Re: Willie Manu : Mon Apr 23, 2012 7:38 am  

Carlos Alberto wrote:

Is he? Rubbish player anyway.

Re: Willie Manu : Mon Apr 23, 2012 8:45 am  

It would be annoying and frustrating if we miss out on Manu now.

Re: Willie Manu : Mon Apr 23, 2012 11:42 am  

Manu was crap yesterday, totally anonymous and cost Ull on quite a few occasions with sloppy play. Now I don't like to judge a player on one performance, but it suits my agenda on this thread, so on the back of yesterday's performance I hope you sign him and he brings that fine form he's in with him.

Re: Willie Manu : Mon Apr 23, 2012 11:58 am  

LovesToSpooge wrote:

Manu was crap yesterday, totally anonymous and cost Ull on quite a few occasions with sloppy play. Now I don't like to judge a player on one performance, but it suits my agenda on this thread, so on the back of yesterday's performance I hope you sign him and he brings that fine form he's in with him.

Or he could be saving himself for next year to play infront of decent fans with quality players around him and can't wait to smash Ellis who took his wage rise?

Re: Willie Manu : Mon Apr 23, 2012 12:04 pm  

Manu would be a quality signing! Be great to have a wide running second rower in the mould of Joynt or Gilmour again. Also his defence is nine times out of ten very solid yesterday being a exception. He was poor.

Re: Willie Manu : Mon Apr 23, 2012 1:18 pm  

manu is past his best!

Re: Willie Manu : Mon Apr 23, 2012 9:08 pm  

He would be a good, but not great signing. A great signing would be a world class prop, or a worldclass centre

Re: Willie Manu : Tue Apr 24, 2012 11:59 am  

Not sure if he is the type of player we should be going for.

Re: Willie Manu : Sat Apr 28, 2012 2:12 pm  

Blobbynator wrote:

I haven't got time to reel off a full list of players and compare those who have suffered badly at 30+ to those that haven't, but there are plenty of players who have given plenty of value in their 30's. Some examples at Saints - Kevin Ward, Keiron Cunningham, Darren Smith, Darren Britt, David Fairleigh, Sean Long. At other clubs - Menzies, Hodgson, Carmont, Barrett, Lam etc.

Why WOULD you reel off a list of players when you know just as well as I do that a 30yo is at much greater risk of injury (and taking longer to heal) than a 20yo?

Sure, there are always exceptions and if you want to roll the dice and hope you get lucky - fine. But successions of scientifically significant samples put this argument to bed decades ago.

Re: Willie Manu : Sat Apr 28, 2012 2:54 pm  

Mugwump wrote:

Why WOULD you reel off a list of players when you know just as well as I do that a 30yo is at much greater risk of injury (and taking longer to heal) than a 20yo?

Sure, there are always exceptions and if you want to roll the dice and hope you get lucky - fine. But successions of scientifically significant samples put this argument to bed decades ago.

Does he have a history of injury?

Whilst he may break down at any point, so might any player, at any age. I presume the club think that the positives his experience brings outweighs the negatives of any injury he may, or may not, sustain in the future.

I probably wouldn't give him a three year deal though.