Taufua injury?

[Jigzkiller]

Medical retirement and sign Alex Johnson

Why would he sign with us? I get it we love the club but as a player you have the storm chasing you or us I know who I'm choosing.

 

[40 years an eagle]

I think people seem to forget that Jorge would fall under the longevity salary rule for players who have been at the club for 8+ seasons.

Jorge has been with us since 2012, so technically $200K of his salary wouldn't be included in the salary cap.

200k per club, not per player, irrelevant of which player/s it is assigned to. DCE qualifies too.

 

[Shoe1]

Why would he sign with us? I get it we love the club but as a player you have the storm chasing you or us I know who I'm choosing.

Better colours and mascot at manly

 

[Jigzkiller]

Better colours and mascot at manly

Our best hope is he doesn't want to move to Melbourne.

 

[Sheikheagle]

Our best hope is he doesn't want to move to Melbourne.

he apparently doesn’t want to go there..

 

[Jigzkiller]

he apparently doesn’t want to go there..

That's good news.

 

[Ned]

he apparently doesn’t want to go there..

Who would with Dictator Dan in charge!

 

[The better Robbo]

If Jorge has done his achilles which is a 12 month recovery and won't see him back at all next year. This is NOT a pre existing injury. Surely a new injury that sees you finish your career means you should 100% qualify to medically retire.
Do an Inglis and keep Jorge on as a water boy

 

[Peter C]

Why would he sign with us? I get it we love the club but as a player you have the storm chasing you or us I know who I'm choosing.

The thing is we would be paying a fair bit more for him than what Melbourne are used to paying, or supposedly used to paying

 

[Peter C]

he apparently doesn’t want to go there..

He's obviously intelligent

 

[Peter C]

If Jorge has done his achilles which is a 12 month recovery and won't see him back at all next year. This is NOT a pre existing injury. Surely a new injury that sees you finish your career means you should 100% qualify to medically retire.
Do an Inglis and keep Jorge on as a water boy

Thing is, i doubt it very much that Jorge wants to retire

 

[40 years an eagle]

i'm pretty sure we won't be signing Johnston AND young Hoppa and also sure that Hoppa would be the clubs' choice.

 

[40 years an eagle]

Thing is, i doubt it very much that Jorge wants to retire

He would most probably do what is best for the club with a bit of "inducement".

 

[The better Robbo]

He would most probably do what is best for the club with a bit of "inducement".

Agree. That is his 4th major injury and as bad an injury can get. No NRL teams would touch him and with the corona virus he wouldn't go overseas so id say retirement is definitely the way to go

 

[Leho]

Agree. That is his 4th major injury and as bad an injury can get. No NRL teams would touch him and with the corona virus he wouldn't go overseas so id say retirement is definitely the way to go

What!! He has the corona virus as well

 

[HK_Eagle]

What!! He has the corona virus as well

Well, if he's hooked up to a respirator it would explain his struggle turning to chase down kicks.

 

[Waz13]

Why would he sign with us? I get it we love the club but as a player you have the storm chasing you or us I know who I'm choosing.

Because Melb is f$&@ed due to covid. He lives in Sydney, manly have a good list (when fit), Des is a good coach, northern beaches are nice, climate is better, Smith won’t be there, we might pay more $$.... Do you want me to keep going? I’m sure I can pull some more reasons out.

 

[The better Robbo]

Because Melb is f$&@ed due to covid. He lives in Sydney, manly have a good list (when fit), Des is a good coach, northern beaches are nice, climate is better, Smith won’t be there, we might pay more $$.... Do you want me to keep going? I’m sure I can pull some more reasons out.

I would still think for us to sign Johnson we would need to offload say Walker. I highly doubt we will just add him to what we have.
I do think Johnson would carve up as left winger outside Schuster and teaming up with Turbo down the left. Schuster will create so much space that Johnson would benefit from with his sheer speed

 

[Shoe1]

If Jorge has done his achilles which is a 12 month recovery and won't see him back at all next year. This is NOT a pre existing injury. Surely a new injury that sees you finish your career means you should 100% qualify to medically retire.
Do an Inglis and keep Jorge on as a water boy

Souths might offer him a 280k trainee admin position

 

[XV-1]

Jorge has been great for Manly, however just like The Wolfman - his time is up with the speed of the game.
Hopefully he will get all the $$ he is owed and can retire gracefully.