Manly in Crisis (a mega thread)

[The '47ers]

Poor old Trevor didn't get an invite?!

 

[Chip and Chase]

so where is it?

I'm not sure as I don't know what the post was to start with, but you can go to your profile and look at all your posts. Find the one in question and click on it and it will take you to its current location

 

[Kiwi Eagle]

I just re-watched the segment and Hooper firstly said that the club(I assume Dolphins)picked up the phone and made inquiries about them,as most clubs do when there’s a bit of upheaval at another club.Kent then said he had unconfirmed reports they had coffee with Bennett,all the while having a smile on his face.Kent tried to call the coffee shop but they never returned his call.During the babble they were carrying on with,I think it was Braith that said the Dolphins had $1.5 million to play with(and he’d know given he’s Munsters manager).Rothfield then fired back saying “so $750K to each””To which Kent replied “no,they’ll only go after one of them”or words to that affect.Given Kent was smirking the whole time this was discussed and looking at Braith,I’d suggest this is a beat up just to get the Munster signing moving

Agreed, it is unbelievable really that the NRL have allowed a player manager a vehicle where he gets 3 days a week with mates in the media to push a narrative that will benefit his clients

 

[davohan123]

I long for the days when our footy does the talking.

Our footy has done the talking in even years 2018,2020,2022 everything goes to but in odd years it's .

Our footy never stops talking

 

[tookey]

Garbage. Fultons don't have issue with Des it's scott Penn

Penn needs to sell up and **** off

 

[winnyason]

Penn needs to sell up and **** off

He is a ****ing Germ

 

[Shoe1]

With all due respect, we did not lose Foran, Foran was always going to go, The Eels offered him a $hitload more than us and the rumours were strong as far back as 2014 that Foran was going, the club was naive in thinking that they could sign both DCE and Foran for the following season, especially when they were the two best halves at the time, the offer to DCE was a lot lower than what the Titans were prepared to pay so he decided to go to the Titans.
The club decided then that they would concentrate on Foran, stupidly thinking that he was going to stay when in actual fact he already came to terms with Brad Arthur and Parramatta, so Manly went for Kane Elgey from the Titans, Elgey decided to stay at the Titans, so we were left with no option other than to try and make DCE backflip on his Titans deal and the only way we could do that was to offer a lot more than the Titans, DCE would probably have stayed with us if we offered around 900K, instead of the 1m the Titans offered.
As for Tooves, he sided with the non Penn aligned ownership group which put him at odds with the Penns when they later took total control of the Sea Eagles, so his cards were marked, and he hasn't coached since, not for want of trying ,and somehow I don't think he was that popular with the playing group.
As for Glenn Stewart, the club wasn't prepared to pay him the money he was getting as we were struggling with the salary cap, and the NRL wouldn't accept his contract as they deemed it too low, even though he wanted to stay so Souths offered him a better deal and he went there, but only lasted one season.
Trent Barrett, now that was a nightmare, because of Barrett we signed Walker and Tapau on big deals, but had to let Gutherson go and it's been haunting us ever since.

What he said

 

[StuBoot]

Just love journo speak.
Put out an attention grabbing headline as if it's gospel, then fill your story with "it's believed", "we understand...", "a close source said.."

 

[Stevo]

I dunno i dont speak nerd

Is the football club the judean people’s front, and the football department the people’s front of Judea

 

[gomanly]

Funny how a group of certain people in the media are filling in the blanks, all connected to one family at the club. Obvious where the leaks are coming from.

 

[Shoe1]

I dunno i dont speak nerd

Ouch

 

[Stevo]

He wouldn't get paid if he chose to walk away (if he realised he had lost the playing group).

Unless he can negotiate it. Either way if they want him gone he will get his money.

 

[Rosko]

Remember when inducing players to break contracts was a serious matter in the NRL?
Nope, neither can I.

 

[eaglebuzz]

I'd be ok with Bennett taking that $1.5m to go after DCE. I can't see us winning another premiership with him on our books.

 

[voicefromthehill]

The good old local coffee shop, love it. Definitely something Wayne would do ;0)

It was at Girdlers Grind on the ocean front at Dee Why - nice and discreet

 

[Eagles4Life]

Is the football club the judean people’s front, and the football department the people’s front of Judea?

Then the Tartak Ten must be the Popular Front @Shoe1 ..........Splitters!!!
This next gif is for anyone that doesn't speak nerd, particularly the Monty Python dialect

 

[Brocky]

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Stupid question, why did they not try in the last SEVEN GAMES, regardless of what is happening you play regardless of the situation, obviously Hasler influence did not get them up.SURVEY = BS

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Lmao, who is running this sht show?

 

[EOL now nesting on the GC]

According to Kenty on 360 tonight, Wayne Bennett met with Tom and Jake at a local coffee shop today.

Clearly they are not really with Des, unless they know he is gooonnne!!

Hmmm

Come on mate. Its not April 1st....

 

[Ranga]

I don't know why I'm so chill about all of this.

Maybe I'm mellowing as I age.

Looking forward to 2023

I’m with you. I think this brouhaha was inevitable so it’s good to get it over and done with now. It’ll get sorted one way or another.

 

[wombatgc]

As soon as I read "coffee shop". I move on to another thread.