The Daly Cherrygraph

[47MVEagle]

Just my opinion and not an attack but it’s been stated many times on the forum that DCE’s contract has inhibited balance across the squad and I just don’t see how. Almost every club in the NRL have 2-3 players up around a million bucks. It’s not always a halfback but it’s par for the course in the game. Even a side like the Titans have Tino and Fafita on big deals.

we can also infer that 750k was set aside for a half back next year. Even if we land a guy like Fogerty for best case scenario (500k), that’s 250k spare. That’s not revolutionising our roster.

We’ve got guys on decent money that aren’t returning the investment. That’s the problem, not DCE’s contract.

It's not just DCE's contract though, it's the other factors I stated in my post too IMO.

We've been hamstrung by DCE's contract, Turbo's injuries, Manase's court case dragging on, Schuster's inability to get fit, & the ripple effects of all of them.

 

[BOZO]

Its Funny at Manly
We always come up with Excuses for our circumstances
But we Never have the Capacity Come up with solutions
Solutions is what Brings Success

The moral of the story
Any Tom Dick and Harry can Identify problems
Smart and Successful People find Solutions

 

[47MVEagle]

Mention of the bulldogs & how well they're doing - they basically got rid of their whole top 30 squad in a 3 year period once Gus took control.

That's a massive clean out that would not have been possible here at Manly, with the Tartak-Fulton alliance embedding 10-11 players in our top 30 that were used to leverage upgrades & extensions for each of them because we'd committed to the western pathways program.

A subset of that was the Manase legal situation & us letting Api go to throw all our eggs in that basket.

Then you have the DCE, Turbo & Jurbo contracts that we would have had to break & pay out.

We were pretty much entangled in a wicked web of player managers & recruitment officers & big longterm contracts for our top 3.

This is why I like what Mestrov has done since he got here - he basically took out the (Tartak & (with respect) Fulton) trash & now we're finally seeing light at the end of the DCE ratchet clause tunnel. I'm sure there's more good news to come.

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