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  1. Chuck

    Playing Turbo this week is absolutely mental

    Someone explain this one to me other than giving him a game so he can get picked for Origin. Absolutely ****ing crazy from a club perspective.
  2. Chuck

    Plenty to like!

    Fainu Turbo Walker Thompson Suli Not sure we could count any others as first graders. Taufua and Garrick being out has actually improved us.
  3. Chuck

    Plenty to like!

    Funa is looking better and better with every passing game. Definitely a find and has locked down a place in our starting Lineup for 2021.
  4. Chuck

    Plenty to like!

    Christ our standards have slipped. When I saw the Dogs were on 4 points I assumed it was from two byes.
  5. Chuck

    The Take on Jake

    Jake is 100% not the problem. He should be our captain tbh. Is he slightly overpaid? Probably. Would he have got that money elsewhere? Definitely. Did we pay overs to hold onto his brother and keep them together? Yep. Should management have done that? Definitely. When we win a comp or 2 with...
  6. Chuck

    Do we let Taupau go?

    I wasn't implying that at all. Please re-read what I wrote. manlyfan76 attributed our almost getting the spoon to Trent wanting to get rid of Marty. As if there were no other contributing factors??
  7. Chuck

    Do we let Taupau go?

    I agree Marty is a gun, I am firm of the belief that Walker should be moved on as a priority. My concern is the cap hold against Marty/AFB/Jake is huge. What sort of money are those centres on? Am genuinely curious. I would have thought Harper was minimum. I know Suli is reportedly on $550,000...
  8. Chuck

    Do we let Taupau go?

    We aren't that far off the spoon this year. Marty has played all season. We are much closer to the spoon than the top 4, that's for sure.
  9. Chuck

    Do we let Taupau go?

    You do when the playing field isn't even. The best Manly teams of the last 20 years have had their cap evenly spread amongst a core group of around 10 players. Teams with 4-5 players on big money and the rest on peanuts rarely win comps. If you are going to build an extremely top-heavy roster...
  10. Chuck

    Do we let Taupau go?

    Walker has averaged 12.5 games per season in his last 3 seasons for us, so not sure what difference that would make. He is the very definition of busted. Letting him go and spending the cash in a position of need (5/8 or a 9) would 100% be an upgrade.
  11. Chuck

    Do we let Taupau go?

    Point stands. They're on minimum. 80K was the old minimum.
  12. Chuck

    Do we let Taupau go?

    I agree with you the Turbo's value for money right now is looking terrible. But the alternative was losing them both and that would have been a monumental fkup by our management and derided by all supporters for decades. So we can't do anything about that. So to clear decent cap space we need...
  13. Chuck

    Do we let Taupau go?

    **** me we have three highly paid props. You've just named one each from a couple of random teams. Name another team with three highly paid props. Now name a premiership winning team from the last 25 years with three highly paid props that were eating 20-25% of that team's cap.
  14. Chuck

    Do we let Taupau go?

    Yes, let's ditch Jake after a massive contract upgrade. That will do wonders for team harmony. Don't think ditching Boyle or Keppie 80K will help the cap problem. You do get what I'm saying right? I'm not saying Marty is a bad player. This is a very simple concept.
  15. Chuck

    Do we let Taupau go?

    Jake is currently playing busted and more and more like a prop every week. When he starts playing like a ball playing backrower again I'm sure many will judge him on that.
  16. Chuck

    Do we let Taupau go?

    You still haven't answered my initial surmising. Big money props (of which we now have 3) don't win comps. Big money spines win comps. The point of NRL is to win trophies. Some on here would lead you to believe it's to feel all warm and fuzzy about existing players. Taupau is a top...
  17. Chuck

    Do we let Taupau go?

    This is what people can't separate.
  18. Chuck

    Do we let Taupau go?

    Your post literally proves my point. None of those props were superstars or even rep players other than Kite. And he wasn't eve. One of the top 3 props in the game at the time. Cuthbo, Rose, an old Galuvao, Perry, Bryant. Is this a gee up? Vic Mauro for crying out loud. Yet we won the...
  19. Chuck

    Do we let Taupau go?

    Not sure you can read properly but where did I say you can win a GF without 2 good props? List all the players at Manly on more than Marty. I said millions $$ invested in multiple props doesn't win you comps. Please point to when this has happened in the past. Then I will show you all the...
  20. Chuck

    Do we let Taupau go?

    Other than Kite none of those guys were taking anywhere near the cap hit that AFB, Taupau and Jake are eating into. This is not even close. And I wasn't just referring to past Manly premierships. Look at every year.

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