RE: Foran close to agreeing on a new Manly deal
T-Rex is a prop now ?? I know you are the king of lateral thinking when it comes to team selections Ryan, but T-Rex ain't no prop my friend. And that forward pack would be crucified with one genuine prop (Poore), unless Someone 1 & 2 are Matt Scott and Ben Hannant. 4 out of starting 6 playing 80 minutes ain't going to happen either. May as well make Ballin play the 80 minutes as well and be done with it.
I agree with probably releasing Kite and Joe G, and Lussick may well be off to "greener" pastures. But we need some grunt and go forward if weare to be contenders, so they need to be replaced with some decent props (young or otherwise)
Ryan said:Swap Poore (who's only 27) with Lussick, release one or both of Kite and/or King to the UK, re-sign Tony Williams, release Galuvao (retirement). If Stewart is keen on staying, awesome news, but that means two, or three of Taufua (Keep him as cheap back-up, or play him in the back-row), Whare, Oldfield and/or Farrar is to go. As far as I'm concerned, K Foran is holding the club at randsom. We do not need that. He can go, and Liam can be signed on the very cheap.
Then go:-
01. Brett Stewart
02. Dean Whare
03. Steve Matai
04. Jamie Lyon
05. David Williams
06. Liam Foran
07. Daily Cherry-Evans
08. Justin Poore
09. Matt Ballin
10. Tony Williams (80 min player)
11. Anthony Watmough (80 min player)
12. Jamie Buhrer (80 min player)
13. Glenn Stewart (80 min player)
14. Liam Higgins
15. Someone 1
16. Someone 2
17. Jorge Taufua
If that team can't fit into a salary cap, there is something heavily wrong.
T-Rex is a prop now ?? I know you are the king of lateral thinking when it comes to team selections Ryan, but T-Rex ain't no prop my friend. And that forward pack would be crucified with one genuine prop (Poore), unless Someone 1 & 2 are Matt Scott and Ben Hannant. 4 out of starting 6 playing 80 minutes ain't going to happen either. May as well make Ballin play the 80 minutes as well and be done with it.
I agree with probably releasing Kite and Joe G, and Lussick may well be off to "greener" pastures. But we need some grunt and go forward if weare to be contenders, so they need to be replaced with some decent props (young or otherwise)