The pros and cons of letting good over paid players go.

[Marki]

It's no good having 2 gun wingers if you don't have decent specialist centres who know how to create space for the man outside him.

I have never been a fan of playing wingers in the centre except when injuries strike mid-match and there is no other option.

The reason wingers want to play in the centres seems to be the extra salary the position gets. Most of them don't have the skillset to adjust.

A lot of wingers mis read in defence which causes chaos if they play further In. A lot of them wouldn't pass the ball. Eg Reimis Smith, although it looks like Bellamy has improved that part of his game.

If I think back over the years, there are 2 players who successfully transitioned from wing to centre, JMOZ and Timana Tahu.

Turbo Tom?
Nigel Vagana?
Michael Jennings?

 

[Marki]

Has anyone noticed how little impact he had when Turbo wasn't playing, as a matter of fact that was the whole Manly team problem !

Absolutely. In fact take Turbo tom and DCE out and Manly become a rabble.

 

[senshidog]

2 x 5/8's in the team. thats great idea.

Halves are pretty much interchangable these days, and play both sides of the field in the top sides.

 

[Howie B]

But if he stayed I don’t think ww would have signed flanno so even if he missed half the season it would have been half a season more of a quality half on the field than what we had, still no kicking game but actually engaging defenders would have been nice to see

We were always signing Flanno mate. Baz had said that even before the offer to Foran was pulled.

That’s on Baz. He clearly made a bad signing.

 

[ILiveForDib]

As long as we re invest into to a more pivotal player which I feel we’re using his money for Mahoney i can’t argue with it. Though addo car on one side and cotric on the other would be the best duo in the comp.

 

[silverelvis69]

Moylan still quality when fit ( when fit ).

Pffff he is precious and over rated

And bad attitude to add

 

[silverelvis69]

Kieran Foran ?

How the hell did Manly repair him back to workable state?

Him alongside Burton would have been excellent, except he kept breaking on us.

More importantly
How the fuck did we pay 1mill for this chump
Oh that’s right

Desmond!

 

[CrittaMagic69]

2 x 5/8's in the team. thats great idea.

He was basically Manly's 4th string playmaker behind DCE, Tom and Schuster. His role was essentially to keep the left edge organised, pass to the other playmakers and chime in when he felt something was on. Foran is good value when you aren't relying on him as the dominant playmaker while paying him an absolute fortune, basically the opposite of what he was with us

 

[Phalangist]

He was basically Manly's 4th string playmaker behind DCE, Tom and Schuster. His role was essentially to keep the left edge organised, pass to the other playmakers and chime in when he felt something was on. Foran is good value when you aren't relying on him as the dominant playmaker while paying him an absolute fortune, basically the opposite of what he was with us

exactly 100% right!