Blake Green Signs

[Bearfax]

Yep. Has always been the way. The underpaid "pigs" do the hard yards so the show ponies get the credit. Both need each other. One without the other don't work.

But without your show pony, you dont have that X factor that wins most of your games. No show pony, no premiership

 

[southsideeagle]

yep woodsie already said it, no "pigs" no premiership ..as well.

In my opinion Green is a great buy at that coin. He will assist in direction but it still gets down to most of the team playing the same way with believe in the direction they have been given.

If Green turns into a dud it will most likely not be his fault.

 

[CBreeagles]

I reckon Hodkinson would have been the best foil for DCE and would've given us a good goalkicker as well. Too bad he went for big money.

 

[wombatgc]

Pretty impressed with his first half. Kicking game looks good.

 

[Holmsey]

**** green is going to be a great buy! His kicking is much better than I though really good long range especially. I think he will be the best buy for 2017 and will improve at manly. He plays an ad lib game with brilliant vision that hopefully a new game plan can expose.

 

[CBreeagles]

**** green is going to be a great buy! His kicking is much better than I though really good long range especially. I think he will be the best buy for 2017 and will improve at manly. He plays an ad lib game with brilliant vision that hopefully a new game plan can expose.

He just follows a game plan well I don't think it's really ad-lib but he does pick his moments.

 

[Holmsey]

He just follows a game plan well I don't think it's really ad-lib but he does pick his moments.

When he gets quality ball in space he plays it different to how Melbourne usually do.

 

[PONTIAN SEA EAGLE]

The guy has good vision him & dce may turn out a good combo.

 

[Terry Zarsoff]

All things being equal - strategically he could be Manly's most important signing since Ben Kennedy.

 

[double hoops]

Raiders viewed green as the weakest link tonight. Boy he came through in flying colours and more. He won't get man of the match, but dam he had the most number of crucial plays in defence.

 

[Scorpio]

Hopefully he will stay injury free for the next two years, should be a great signing.

 

[winnyason]

He works well with a game plan so trent what's ours?

 

[Deleted member 26876]

As I've said before, Blake Green is very underrated. Ever since we were rumoured to sign him I concentrated on him during storm games and realised his ability. Keeps a cool head and has great vision, good kick on him and great defence.

Can't wait to see him in the maroon and white

 

[Chip and Chase]

He had one of his better games tonight. The Storm showed how valuable it is to have a good short kicking game, and more to the point to have options in executing it - Smith, Cronk and Green. That's an area we can do with a massive improvement in, so hopefully Blake can bring a bit of that with him.

As an aside - salary cap next year is $7mil across top 25. That makes and average of $280K each - so Green at slightly over average payment as a (possibly) premiership 5/8 isn't too bad. Remains to be seen how he can perform outside of the very comfortable, structured environment that is the Smith and Cronk show. He won't get that with DCE.

 

[The Who]

He tackles well and is competitive. Hopefully he can bring some professionalism to the Manly backline which were hopeless for most of the season.

 

[wombatgc]

He tackles well and is competitive. Hopefully he can bring some professionalism to the Manly backline which were hopeless for most of the season.

Be nice if he bought that young Fijian winger with him....

 

[bones]

He just follows a game plan well I don't think it's really ad-lib but he does pick his moments.

Shame he won't have a game plan to follow next year.

 

[Deleted member 26876]

He tackles well and is competitive. Hopefully he can bring some professionalism to the Manly backline which were hopeless for most of the season.

I reckon the backline won't be hopeless next year. This season it was that way because it usually consisted of either (or a combo of) Lewis Brown, Brayden Williame, Matt Wright and Godinet (even Frank Winterstein at the back end of the season). It's also not just the injuries as you can add Dylan Walker's 5/8 experiment on top of that.

Hopefully the backline will be fixed next year, it certainly will be better then the 2016 one and may perhaps exceed expectations.

 

[maxta]

Solid 5/8 and that's all needed.
What people miss, the fact a solid half beside, will allow DCE to play his own vision style game ....creating far more than recent times.
Then consider a stronger pack & we can see why apart from pessimists ....Manly are back in 2017....

 

[HoldenV8]

All things being equal - strategically he could be Manly's most important signing since Ben Kennedy.

With all due respect.....

I see your Green and raise you a......

But I do agree that I think he could be a very important buy for us. If his form next year is anything like he showed against Canberra then he will be a good buy.