The Jake Conundrum

[Tragic Eagle]

Jake was not himself on Sunday and his lateral defence was poor int he first 20 minutes. That is so unlike Jake. The team needs him in the front row rotation now and not at lock.

 

[Eagledare2dream]

Jurbo said he'll never leave the club and I think that goes for the whole clan. To b fair for Manly and the supporters, $800k Tom, $600k Jake & Ben = $2mil. As a packages deal to keep them at the club for the rest of their career. Maybe if Tom & Ben improve possible upgrade in the future.

What about 80mins Bullymore at Lock, anyone know why he never played 80mins????

 

[The '47ers]

Jurbo said he'll never leave the club and I think that goes for the whole clan. To b fair for Manly and the supporters, $800k Tom, $600k Jake & Ben = $2mil. As a packages deal to keep them at the club for the rest of their career. Maybe if Tom & Ben improve possible upgrade in the future.

What about 80mins Bullymore at Lock, anyone know why he never played 80mins????

Of course they would say that, being severely overpaid here, they aren't ever getting this much gravy anywhere else.
And forget the package deal rot, Ben isn't a 1st grader and the other two are ready for the glue factory.
(No matter how much they "bleed" Manly and are good blokes etc etc blah blah)

 

[Eagledare2dream]

I'm talking about their next contract if Tom's fit Jake & Ben improve big time, if not but still playing ok then $700k Tom, $500k Jake & Ben. That's still a massive pay cut on what they're getting at the moment. Also they're going as bad as the whole team's going for the past decade, or else just get rid of the whole team and keep OLA, Lehi, Bully, Saab, Talau, Paseka, Koula

 

[BOZO]

Jurbo said he'll never leave the club

The fact is in one way or another every player will leave the club including Jake

Beaver in his last Premiership Winning Year did not want to leave the club
But the Manly Hierarchy at the time wanted to invest in the future
The moral of the story
Both clubs and players ultimately make a choice at what is best for their own future

 

[Damien2812]

The club needs to be firm and offer these 2 reduced deals since both aren't going to be worth much on the open market in 2026. Ben T is also not a 1st grade NRL player and shouldn't be kept because his a Trbojevic.

 

[BOZO]

Jake was not himself on Sunday and his lateral defence was poor int he first 20 minutes. That is so unlike Jake. The team needs him in the front row rotation now and not at lock.

Logic tells me when a player is slow he will be a liability in every position on the field and not just at Lock .

The Game is too fast to have any Mercy on players that are slowing down

If Jake keeps declining and playing like he did last week and he loves Manly
He will stand down at the end of his contract next season and let the club find a rising star of the future and do what is best for the club .

I hope Jake can Step up and Shape up against the Sharks and Show us his Worth this Weekend

All of us need a Rocket up our backside from time to time
until our time is really up and its game over for us

 

[Nambawan]

Jake was not himself on Sunday and his lateral defence was poor int he first 20 minutes. That is so unlike Jake. The team needs him in the front row rotation now and not at lock.

Agree logical move. Similar has happened numerous occasions in the past in both league and union.

 

[nightster]

Jurbo said he'll never leave the club and I think that goes for the whole clan. To b fair for Manly and the supporters, $800k Tom, $600k Jake & Ben = $2mil. As a packages deal to keep them at the club for the rest of their career. Maybe if Tom & Ben improve possible upgrade in the future.

What about 80mins Bullymore at Lock, anyone know why he never played 80mins????

Love bully but I don't think he could sustain the effort he puts in for 80 mins

 

[The '47ers]

I'm talking about their next contract if Tom's fit Jake & Ben improve big time, if not but still playing ok then $700k Tom, $500k Jake & Ben. That's still a massive pay cut on what they're getting at the moment. Also they're going as bad as the whole team's going for the past decade, or else just get rid of the whole team and keep OLA, Lehi, Bully, Saab, Talau, Paseka, Koula

Unfortunately, and I wish otherwise, but Tom will never be the player he was with every season that goes by. Jake won't improve as Father Time is having his way with him, and Trevor, well he only gets a run because of his surname. He's useless.

 

[Eagledare2dream]

Love bully but I don't think he could sustain the effort he puts in for 80 mins

That's a shame, this year the way his been playing when he comes on reminded me of Bradley Clyde the way he runs. Work on his fitness ( even though he looks like a body builder ) and ball skills maybe he can be a Nik Kosef. Also if Fatty can play lock and last the whole game he should be able to play lock. Maybe Brown can play the first 20 then Bully comes in.. only dreaming I guess.

 

[nightster]

That's a shame, this year the way his been playing when he comes on reminded me of Bradley Clyde the way he runs. Work on his fitness ( even though he looks like a body builder ) and ball skills maybe he can be a Nik Kosef. Also if Fatty can play lock and last the whole game he should be able to play lock. Maybe Brown can play the first 20 then Bully comes in.. only dreaming I guess.

I think he could be a great lock, I'd like to see Navale get a chance too