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Here we go again...

No we don't.



I see Manu suffered a clerical error, someone not capable at the RFL of counting up to 30 or reading off a list.





Marvellous!!!!!

Confirmed to me tonight, Manu and Turner both signed for next season.

Ah well I was hopeing we'd sign em.

No chance now

Lol. This ones nailed on.

Yep.

YES! YES! YES! A Chief exclusive... YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Damn you beat me to it





In all seriousness I really hope that this is true.

I ing hope you're wrong.

Why would we want Manu and Turner? I know they are good players, but why would we want them?

You just answered your own question with the first part of your second sentence.

There are a lot of good players throughout the league but don't we already have good players in those positions? And why on earth would we want to recruit a 33 year old for feck's sake? That's going backwards.

By the looks of Manu I would say he's got at least 2 or 3 years left in him at top level. Turner is raw talent and potential, that is coming good this season. We've all seen how good Nathan Brown is at developing young British outside backs, could be onto a winner with him I think. Looking forward to seeing how he progresses Makinson and Jones on a related note too.

Because even at the age off 33, he's better than all of your back rowers perhaps?

No, he just likes to take care of his appearance.

Like you said, they good players.



Manu for flannery



Turner for Meli

Should we have kept Sia, as Manu has better stats than Sia, so if we don't want a player like Manu, then we don't want anyone we currently have in our pack.

Hull make 'final offer' to Manu



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Sia is 24 years old. He has his best years ahead of him and he can get better. Manu will be 33 next season and so his career has only one way to go. We have enough elderly players in our team just now. Good or not, I'd rather see what we have in our youth bank before getting another ageing player from down under.

You cannot compare the impact a 33 year old Willie Manu would have compared to a sparrow legged runt from the academy. As Mugwump tells us, the academy players are typically physically not up to it until their third season, so the chances of finding a competent forward for next season amongst them is not very likely.

Say we get two good years out of Manu and he retires. What would be wrong with that?

Nothing, although we do have TP, Laffranchi, Flanders and possibly Perry who'll retire at the end of their Saints stint. We [ido[/i need to guard against getting in a situation where we've got a whole batch of players to replace at once.



As a player, Manu's awesome, and when a player like that comes up, you've got to at least have a look.



In my opinion, he's one of the premier players in the League. I'd be delighted if we got him.

I see your point, but IMO it's a minor one.



Laffranchi has that extra year option on his contract so we could be just replacing Perry and TP at the end of next season if their contracts aren't renewed. That would leave us with two extra quota spots so we should be able to replace them with imports or English based players if the youngsters aren't ready in terms of the front row.



Back row isn't an issue; Flannery being replaced by Manu by the sounds of it and surely when Manu leaves the likes of Dixon, Hale, Forster (depending if he plays front or back row) should be able to step up then.