I can see what you are saying. But that is dependant on RA having limited funds after the Suaali signing. I've got no idea if that's true or not.

Maybe Koula more likely to go to rugby if Sualli has also gone?

A lot of good points in here. As you say the press conference is where fans want to hear answers if we lost. And Des's hatred for the media turned it into a mumble fest. And also, how long can you run with the world v us stuff? Eventually the players tune out of it. And how many times can you...

Do we know the status of Weekes contractually beyond 2023? Why hasn't Manly extended him or why hasn't another club swooped on him?

I'm assuming this is a rhetorical question. Paseka and Keppie were the swing guys in the pack given they had the biggest gap between potential and current output. They both look considerably fitter and the very early returns have been impressive.

Yeah if they want to put Tedesco and Edwards in front of Tom based on availability, then fine. But to put Papenhuyzen who doesn't play and isn't better than Tom anyway is a real headscratcher.

I see Manly are 6.5 point underdogs. Sounds about right.

We know what Suli is by now. Damaging with the ball but questionable decision making and suspect defence. Sounds like Christian Tui.

Can Tui play centre? I'm not willing to give up on him yet but his decision making and high ball catches on the wing aren't good enough.

And to think quite a few on here thought he was grossly overpaid at 700-800k a year. Some even thought we should try and shop him. Jake is Manly personified.

Yeah it does. At the time Christian started really strong and Saab was having second year blues. To be clear I'm really high on Saab. Thought he showed last year prior to his injury that he had really worked on his weaknesses. He has a great attitude and willingness to get better. Tui has...

When was the poll done?

Surely we wouldn't have signed him if he could leave mid-year to coach another club? Appreciate there was talk that he could take another job if he wanted it - but surely that would be end of season?

Think we win 4 out of 6 of those. Sitting on 14 points after 9 weeks. We won't be booking our GF tickets yet, but at the same time we won't be flying under the radar either. As it stands, I think there is a top tier of Penrith, Souths and Rooters (Penrith still might be in a top tier by...

Yep - as we saw last night we have "enough" points in us. The defence part is where Parker excels so we actually do need him. Helps he is probably only on 300-400k as well.

Agreed. Vaega not up to NRL standard. Poor decision making from what I've seen. Agree we all frustrated with Christian tui but Ray V isn't the answer.

Both have been much maligned. Rightfully so as they have teased us for years now. They have flashed brilliance along with errors. But are they finally delivering?

Yeah if you compare their potential to known products that are average like Sipley and Boyle it is a bit of a headscratcher. I said at the time that it was weird extending Sipley recently. But either way all the guys we are talking about here weren't in the top17 first game.

Every club can say this. Thats life in the NRL. Have Manly let go any young guns that we regret? I guess Gutho but that's a long time ago now.

Agreed with this. Besides AFB who have we let go in the last 5 years that people are really upset by? I mean should we have kept Foran for one year to lose Schuster? Should we have kept an injury prone and off field liability like Walker for 600k? Manly have assembled a roster with a heap of...