Re: Willie Manu : Thu Apr 19, 2012 5:31 pm  

He's just too old to risk a silly two or three year deal. I mean, he could well sign for someone and play every match until the end of his contract. But think of the enormous damage that could be done to a club's recruitment plan if he were to sustain some kind of chronic groin or shoulder injury (like a Sculthorpe or a Bradley Clyde) which isn't serious enough to bring about early retirement but nonetheless leaves him repeatedly sidelined for seemingly interminable periods.

We might as well throw his entire contract in fifty pound notes on the centre spot and set fire to it.

If he were five years younger - sure. But our current pack isn't so bad that we need to spend silly money on a back row when we haven't even got a regular and effective playmaker.

Re: Willie Manu : Thu Apr 19, 2012 6:31 pm  

bewareshadows wrote:

Problem with keeping secrets is if the player tells one person, then they are more than likely to tell others. Secrets only work when one person is involved.

Exactly,
Every man and his dog knew that Saints had signed LMS and Shenton well before it was "officially" announced.

I hope these two signings from Hull are just as good.

Re: Willie Manu : Thu Apr 19, 2012 7:27 pm  

Mugwump wrote:

He's just too old to risk a silly two or three year deal. I mean, he could well sign for someone and play every match until the end of his contract. But think of the enormous damage that could be done to a club's recruitment plan if he were to sustain some kind of chronic groin or shoulder injury (like a Sculthorpe or a Bradley Clyde) which isn't serious enough to bring about early retirement but nonetheless leaves him repeatedly sidelined for seemingly interminable periods.

We might as well throw his entire contract in fifty pound notes on the centre spot and set fire to it.

If he were five years younger - sure. But our current pack isn't so bad that we need to spend silly money on a back row when we haven't even got a regular and effective playmaker.

What you say is common sense, however, over the last few years, saonts injury crisis has been all about the younger players. We signed soliola in his prime, and lost him for a year. Shenton similarly. In general our old fellas have proven to be more robust than the kids. Let's not even throw wheeler and co ibto tge argument

Re: Willie Manu : Thu Apr 19, 2012 7:42 pm  

bewareshadows wrote:

Saints have not touched the extra 300k that you can spend on a England internation ontop of the salary cap, that was brought in to keep Tomkins.

Woah! Where has this extra £300k come from?

The salary cap rules this year has a possible extra £300k allowances on the cap but they are for various (homegrown players, 10 yrs service, non rl playing background). There isn't a "marquee player" allowance.

Re: Willie Manu : Thu Apr 19, 2012 7:49 pm  

http://www.hullfc.com/personnel.aspx?pr=223849 Interesting, Manu says he is 28 in this video and he is wearing this years kit.

http://www.hullfc.com/personnel.aspx?pr=223849 Interesting, Manu says he is 28 in this video and he is wearing this years kit.

Re: Willie Manu : Thu Apr 19, 2012 8:01 pm  

5'10" and 17st? he's not small!

Re: Willie Manu : Thu Apr 19, 2012 8:04 pm  

Saint Simon wrote:

5'10" and 17st? he's not small!

Only 1kg lighter than Josh Perry. He must have an incredible muscle structure to carry that weight but not look massive, he's incredibly quick for that weight too.

Re: Willie Manu : Thu Apr 19, 2012 8:07 pm  

BackrowSaint wrote:

Only 1kg lighter than Josh Perry. He must have an incredible muscle structure to carry that weight but not look massive, he's incredibly quick for that weight too.

For 5'10" thats huge, a very good athlete

Re: Willie Manu : Thu Apr 19, 2012 8:14 pm  

Funny, he doesn't look that big close up, but has immense compact strength.

Re: Willie Manu : Thu Apr 19, 2012 10:48 pm  

i do remember huddersfield giants thinking they had danny tickle in the bag when he was out of contract in 2009, yet he chose to re-sign for us, fc, at the last moment,leaving the giants admin stunned! until it is announced don't count your chickens!



(although im not holding my breath on this one)