Josh A suspension ( possibly lengthy ).

[bob dylan]

No biggie. That tackle wasn't that bad. The guy landed flat on his back, 20 years ago they would have been slapping him on the back for a good hit. But these days it's deemed dangerous which is fair enough. 3 - 4 weeks seems about right given he has some carry overs

20 years ago or a pink jersey with no 7 on it.

 

[manly al]

Certainly hope that Manly can get much better value out of Josh { Alioia ] next season . 600 k outlay and bought in to replicate at least some of A F B "s authority . Can be a mobile and rugged type and very effective middle forward but could n"t seem to reproduce his solid form prior to his mid season injury . Lifting tackle did not look good for him , not malicious but will get a few weeks

 

[Kalvin]

Certainly hope that Manly can get much better value out of Josh { Alioia ] next season . 600 k outlay and bought in to replicate at least some of A F B "s authority . Can be a mobile and rugged type and very effective middle forward but could n"t seem to reproduce his solid form prior to his mid season injury . Lifting tackle did not look good for him , not malicious but will get a few weeks

I was impressed with the first half of Josh's season as he was one of our better forwards (although competing with a low base at the time). Since his return he just wasn't as effective & just made stupid/ undisciplined mistakes.
Hoping he improves again next year!

 

[Nordburg]

Obviously he had loading because I didn’t think it was that bad.Either that or this was the perfect moment for the NRL to be seen to be tough on dangerous tackles

I was impressed with the first half of Josh's season as he was one of our better forwards (although competing with a low base at the time). Since his return he just wasn't as effective & just made stupid/ undisciplined mistakes.
Hoping he improves again next year!

i hope he doesn’t get the second season blues like so many have that come to the club.First season is always good because they want to impress the new club or prove a point to the old one.Then suffer a let down the 2nd year and more often than not,the third season is contract year and they come good again

 

[Shoe1]

Next year they will go back to 2 trials as this season ends on time, no Origin in November and a full pre season subject to various lockdown rules. Teams may need to relocate for pre season. So if we have 2 trials he will miss 1 NRL round. We have ample replacements in Sipley. I thought at least against the Storm and Bunnies Sipley should have played instead of Lawton. Should have been horses for causes.

Except if there is a new variant wave.

 

[The Who]

I read that he is going to fight Paul Gallen. Maybe his future lies in boxing.

 

[XV-1]

No way cleary misses out with that tackle. Bromwich is a pretender. He lands on his back

No charge. Nothing to see

 

[davohan123]

No charge. Nothing to see

No one expected anything else did they.

But you bet that was one of ours manly loading coming into play.

 

[Aussie Battler]

All biases aside, and not much of a fan of Aloiai, but there isn't the hand between the legs and lift action of most spear tackles (like Cleary does). Sometimes players fall awkwardly. Souths players running in like lunatics didn't help either.

 

[MissKate]

If the club can’t be bothered to fight the charge then we can’t complain about him missing games

 

[Eagle 1]

I didn't think it was that bad, but he has suspension history this year.

Wasn't your classic power drive, ala WWE head first into the turf type tackle, won't be as long as a lot of people are predicting.

 

[sheridanstand78]

It was a tackle of frustration by Josh and a costly one too.

Great impact player for us but he must deal with his discipline as since his comeback 3 times he has charged by the NRL.

 

[QueefRichards]

Needs to stamp it out of his game and resort to belting people harder and niggling instead.

 

[Forster eagle]

No biggie. That tackle wasn't that bad. The guy landed flat on his back, 20 years ago they would have been slapping him on the back for a good hit. But these days it's deemed dangerous which is fair enough. 3 - 4 weeks seems about right given he has some carry overs

Wasn't much different to the cleary tackle....and he got off.

 

[Kevinward777]

No one expected anything else did they.

But you bet that was one of ours manly loading coming into play.

There was nothing wrong with Cleary's tackle. Just another farcical penalty for the cheats.

 

[frank stokes]

Wasn't much different to the cleary tackle....and he got off.

The player went past the horizontal and there was a driving action in one whilst neither occured in the other...

Guess which one Josh's was...

 

[Eagle 1]

I was impressed with the first half of Josh's season as he was one of our better forwards (although competing with a low base at the time). Since his return he just wasn't as effective & just made stupid/ undisciplined mistakes.
Hoping he improves again next year!

Thought Josh was our best forward in our disasterous opening 4 games of the season.

 

[EOL now nesting on the GC]

On a side note while I'm excited to see Josh in the ring I'm surprised manly will allow it. Isn't the injury that kept him out all season a torn ligament in his hand/wrist?. Not the sort of thing you want pounding a bag 6 hours a day for 2 months surely?

 

[40 years an eagle]

A question on suspension: are trial games counted as a missed game? If not, can a suspended player play trial games?

 

[frank stokes]

A question on suspension: are trial games counted as a missed game? If not, can a suspended player play trial games?

The first answer is no and I am pretty sure the 2nd answer is also no...

I dont think he can play again until he has served his suspension and trial games will not count as missed games...