The Joel Thompson Thread (Any Off-topic discussion will be deleted)

[Stuey Davis’s Socks]

Now that’s the kind of dream I admire, unlike the Hayne variety

 

[manly al]

Joel certainly seems to be starting his time with Manly with the right motivation and attitude , let's hope that lady luck is on his side injury wise also .

 

[R3]

I saw Joel post on Linked In this week where he said that his family are Manly supporters and he grew up supporting the club. He said it is a dream come true! Great to see he was an Eagle supporter!

You were spot on @Mac Man
He’s a well spoken country kid that grew up supporting the Sea Eagles 🙂 and it’s nice to know his family already followed the sea eagles so they’ve already got their worn in Manly merch 😉

Quick interview
Geez he looks good in those colours.. https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/01/16/thompson-settling-in-at-sea-eagles/

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

Joel is happy to be at Manly. A senior forward is just what we need to guide our young pack through those tough periods in a game. I doubt we will sustain any big thrashings this year such as we saw a couple of times last year - Bunnies and especially Dragons.

 

[swoop]

One Potato, Two Potato, Three Potato, Four.............

 

[EagleFlys]

One Potato, Two Potato, Three Potato, Four.............

Goodies, goody goody, yum yum

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

One Potato, Two Potato, Three Potato, Four.............

We allowed Feleti to move on.

 

[Ned]

Hmmm, and what's this now??
Is he a player 'in the mould' of Ian Roberts??

 

[stoodamire]

Hmmm, and what's this now??
Is he a player 'in the mould' of Ian Roberts??
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He's got a wife and kids. But you never know in this day and age.

 

[Class of 96]

Hmmm, and what's this now??
Is he a player 'in the mould' of Ian Roberts??
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Massoud would be the chief organiser (not that there is anything wrong with that), so gotta be on the money.

 

[Woodsie]

These days being "on" a float doesn't infer anything ....

It can be as simple as making a statement of support .... and "jump on any PC correct bandwagon" GreenTurd will love him for it ...

 

[Bearfax]

Oh no. Hold it guys. I've got this serious urge to go off topic...hold on there. No I'm right now. Phew that was close and the monitor on the delete button.

 

[Spartan Eagle]

 

[HoldenV8]

Goodies, goody goody, yum yum

Bill Oddie had the right name.....strange little man lol

 

[lsz]

Another sign of what a quality human we appear to habbe at the club

 

[40 years an eagle]

Ian Roberts? We wish! Possibly the most feared defender alongside Igor and Ronnie Gibbs to don our great colours(or anyone elses for that matter) and his sexual persuasion had nothing to do with it...except in Garry Jacks' case.
If Thommo shines for us half as bright as the other two, I will be stoked!.

 

[HappilyManly]

SEA EAGLES

Joel Thompson has revealed he had a more lucrative deal on the table compared to Manly’s — and he didn’t tell his wife!

The experienced backrower has joined the Sea Eagles on a two-year deal after gaining an early release from St George Illawarra, and says it was his childhood love for the club and his respect for coach Trent Barrett which helped get him over the line.

“There were other options at another club,” Thompson told Fox Sports.

“Financially that was probably a better option by a bit but I grew up with my nan supporting Manly. I actually didn’t tell my wife the full figures of the other offer.

“I grew up supporting Manly and I like Baz. They’re heading in the right direction so I thought it would be a good option.”


The 29-year-old admits it was hard to leave the Red V where he’d spent four seasons and become a fan favourite along the way.

“It was a hard decision. The Dragons did everything for me and my family and I love the club,” he said.

“It was hard but I had to take the opportunity to go to Manly, just for the security of the extra year.

“Rugby league is a ruthless sport and I had to do that for my family.

“I grew up supporting for Manly and as a kid you have dreams of playing first grade for clubs and to do that is something special as well.”

https://coupler.foxsports.com.au/ap...f9085b76c43f1698cfb?__twitter_impression=true

 

[Mitch]

I know last week against the Knights he had a very quiet game and yesterday he wasn’t electric in attack but defensively, this guy is huge. I thought he had a brilliant game yesterday on that left edge, highlighted by him driving French into touch from almost 10m in field. Very happy to have him as part of our dominant forward pack.

 

[eadie fan]

I know last week against the Knights he had a very quiet game and yesterday he wasn’t electric in attack but defensively, this guy is huge. I thought he had a brilliant game yesterday on that left edge, highlighted by him driving French into touch from almost 10m in field. Very happy to have him as part of our dominant forward pack.

Totally agree Mitch. He does a lot of work that isn’t noticed but he is enormous in defence.

Not many packs are going to dominate us this year - not even the superstar Cowboys pack.

 

[The Indian]

Not trying to compare him to Jake who is next level up BUT you know when non Manly people used to say Jake isn't the biggest, or the strongest or the fastest etc BUT we say he is just a great footy player who does everything right....well Thompson is a version of that to me.


Thompson will be excellent for us - isn't highlight real player but does his job every week , makes very few errors, hits to hurt on the edges & runs the right lines for our edge ball players. Just a professional.

You can have a team full of giant powerful flair players who play "on the edge" of brilliance & errors & fatigue all the time if you like....but if you do you'll just being like the Canberra Raiders or the Warriors.

Give me a "footy player" any day.

Great recruit