It is true that Keppie was considering getting out of the deal but it Was just jitters, it didn't amount to a serious attempt...he was going to be playing under Lambkin who coached him at Westfields (along with Fainu, Suli and Co) and all of the sudden Lambkin is off to the Tigers and our FG coach has given his resignation....what young player wouldn't be worried about a potential career defining shift taking place under that conflict?
Anyway, he is here now and he might not bleed maroon and white yet but let him play a few games first...he has to start somewhere. If we only recruited players who were Manly fans growing up, we'd have a squad of the Trbo boys and that would be it!
Training has been a lot more intense under Des so that bodes well for us. Dessie has been getting stuck into the lazy ones too!!!