I have tremendous admiration for all our players and would not want to lose one of them. If however we lose the players mentioned, B.S, G.S, K.F, A.W + one more ( all possibles only ), we should not forget that we have some real talent waiting in the wings. I know we have already lost Robbo, Hoppa, Rodney and not one of these players mentioned are easily replaced, but everyone is replaceable.
Although he may not be as good a fullback as Snake, Ben Farrer is a handy fullback. How many high pressure games were we forced to win without Glenn this year? I think Foran played in DCEs shadow for most of the year and Choc would surely get himself into way to much trouble over at Belmore. If he did go with Des, i wonder if his " One more strike and your out " would still be in effect?
I want them all at Manly for the rest of their careers and I want Des here next year, but if their hands are forced and they all walk away i doubt very much we'll crumble into a pile of easy beat losers. We still have Ferris, Lussick, Harrison, Oldfield. See if you can add any other young players names that are on our books that might jump at the chance to play NRL. Darren, Ryan?