Exemptions granted for roster deadline

[Dan]

32 Origin games for QLD
9 Tests for Australia
234 NRL Games

Nate had a great career; if you want to blame anyone for his performance at Manly, blame our club who signed him in the late twighlight of this great career.

Before his was sent packing to Melbourne he was doing a lot better than the likes of Lussick. Criticism of him on here has always been way over the top.

Nate, is that you?

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

32 Origin games for QLD
9 Tests for Australia
234 NRL Games

Nate had a great career; if you want to blame anyone for his performance at Manly, blame our club who signed him in the late twighlight of this great career.

Before his was sent packing to Melbourne he was doing a lot better than the likes of Lussick. Criticism of him on here has always been way over the top.

Now there’s a Queenslander for you!!

Agree a stellar career.
Agree the club should never have signed him for 3 years.
But still dirty if he has retired that we are still paying him!

 

[Kiwi Eagle]

I highly doubt we would still be paying this guy anything

Hated Myles before we got him, but he served his purpose for us and was worth his while when you consider the general consensus was he was a big part in DCE staying in Manly colours

He was never brought here to be a 130mpg front rower for us, and that's what most people seem to judge him on.
I was a bit surprised last year when we let him go, because for the half of the season when he was here, our defence was always a lot tighter when he was on the park, and he put in a few big hits causing turnovers as well. After he left us the points certainly flowed against us a lot more through the middle of the field

 

[Bradza]

So in summary, no one really has a clue!

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

So in summary, no one really has a clue!

I’ve asked a few journos on Twitter, see if they answer me ( must say they mostly do as I’m always polite and never disrespectful).

 

[COMMANDER]

Now there’s a Queenslander for you!!

Agree a stellar career.
Agree the club should never have signed him for 3 years.
But still dirty if he has retired that we are still paying him!

It's this sort of loyalty that separates QLD from the nancies!

 

[lsz]

I wonder if this has anything to do with back ended contracts? Where the contract lodged stated he was going to get a certain $ in 2018 and was therefore paid under in previous years

Would make sense otherwise you could sign any player at the end of their career offer them mothing in the first year and then have them retire etc

 

[KNUCKLES]

Maybe we called him "a loss" and tried to recoup some of his ridiculous 500k a year contract. I don't know anything mate, just putting things together and extrapolating.

I would hardly call conning the Storm into paying part of his contract "doing them a favour".

Well it sort of his if we're still paying his contract 2018 and onwards.

 

[The Indian]

I might do a Nate Myles myself at my job...I just wont turn up this year, say I've retired and kick back and relax while the checks role in for the next 12 months.

Dunno why I didn't think of this sooner !!!

 

[TimmyQ]

32 Origin games for QLD
9 Tests for Australia
234 NRL Games

Nate had a great career; if you want to blame anyone for his performance at Manly, blame our club who signed him in the late twighlight of this great career.

Before his was sent packing to Melbourne he was doing a lot better than the likes of Lussick. Criticism of him on here has always been way over the top.

Respectfully disagree - at best he provided solid defence in the middle. And by solid, he didn't miss many but there was nil aggression, disinterested body language and no leadership shown out there. Plus he had zero penetration in attack, just ambling to the line and getting bent backwards all the time. HUGELY disappointing all round.

 

[manlyfan76]

#BringBackTheTrollEmoji

 

[manlyfan76]

Respectfully disagree - at best he provided solid defence in the middle. And by solid, he didn't miss many but there was nil aggression, disinterested body language and no leadership shown out there. Plus he had zero penetration in attack, just ambling to the line and getting bent backwards all the time. HUGELY disappointing all round.

Nate admitted he was terrible for us.

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

Nate admitted he was terrible for us.

Admitting you are terrible and perhaps taking another $500k for doing **** all are different things.

I’m not getting any answers on Twitter so maybe they don’t know!

 

[double hoops]

Half a mill to do nothing. FarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrK

 

[Rosko]

Bugger, there’s another useless $500k

Yeah, that would explain why we don’t have the cap space we all assumed. But WTF kind of deal is that?

 

[HoldenV8]

32 Origin games for QLD
9 Tests for Australia
234 NRL Games

Nate had a great career; if you want to blame anyone for his performance at Manly, blame our club who signed him in the late twighlight of this great career.

Before his was sent packing to Melbourne he was doing a lot better than the likes of Lussick. Criticism of him on here has always been way over the top.

Other than his 3 games a year for Qld (and the quality of those dropped in his last 2-3 years with them), Myles didn't play a decent first grade game in his last 7 seasons of NRL. He got by on his Origin reputation, helped because while Qld have had great halves and backs over the past dozen years, they have had little wiggle room in the forwards and players like Myles became mainstays regardless of their club form. Qld calls it loyalty, I call it having a much smaller talent pool forcing them to pick the same players over and over. While it has worked out well for them, if they had roughly the same amount of Qld players in the NRL to choose from that NSW does.....I doubt they would be as loyal as they claim.

The only fans who were happy that he'd signed with Manly were Titans fans.

IIRC we said it here in these forums when he signed. Signing a 30 year old front rower in decline for 3 years at half a million a year was going to come back and bite us on the ar$e at some point. And low and behold.......bingo.

 

[40 years an eagle]

Greenturd only gave us the roster deadline exemption so he can take as long as he likes to hand down the investigation result.
He does not want it to interfere with the start of the season so it will be very soon or a couple of weeks. Maybe he will see how we go for a few weeks before deciding our fate. Wouldn't surprise me the pr##k!

 

[COMMANDER]

Other than his 3 games a year for Qld (and the quality of those dropped in his last 2-3 years with them), Myles didn't play a decent first grade game in his last 7 seasons of NRL. He got by on his Origin reputation, helped because while Qld have had great halves and backs over the past dozen years, they have had little wiggle room in the forwards and players like Myles became mainstays regardless of their club form. Qld calls it loyalty, I call it having a much smaller talent pool forcing them to pick the same players over and over. While it has worked out well for them, if they had roughly the same amount of Qld players in the NRL to choose from that NSW does.....I doubt they would be as loyal as they claim.

The only fans who were happy that he'd signed with Manly were Titans fans.

IIRC we said it here in these forums when he signed. Signing a 30 year old front rower in decline for 3 years at half a million a year was going to come back and bite us on the ar$e at some point. And low and behold.......bingo.

What absolute dribble.

 

[maxta]

Firstly think he is still being (part paid) by Manly.
The fact of him as a player.
Very good at his peak at the Dogs.
Solid at Roosters.
Slid considerably at the Titans and further still - at Manly.
He was very poor carrying the ball, but most of his defence up the middle, was very good....which showed 2 things-
He was still trying.
His “used by” date had expired.
The best outcome was to move him on and when you get a player to Melbourne where The structures are simple for this style of player to get it done and he is sent packing - the writing of “end game” is confirmed.

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

My only reply on Twitter was one of the journo’s “ liking” my Tweet , but no answer.

So you can bet we ARE paying him!