Uate yearning to be Manly’s comeback kid

[mozgrame]

A year can make or break a rugby league career. Just look at the likes of rookie half Ash Taylor and backrower Joe Tapine. Twelve months ago they were practically unknown, toiling away in reserve grade, only a handful of first-grade games between them. Now, one stands as the Dally M Rookie of the Year, the other a Kiwi international. A year made their career. For Akuila Uate, a year broke it.

Read more...http://www.zerotackle.com/uate-yearning-manlys-comeback-kid-24783/

 

[BOZO]

Newcastle’s all-time leading try scorer
Caps for Country, Fiji, New South Wales and Australia
Three consecutive Dally M Winger of the Year awards.
He aint no Wiliame

 

[Ned]

He aint no Wiliame

Correct, Uate is a has been, Wiliame is a never was.

 

[BOZO]

Correct, Uate is a has been, Wiliame is a never was.

I agree Uate is a has been and we all have to agree that Uate has a great track record which gives me confidence to believe Uate still has what it takes to be a force once more
Bring on 2017 !!!

 

[globaleagle]

Uate says (in the members zone) that his nickname is choc and so 'look out, choc's back at manly.'

so.....that's a good sign, yes?!

🙂

 

[Sea Eagle 4 Life]

I hope that he can recapture his early years Knights form. So all I expect is 20 meat pies from him in 2017.

 

[Loobs]

Uate says (in the members zone) that his nickname is choc and so 'look out, choc's back at manly.'

so.....that's a good sign, yes?!

🙂

Unlike the other Choc, I hope he can open his car doors to get out at training...

 

[Budgie]

The Uate signing really isn't that hard to understand.
Devastated at the loss of the great Jamie Lyon, Baz declared "we need another Killer!"
"A what?" Said the hard of hearing immortal.
"A Killer!!!" Screamed TBaz
At that, Bozo shrugged his shoulders and got on the phone:
" Akuila?"

 

[BOZO]

The Uate signing really isn't that hard to understand.
Devastated at the loss of the great Jamie Lyon, Baz declared "we need another Killer!"
"A what?" Said the hard of hearing immortal.
"A Killer!!!" Screamed TBaz
At that, Bozo shrugged his shoulders and got on the phone:
" Akuila?"

One of the best posts of the year . Definitely top 4 material !!! 🙂

 

[Fluffy]

Uate is a winger, Williame is a centre

 

[Budgie]

One of the best posts of the year . Definitely top 4 material !!! 🙂

Thank you feathered friend. Too kind.

 

[The Who]

Please tell me that we didn't do a straight swap Buhrer = Uate!
Surely Newcastle had to pay Manly bucket-loads of cash as well.

 

[Ned]

I heard we're kicking in half, 200K or so this year, I don't know about the remaining years but I'd hope Bozo didn't agree for us to pay the full 500K of his Newcastle contract.

 

[Mac Man]

I heard we're kicking in half, 200K or so this year, I don't know about the remaining years but I'd hope Bozo didn't agree for us to pay the full 500K of his Newcastle contract.

Well for all the doomsmen here he won't go any good as the best hooker in the clubs history just left

 

[Kevinward777]

The Uate signing really isn't that hard to understand.
Devastated at the loss of the great Jamie Lyon, Baz declared "we need another Killer!"
"A what?" Said the hard of hearing immortal.
"A Killer!!!" Screamed TBaz
At that, Bozo shrugged his shoulders and got on the phone:
" Akuila?"

That's almost too good for words.

 

[MadMarcus]

The Uate signing really isn't that hard to understand.
Devastated at the loss of the great Jamie Lyon, Baz declared "we need another Killer!"
"A what?" Said the hard of hearing immortal.
"A Killer!!!" Screamed TBaz
At that, Bozo shrugged his shoulders and got on the phone:
" Akuila?"

Haha... the funniest part is how it suggest Barrett tells Bozo what to do!! Hilarious!!

 

[R3]

Eels might let Folau look around after just re-signing earlier this year. Gutho re-$igning must have put cap pressure back on

http://www.zerotackle.com/eels-look-to-offload-folau-19246/

 

[Terry Zarsoff]

I heard we're kicking in half, 200K or so this year, I don't know about the remaining years but I'd hope Bozo didn't agree for us to pay the full 500K of his Newcastle contract.

Me too (re: Bozo and his sums).

As I always say, there are three types of people in this world. Those that are good at maths and those that aren't.

 

[Shoe1]

Eels might let Folau look around after just re-signing earlier this year. Gutho re-$igning must have put cap pressure back on

http://www.zerotackle.com/eels-look-to-offload-folau-19246/

I suspect he was only there at parra as Israel bait

 

[TimmyQ]

Correct, Uate is a has been, Wiliame is a never was.

I don't necessarily subscribe to Uate being a 'has been' and a dud buy at this stage. Could well be the case but there have been plenty of players come back from the brink and perform really well with a change of scenery. Think about Adam Blair...everyone at Brissy would have been saying the same thing when he left the Tigers after an abysmal few years. ..'Dud buy, washed up has been..overpaid etc' and yet he's been one of their most consistent players for the last couple of years. Now I know Trent is no Wayne Bennett but I think we should shelve the cynicism for now and give Akuila a go... By round 6 he could be a Brookie cult hero - only time will tell...