Worst Big Name Signing

[pjayz]

Chris Bailey

 

[pjayz]

David Vaealiki

 

[BK13]

I think Nate Myles has got to be right up there. He's a player I always hated, but when we signed him I thought we had the new 'Ben Kennedy' style signing. I locked myself in the bathroom and kicked 7 shades of ____ out of myself for that prediction. I don't recall him having a dig in one game.

I had high hopes for Chris Bailey, but he turned out to be a passenger. But then he wasn't a SOO rep with 20+ games experience.

 

[Volley]

Graham Mackay.

 

[The Wheel]

What about Yorgen Rogers - a RU concert from NZ. He was one of @tookey favorite players

 

[brad]

The tv guy Burke wrote a book “how I rooted rosemary in my back garden”

That was more first wife's name , you just bought up some bad memories.

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

I think Nate Myles has got to be right up there. He's a player I always hated, but when we signed him I thought we had the new 'Ben Kennedy' style signing. I locked myself in the bathroom and kicked 7 shades of ____ out of myself for that prediction. I don't recall him having a dig in one game.

I had high hopes for Chris Bailey, but he turned out to be a passenger. But then he wasn't a SOO rep with 20+ games experience.

Lots mentioned on here weren’t “ big names” , Myles was a really big one.

But when you read through the options suggested there’s been a few.

Craig Field is still my choice.

That was a massive signing at the time and he was the flop to end all flops IMO.

 

[tookey]

What about Yorgen Rogers - a RU concert from NZ. He was one of @tookey favorite players

Manly were unlucky to miss out on another valuable New Zealand rugby player and one of my all time favourites - Doug Rollerson

 

[brad]

Chris Bailey

He was woeful.

 

[Shoe1]

Ex manly superstar Dallas Rennie named as new coach of the wallabies

 

[Ron E. Gibbs]

Some great suggestions here, but really, Craig Field and Nate Myles are pretty hard to beat. Always hated Field, and he did nothing at Manly to endear himself to me. As for Myles, I was never a fan but still expected him to bring a hell of a lot more to the team than he delivered. Was pretty much woeful every game. Still, he may have played a part in the Great Cherry Backflip, so…

 

[Bring back the.... Biff?]

There hasn't been many dud major signings over the years at Manly. Just watching Fox Manly vs Dogs 2017. Gotta say Nate Myles is my pick for biggest lemon signing.
Any others ??

George burgess
Feleti mateo
William mason
Poe in the shoe myles probably takes it but we have had many flops in the last few years. Bailey was another

 

[Bring back the.... Biff?]

He was so bad that I "forgot" the name of the Kiwi International we signed few years back from Penrith

Who

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

Myles gets my vote. I don't totally blame him, just how it turned out.
He played very little, made very little impact, went and played for our opposition, yet still took space in our salary cap.
Can't get much more disappointing than that, especially for a (then) current Origin player!

 

[nightster]

George burgess
Feleti mateo
William mason
Poe in the shoe myles probably takes it but we have had many flops in the last few years. Bailey was another

I guess you mean Luke Burgess ... yes but he was never much good

for me its Myles by .... well, by light years

 

[wombatgc]

George burgess
Feleti mateo
William mason
Poe in the shoe myles probably takes it but we have had many flops in the last few years. Bailey was another

Willy was at the back end of his career. But I thought he had a go, and brought plenty of passion to the side.
Nate Myles for mine. Nothing good comes from the Titans (Brendon Elliott excused).

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

Of course, this whole thread is like looking for a needle in a haystack. Manly has had a plethora of successful big-name signings, very few flops. In fact, almost un-Manly-like to focus on the negatives, but it is the off-season...

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

Hehe just went back to see who started the thread, all is clear now 🙂

 

[Bring back the.... Biff?]

Chris bailey he was a boob

 

[Bring back the.... Biff?]

Willy was at the back end of his career. But I thought he had a go, and brought plenty of passion to the side.
Nate Myles for mine. Nothing good comes from the Titans (Brendon Elliott excused).

He was ok. Our pack then was disgraceful. We had players like
Horo
Luke burgess
Dynamis lui
Mateo
Mason