuster, Tapau or Paseka?
He played 5 games of first grade last year
Tuilagi could only play after Round 11 or 16 or something. He was put in when he could and played a few games before doing his shoulder. Was going well.
Where Maguire can not excuse him self is the fact that he sees this guy every day at training, and didn't have him locked up on a good contract for years. The guy hits like a brick and runs hard as anything. Manly sore a few games and noticed it and swooped in? That's on Maguire. In a time where our back row depth is at an all time low (including the death years of 01-03), back row re-signings should have been a priority. Our back row is horrendous. And now we have more exiting backorders than ones coming in.
Where Maguire can not excuse him self is the fact that he sees this guy every day at training, and didn't have him locked up on a good contract for years. The guy hits like a brick and runs hard as anything. Manly sore a few games and noticed it and swooped in? That's on Maguire. In a time where our back row depth is at an all time low (including the death years of 01-03), back row re-signings should have been a priority. Our back row is horrendous. And now we have more exiting backorders than ones coming in.
Manly player now.
No point crying.
Lament thread that way --->
One of many mistakes the club has made and will continue to make until the right people are put in the right positions.
Disgraceful.
No point crying.
Lament thread that way --->
One of many mistakes the club has made and will continue to make until the right people are put in the right positions.
Disgraceful.
pawsandclaws1
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The question is now who is going to replace him?
This is a massive issue.
Luciano, Tamou and Kelma are all leaving.
I honestly think we'll see more, in Garner, Mikaele and Offa..
6 players who are usually in our top 17...
We've got Papali'i coming in however that's 1 coming in and 3 definitely leaving and potentially 6 actually leaving.
Unless we're banking on untested youth, we're in a very bad place.
Hope they know what they're doing because I am very worried.
Here's a situation....
You have the opportunity to play with a heap of rep players - in a top 4 team - in and around the northern beaches of Sydney
OR
A bottom 4 team, no real rep players, inner and outer western Sydney.
Based on those deciding factors alone... He's going 90% of the time!!
Everyone is.
He's not from the WT's, He hasn't been there long enough to form lifelong bonds.
You can't blame the coach and the club for absolutely everything.
We are in all sorts of trouble roster wise for next year.
We have more Hookers signed (AK,JL,JS and Rua) than Backrowers to say how bad it is.
1 in and potentially 6 of our best forwards out (LL, KT, JT, LG, TM, JO) and right now zero forwards in the pipeline who can step up for next year.
Stefano, Twal and Musgrove are it. We think our depth is bad this year right now it looks to be worse next year.
Blore we can't bank on and Seyfarth isn't good enough to be a NRL starter, ok depth player.
We probably need to hope we can trade a hooker & half for a forward if any club is willing to do that.
pawsandclaws1
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Aitken would be a good buy for the second row if he is available.
gallagher
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You can't blame the club for being a bottom 4 team?🤣
pawsandclaws1
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Wasn't Tuilagi's offer pretty good from the Eagles?
100%
I hope everyone can see how bad this situation is.
Not much talent available on the market, I know Pascoe and the club - and this is 100% factual - are into waiting and seeing what situations happen at clubs allowing players to become available. Monitoring situations.
Now I'm not sure that's the best way to do business as that's more discards like Maumalo.
However, we're all aware dogs have issues and need to shed to make room. We should be asking questions and NOT for their favourable offloads like Dufty and Vaughan.
Topine (Utility forward)
Thompson (Front row)
Doorey (Second row)
+ Tapine (Raiders) and whatever else we can pillage from them.
