Jamal Fogarty

[Phobia]

Quite a few ex-Manly back-up or junior halves sprinkled around the NRL.
Latu, Humphreys, Metcalf, Weekes, Foz (!) Schuster, Hastings

All those home-bred halves, and we end up with a 2026 combo of a Leichhardt and a Beaudesert product...

Hopefully we keep Large and Walsh. I'm hopeful that we can keep them, unlike the former examples, as the club has seemingly turned a new leaf since Mestrov arrived. That said, I think Large will go back to union at some point.

We may be on the improve, or at least on something different, but we're yet to see if we can break that hoodoo and get back to back finals series, and a premiership.

 

[Brookie1973]

So just say that he's 100% committed to Canberra this year and he'll be 100% committed to my new club next year. Not dismiss us as a business decision only and make it sound like it's all sh*t that I'm going there thanks.

I think I have seen him quoted as saying he is excited about coming to Manly or words to that effect. I think what you are basing your comments on is not the full statement.

 

[manlyfan76]

Quite a few ex-Manly back-up or junior halves sprinkled around the NRL.
Latu, Humphreys, Metcalf, Weekes, Foz (!) Schuster, Hastings

Hynes

 

[BOZO]

Give it a ****ing rest. FMD. Nearly as bad as the Trumpeter adds and text messages.

Very Funny Feathered friend , I will pay that 🙂

 

[Heckenberg]

This is the difference between Manly and the Roosters.
Uncle Nick has torn up the contracts of a few players they signed but had reservations leaving their current clubs.

Manly offered more $$ and an additional year to sign a guy that doesn't want to play for Manly .

Everyone hates manly! Until you become one of us 😎

 

[EaglesDontTweet]

So he's "gutted" to be leaving Canberra but it's purely a business decision. So he's not chosen Manly because he wants to play here and he's coming for the money only. Yep as I said a few weeks ago this will be a waste of money. We won't be getting his committed best and it'll be more of the same results. We could've saved half that money for a young half and spent it on a decent #8 or #9 or #12 , #13.

How to predict the NRL reaction though? Daly's a media darling, Galvin a media pariah? All slightly different but in common Fog is also a half who has declined a reasonable offer from his club some time out from the end of his contract. A difficult and somewhat unfair position to be in but I think he's navigated it well so far, especially compared to the other two. That being said, they (and Dylan Brown's) playing will continue to be heavily scrutinized until they leave.

 

[madmax]

No way Cade Cust is a first grader.
Humphries - yes.

People seem to forget the reason Humphries left was due to the talk of DCE playing on & no thought of retirement which, in turn, caused Humphries to go elsewhere as his future at the club remained uncertain. I think both he & the club were derailed by the talk of DCE extending, albeit with the Roosters!

 

[ManlyTragic]

People seem to forget the reason Humphries left was due to the talk of DCE playing on & no thought of retirement which, in turn, caused Humphries to go elsewhere as his future at the club remained uncertain. I think both he & the club were derailed by the talk of DCE extending, albeit with the Roosters!

…. I think Humphries left because he got a better offer.

 

[mickqld]

People seem to forget the reason Humphries left was due to the talk of DCE playing on & no thought of retirement which, in turn, caused Humphries to go elsewhere as his future at the club remained uncertain. I think both he & the club were derailed by the talk of DCE extending, albeit with the Roosters!

But wasn't the media narrative that DCE wanted out early last year. If so then why would we let Humphries go knowing that DCE wanted out. None of these stories in this whole saga add up.

 

[Ohgeez]

Does anyone actually think Humphreys is a better player than Fogarty anyway?

 

[XV-1]

Why was Manly the only club interested in Fogarty?

 

[Mal Cochrane]

Prob cause not every club was in the market for a half.

Other clubs are either locked in with their halves and perhaps even a pathway for an up and coming 7. Fogarty doesnt fit every teams need right now, but maybe he fits manlys needs for next 2 years.

Canberra gambled on there being no need for a club to get fogarty, to enable them to get a cheaper deal, then the dce exclusive arrived and fogarty had more to bargain with.

 

[Cherryjohn]

+ there was usually Cliffy who kicked a few in his time, when needed.

I remember Cliffy missing a sitter in front of the posts in the 1997 Grand Final. That would have made Newcastle’s comeback that much harder 😐

 

[Ned]

Does anyone actually think Humphreys is a better player than Fogarty anyway?

Maybe, maybe not but he was a club JR with roots in the team and promise (and would've been cheaper) whereas Fogarty is a journeyman looking for a later stage contract. Hope Fogarty goes well of course and Humphries too (less so) but the club knew Cherry was looking to get out last year so should've kept him IMO.

 

[Phobia]

Why was Manly the only club interested in Fogarty?

Untrue, two other clubs aside from us, and the Raiders, tabled offers. We were the most attractive option in the end.

The fact that other clubs were interested spells good fortune for us. Clubs, aside from the Dragons, don't just get rid of their long term halfbacks for someone else often.