The Daly Cherrygraph

[manlyfan76]

That was quite a read (last 15 pages)
Haven't seen tv or read anything else.

What it does do is makes pay over for the next star. As the club is a shamozle

 

[lsz]

Honestly we was gone to the titans before - I still think this has some more twists in it (and to which club he has already signed with)

 

[Bomb Voyage]

What an absolute **** SHOW. Goodbye. What an atrocious way to handle this DCE. Shame.

 

[frank stokes]

There has to be some aspect of this that he's not sharing. It makes zero sense to say he wants to keep his options open but not have Manly as one of the options.

The other thing here is that he's definitely angling for a post career media role with Nine. Giving them this "exclusive" access.

Agree with the second part… career at Nine guaranteed…

Having listened to Daly I reckon his decision comes down to 2 things:
1. He did not feel wanted by Manly
2. He did not want to dodge/deal with the same questions for the rest of the season whilst it played out

Now he does not have to deal with people he does not respect anymore and he can secure the best deal behind closed doors at his own pace…

 

[voicefromthehill]

There has to be some aspect of this that he's not sharing. It makes zero sense to say he wants to keep his options open but not have Manly as one of the options.

The other thing here is that he's definitely angling for a post career media role with Nine. Giving them this "exclusive" access.

So heading to Roosters next year to make him more marketable

I would be surprised if he left the beaches with a young family in school, house all that. The guy double spoke all through that interview - Sunday will be ugly.

 

[Uber Eagle 72]

He is dirty because he wasn’t offered anything last year. It’s that simple. Why would someone who has in the past said he always wanted to be a one club player be in this position now? Very disappointing and sad!

 

[Fibro Eagle]

DCE has spoken now we know he is going
Love him or hate him , I believe he is professional on the footy field and will give his best till his last game
He should do the beaver and head to France

 

[joeboy]

Hey fans, join manly each and every year to find out how they will derail their own season this time!

2025. Club captain ****s on club publicly.

 

[eaglebuzz]

I don’t get why people are surprised he wasn’t officially offered a new deal. He has literally been saying for months he’s considering retirement, why offer him a deal if his future in the game was undecided?

Yep. This is just his last eff you to whichever power brokers at the club that he secretly despises. He knows exactly where he is going next year, and I'm sure his decision would have coincided with a very expensive round of golf with a particular car dealership owner.

 

[bob dylan]

it’s a funny one, either dce is a slimy sneaky prick or the powers that be at our club are completely incompetent. Neither are a great look for the club.

In gobsmacked a club captain would behave like this .

He needs to be stripped of his captaincy. Watch him go into origin self preservation mode.

I seen him defend on a wing in 2022 for 80 minutes in round 24 or 25 vs Raiders so he didnt miss the Australian team selection. Foz busted his hump in that 48-6 loss.

 

[Chunkytuna]

There has to be some aspect of this that he's not sharing. It makes zero sense to say he wants to keep his options open but not have Manly as one of the options.

The other thing here is that he's definitely angling for a post career media role with Nine. Giving them this "exclusive" access.

Yeah and it would appear 9 are the main suitors for his services.

 

[Cochrane]

Yep and I will take him at his word… he seems bemused by the fact an offer was made today…

Manly and dce have been talking about his future since Dec, he knew what that contract was going to look like. He said that tonight.

BOOM, all of a sudden he is leaving, of course they have to put in an offer. I don't think manly saw him springing a surprise with out telling them first.

 

[WiseyEagle]

Package deal anyone? Cherry Evans & the Trbojevic's all 3 of them in one juicy deal to the highest bidder.

 

[SeaEagle21]

Hard decision to take but there probably isn’t a good time to make a transition. Sad to see him leave but at the same time the club also needs to move fwd. players that need to be upgraded etc so we’ll see how the season goes

 

[Heckenberg]

I called it… Manly did not show him the respect so he has made the decision that they don’t value him so goodbye…

Respect is more important than money…

But the only way to show him respect is by offering him lots of money?

 

[Chunkytuna]

He doesn't know what he's doing next year yet, but he still has a passion for the game and wants to play on.

He just doesn't have the passion to play on with manly it seems

Exactly. Why didn’t someone on the panel ask him WHY he doesn’t want to play on with Manly???

 

[Disco]

I mean that sounded a load of b*ll****.

Absolute spin.

He has somewhere lined up.

Not raging, is what it is, but spare me the spin.

 

[mave]

I seen him defend on a wing in 2022 for 80 minutes in round 24 or 25 vs Raiders so he didnt miss the Australian team selection. Foz busted his hump in that 48-6 loss.

The same Foz that played v Canberra at Albury?

That Foz?

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

Well that’s goodbye season 2025.

Won’t want to injure himself for the 3.6 million Roosters contract.

What a ****show , jeez it’s always fun being a manly supporter isn’t it ??

 

[sheridanstand78]

DCE said he made this decision to leave in December, why the hell has he sat on this? To announce this in round 3 and now we know the truth its really a **** show.

The club now looks really in a bad light, and the memories of 2015 are haunting us.

The silver lining is we can finally balance our salary cap and get in a more balanced squad.

I am really disappointed in this outcome, it should have been a simple question, Do you intend playing on? Not playing ducks and drakes about it!