2025 recruitment & retention

[Ryan]

Can we now say recruitment and retention is ****ing trash, and our club is in the bin?

These lowbie , mid signings we are making is going to cripple us for years. We are now in the pay no-one territory due to acquisition balls ups.

Can someone please tell me who the recruitment team are so they can be named and shamed?

Please excuse makers, let's not once again craft some amazing and new ways to let something ****house sound better than it really is, like the performance over the Rabbits.

 

[ManlyGM]

A number of pretty decent forwards that are reportedly on the chopping block or wanting out of there respective clubs at the moment and I think Manly should be all over it.

Have reports from Michael Chammas that Daniel Saifiti is set to be moved by the Knights on as well as Corey Horsburgh is unsettled and might want out of Canberra too.

1 - Stefano
2 - Daniel Saifiti
3 - Corey Horsburgh
4 - Sitili Tupouniua
5 - Royce Hunt
6 - Emre Guler

Even though I think Manly needs more mobility in the middle our overall forward back isn’t great at all and I think all the players above improve the team in some way.

Some improve the depth (Hunt, Guler), while Sitili, Stefano and Horsburgh would probably all slot into our starting side. Saifiti has been average at best for a while now but would definitely consider him too.

The club just needs to improve the forward pack its been a achilles heel for years and now there are a number of forwards potentially available that would improve the squad.

 

[The Insomniac]

Humphries signed by South's. Seibold needs sacking for letting this guy and others go for his short term gain. How's that going by the way, Anthony? What a f&$kin joke.

 

[Frogz]

And we still lack a quality centre.... Unless thats Turbo's job on return. The Schoup looked ok the other day I thought. AS for Humphries, that is a joke. Recruitment and retention is f#cked.

 

[mave]

A number of pretty decent forwards that are reportedly on the chopping block or wanting out of there respective clubs at the moment and I think Manly should be all over it.

Have reports from Michael Chammas that Daniel Saifiti is set to be moved by the Knights on as well as Corey Horsburgh is unsettled and might want out of Canberra too.

1 - Stefano
2 - Daniel Saifiti
3 - Corey Horsburgh
4 - Sitili Tupouniua
5 - Royce Hunt
6 - Emre Guler

Even though I think Manly needs more mobility in the middle our overall forward back isn’t great at all and I think all the players above improve the team in some way.

Some improve the depth (Hunt, Guler), while Sitili, Stefano and Horsburgh would probably all slot into our starting side. Saifiti has been average at best for a while now but would definitely consider him too.

The club just needs to improve the forward pack its been a achilles heel for years and now there are a number of forwards potentially available that would improve the squad.

Saifiti has the worst hands I've ever seen.

And I saw a lot of Choc Whatmough.

I'm be amazed if he didn't drop his toothpaste every morning.

 

[spider]

A number of pretty decent forwards that are reportedly on the chopping block or wanting out of there respective clubs at the moment and I think Manly should be all over it.

Have reports from Michael Chammas that Daniel Saifiti is set to be moved by the Knights on as well as Corey Horsburgh is unsettled and might want out of Canberra too.

1 - Stefano
2 - Daniel Saifiti
3 - Corey Horsburgh
4 - Sitili Tupouniua
5 - Royce Hunt
6 - Emre Guler

Even though I think Manly needs more mobility in the middle our overall forward back isn’t great at all and I think all the players above improve the team in some way.

Some improve the depth (Hunt, Guler), while Sitili, Stefano and Horsburgh would probably all slot into our starting side. Saifiti has been average at best for a while now but would definitely consider him too.

The club just needs to improve the forward pack its been a achilles heel for years and now there are a number of forwards potentially available that would improve the squad.

Mate don't care how but we need to get Stefano to Manly, Give him Shoe's money and Lodge's aswell. He is what we need badly.

 

[Dion Johnson]

A number of pretty decent forwards that are reportedly on the chopping block or wanting out of there respective clubs at the moment and I think Manly should be all over it.

Have reports from Michael Chammas that Daniel Saifiti is set to be moved by the Knights on as well as Corey Horsburgh is unsettled and might want out of Canberra too.

1 - Stefano
2 - Daniel Saifiti
3 - Corey Horsburgh
4 - Sitili Tupouniua
5 - Royce Hunt
6 - Emre Guler

Even though I think Manly needs more mobility in the middle our overall forward back isn’t great at all and I think all the players above improve the team in some way.

Some improve the depth (Hunt, Guler), while Sitili, Stefano and Horsburgh would probably all slot into our starting side. Saifiti has been average at best for a while now but would definitely consider him too.

The club just needs to improve the forward pack its been an achilles heel for years and now there are a number of forwards potentially available that would improve the squad.

The horse maybe if he can get released is a chance from that list.

 

[double hoops]

Animal Nick Names turn into legends at Man. We absolutely need a horse.

 

[double hoops]

Wombat.
Snake.
Ox.
Mule.
Frog.
Turtle.

What else we had?

 

[Dion Johnson]

Wombat.
Snake.
Ox.
Mule.
Frog.
Turtle.

What else we had?

Wolfman
Beaver
The chimp was Ian Roberts
The crab Craig Hanncock

 

[Dion Johnson]

T-Rex was another

 

[double hoops]

A Horse would be right at home.
How could i possibly forget a beaver.

 

[Ryan]

Wombat.
Snake.
Ox.
Mule.
Frog.
Turtle.

What else we had?

Koala ?

 

[Ryan]

Wolfman
Beaver
The chimp was Ian Roberts
The crab Craig Hanncock

We also had grasshopper a few years in the centres

 

[Dion Johnson]

We also had grasshopper a few years in the centres

I know Grasshopper was a Queensland great in origin, got Queensland home many times, played more in the middle with a whistle though.

 

[Scorpio]

Can we now say recruitment and retention is ****ing trash, and our club is in the bin?

We still have about $3 million tied up in 3 players for a few more years. Unfortunately that means we aren't going to break the bank to recruit from elsewhere, as some teams like the Bulldogs have been able to.

That being said, here are the players we currently have in our top 30 or have already played for Manly, currently aged 22 or under:

Lehi Hopoate, 19
Caleb Navale, 21
Tolu Koula, 21
Jake Arthur, 21
Ben Trbojevic 22
Jake Simpkin, 22
Aaron Schoupp, 22
Gordon Chan Kum Tong, 22

 

[globaleagle]

Wombat.
Snake.
Ox.
Mule.
Frog.
Turtle.

What else we had?

Wolfman
Beaver
The chimp was Ian Roberts
The crab Craig Hanncock

T-Rex was another

How quickly we all forget...

Rex "moose" Mossop!!!

 

[Dion Johnson]

How quickly you all forget...

Rex "moose" Mossop!!!

Rex legend, I remember when he got hit by an apple on live TV, smack into his cheek.

 

[double hoops]

Loved the moose

 

[KaZa]

Potential signings..

2024 Tigers Jersey Flegg Cup Squad:

Zakariya Agbere, Vaka Aho, Tristyn Ball, Lachlan Broederlow, Zakauri Clarke, Joshua Coinakis, Matthew Curl, Joseph Delle, Cale Edmed, Tom Fisher, Ma’u Fonua Fotu, Fangavalu Hammond, Te Umuariki Heremia-Tukere, Bailey Hodges, John Ibrahim, Joseph Jabar, Jai Langlands Doi, Ofele Lene, Will Malloy, Iverson Matai, Adam Mehrez, Brenden Naicori, Finnley Neilsen, Cayne Nicholas, Elijah Pettit Young, Flynn Pickering, Junior Taungatua, Shaquille Tavita, Naati Teaupa, Herman Tofaeono, John Tuipolotu, Kobie Wilson, Tutonu Junior Wright

Now cross reference who is managed by Moses... and theres our answer.