Biggest Regret

[HoldenV8]

Manly have let a number of talented players go over recent (5) years. Who is the one player (and only one) that you wish was still at Brookvale?

Personally, my pick is Clint Gutherson. Just watching the Tigpies vs Eels on GEM and damn it is hard seeing him in that jumper. I know we are missing Blake Green, but Gutho can play 5/8, fullback, centre, wing. He can also kick goals and is a local junior.

 

[Fibro Eagle]

You could include Foran in that list
Yes he has had issues and injuries but things might have been different if things were handled differently at the club at the time of all the crap with the board split ,Toovs , G Stewart

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

I voted for Gutho out of that lot but if you remember at the time he was desperate for a fullback spot and who was to know that in 2018 we’d be desperate for a 5/8.

He was a local junior as well so sad to see them move on elsewhere and be a success elsewhere!

 

[bob dylan]

I wanted to vote for Choc

 

[HoldenV8]

It was niggling at me because I knew I was forgetting someone on the list.

You're right @Fibro Eagle . It was Foran.

But my pick is still Gutho.

 

[Sue]

Mitchell Pearce. If you believe he was ready to go before Tod got us. Absolutely perfect for DCE

 

[Brookie Brawler]

Gutho - but regret isn't really the right word (skeaking for myself anyway - as I certainly had no say in it).

Regret can be reserved for whoever it was who made the decision to push him out. He wasn't even off contract at the time!

If we were cheating the cap we really were doing it wrong!

Of all the terrible decisions made by management in the last 3-4years that one may well prove to be the worst.

 

[Fluffy]

Clint then daylight

Manly juniors don't come through that often, we need to keep them.

 

[KNUCKLES]

Whatever happened to billy Bainbridge

 

[mave]

Clint then daylight

Manly juniors don't come through that often, we need to keep them.

Given our current circumstances, you can add Darcy to that list.

 

[qldeagle]

All of the above

 

[SeaEagle21]

Gutho on the list.

But would have loved to have Peta Hiku and Dean Whare

 

[Pittwater Legend]

Definitely Gutherson.

If you go back a little further than 5 years, it would have been good to see Hopoate play on and stay on the wing. He played his best football there and I think our 2013 side would have been better with him in it, provided he never took a break from the game.

I also think having Dean Whare taking over Steve Matai could have had interesting results as well. Matai had been looking at the Sharks and Warriors at one stage. Breaking up the old crew may have been easier if Matai had moved on earlier than Glenn, although I question whether then administration of the club would have handled a move like this appropriately

 

[ricardo]

Where’s TRed? I miss that guy

 

[Narrabeen Laker]

What about Buhrer? Surely he is better than the bottom 3 you listed.
And who could forget the Aeroguard kid

 

[lsz]

I think a lot of our current problems started with how Gutho (and Matt Ballin) was treated

Signed with great fanfare then discarded soon after. Apart from what he brings on the park he is a clear leader, something we really miss at the moment....also a flammin local kid

 

[47MVEagle]

Gutho for mine.

Him at 5/8th with DCE would work.

 

[KNUCKLES]

Gutho by a country mile. He could be anything in 2-3 years. Has a huge influence on this parra side already. Has football brains and sound in every department. Skill and position wise. May not be as electric as turbo in attack but I’d feel much more comfortable with gutho back there calling the shots. If he ever did come home I’d be inclined to name him at fb with tommy in the centres with a license to roam through the middle with gutho playing as a second 5/8 type fullback on the edge

 

[MuzztheEagle]

Gifty. Shafting the Stewart bros caused a rift that we still haven't recovered from.

 

[mickqld]

Seriously! The only reason Guth looks great is cause his forward pack has finally woken up. Unlike our ramshackle rabble.