DCE to announce retierment

[Budgie]

You're all responding to a 'rumour' from BoomStick Barbie of all people 🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️🙄

 

[Nike]

Interesting quote from Cherry-Evans from late September, per SMH.

"Cherry-Evans can hit the open market on November 1 when his current deal – worth a little under $1 million a year – enters its final season, but a gentleman’s agreement with Manly officials to work out another deal for 2026 and/or 2027 over the summer has him at ease.

“That will get sorted at the right time, now’s just not it,” he says.

“The priority is finals and that’s where we want to be. I’ve been here so long as well that I’m not worried about the future. If it all ended tomorrow, I’d be a very happy man.

“But I know it won’t, and that’s why I’m not worried.”

No one except those involved will really know for sure one way or another until he actually hangs them up, just found his recent comments interesting.

As mentioned previously he has had Joey Walsh involved during game day, Humphries was let go after obviously a decent investment in his development and at the time out of left field acquisition of Brooks might indicate we've been undergoing a form of transition for a while now.

It's all speculation, but it's pretty fun to speculate aggressively online when there's no footy though.

 

[lsz]

This is an interesting read especially how most people on here comment on his physical condition without thinking about the mental fatigue of playing 15 years in the top grade

 

[Disco]

Unfortunately IMO we won’t win the comp wit this particular set up. We are VERY top heavy with too many players on very good money.
I feel if the DCE $1m contract is replaced with a $150k Walsh contract we could buy another origin quality prop and would balance out our squad.

This could also be the reason DCE has made his decision so it give Seibs the time/respect to recruit accordingly and Cherry would be well aware of this.

Paying around a mil for a top tier halfback is not unbalanced.

Whats Clearly on? 1.2? 1.3?

 

[Ben]

Paying around a mil for a top tier halfback is not unbalanced.

Whats Clearly on? 1.2? 1.3?

I’m not saying DCE isn’t worth $1m. I’m pointing out the fact we are top heavy with a few players on big money.

 

[Stewbojevic]

I’m not saying DCE isn’t worth $1m. I’m pointing out the fact we are top heavy with a few players on big money.

It’s a proven strategy for success. The Storm did it with Slater, Smith, and Cronk for years. They now do it with Munster, Grant, Papi, and Hughes. The Panthers have most of their cap in Cleary and Yeo.

We just haven’t had the right guys in those top seats to win a comp. Tom has been too injured. Jake isn’t a spine player. DCE is a great player but isn’t in the same class as Cleary or Smith.

 

[madmax]

I’m not saying DCE isn’t worth $1m. I’m pointing out the fact we are top heavy with a few players on big money.

Cherry’s contract is not holding us back anymore & in any case is worth the money. What’s holding us up now is the $950k per year that Jrbo is on!!

 

[double hoops]

About time. He is getting close to 40.🤔