SaintsFan wrote:
I think you are confusing experience and ability. You have not seen enough of our young players playing enough game time to judge whether any who play in that position have the talent that Manu may have. For sure no young player of ours will have Manu's experience - they are young players. But talent is another matter entirely and I don't think you are in a position to judge that. You are in even less of a position if you never get the opportunity to see them play in the first team.
Saints are you kidding me
ability!. Manu is
AWESOME, we have no backrowers in the academy who can do what he does, in fact there are very few back rowers in the whole of SL who can do what he does. That is why Hull FC wanted him, Leeds wanted him and we wanted him.
I love having local players but I want them to take that spot on merit.
I can't understand why you would argue against signing such a good player. When we signed Newlove, we had to let 3 local lads go, plus a ton of cash for that little gem. We already had a good local centre who could kick goals, but he was replaced with a non-kicking awesome centre.
Flannery has retired and Dixon will have to go to make room for Manu but the 2 combined do not offer what Manu does on his own, seriously combine their stats and see if it works out better. Just watching Manu you can see he is a creative force for Hull.
I did not even think it would be possible to shift him from Hull as he is that good.
It's a very good signing the only risk at all is injury from age and that is not a thing you can calculate, look at Eastmond, Wheeler, both young lads with an injury record in their first few years that Manu would struggle to hit over the whole of his career. I think someone posted he has missed 3 games in 3 years. On a 2 year contract it's low risk high reward signing. (bearing in mind the salary cap).