Turbo Time

[Bulldogdoove]

Throw everything at Tommy Turbo. Article saying he is losing patience with Manly - pipe dream but sign him (and Jake and Ben and his Mum n Dad if you have to- just get it done)

Would turn the Dogs into a genuine premiership chance next year - even with Flanno at half!

Turbo’s Des clause demand revealed amid reports Sea Eagles star is ‘losing patience’ with club

Turbo’s Des clause demand revealed amid reports Sea Eagles star is ‘losing patience’ with club

www.foxsports.com.au

 

[Reecek89]

What him and his 5 games a year for a million?

 

[liljohny]

Only a matter of time before article like this surfaced.

Here's a long shot.

Dessies Dragons snare turbos!

 

[HD and Ink]

Manly's the newest NRL basket case.....even doing better than Newcastle.

Pride jerseys for next year anyone ?

 

[Wahesh]

No thanks.

He's a great player, I won't deny it, but we do not have enough salary cap space for him unless we release 3 or so players, and in addition, he's been injury prone the last few years.

Didn't we already experience what it's like to sign an injury-prone Manly player who stuffed up our recruitment and retention?

 

[B-Train]

His hammys are made of straw. He's a great player but he can't stay healthy. Let someone else pay him crazy money for 8 games a season.

 

[Turvey Chip and Chase]

It’s not because of his injuries that I wouldn’t sign him. Look at Tedesco for example. Couldn’t get on the field for 3 years at Tigers then the minute he changes clubs his luck begins. You get a Turbo who is past his injuries and he is unstoppable.

My concern is what dent he would put in our cap. Could we afford him? I’m thinking more likely no. If we lost Allan, Thompson and Flanagan we could definitely, but we would would then need at “least” a new gun prop.

 

[2144superman]

Tom has played just 32 games since re-signing three years ago

 

[shannon2009]

Aren’t the roosters looking to boost the outside back stocks ?

 

[CroydonDog]

No more Manly pls. Ever.

Its the curse of the former Bullfrog/Arko no poaching pact.

 

[D- voice]

Throw everything at Tommy Turbo. Article saying he is losing patience with Manly - pipe dream but sign him (and Jake and Ben and his Mum n Dad if you have to- just get it done)

Would turn the Dogs into a genuine premiership chance next year - even with Flanno at half!

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Turbo’s Des clause demand revealed amid reports Sea Eagles star is ‘losing patience’ with club

Turbo’s Des clause demand revealed amid reports Sea Eagles star is ‘losing patience’ with club

www.foxsports.com.au

Here is why I wouldn't sign him...
Too injury prone for fullback.
Too expensive for a centre.

 

[T-Rocket]

Can we pay him per match played?

 

[Cappuccino]

No

 

[Disposable Hero]

Can a mod permaban OP.

 

[D0GMATIC]

He would be great to have a the club, but I fear it would end up like the Foran debacle

 

[B-Train]

Manly should be "losing patience" with him considering he can never stay on the field and earns a tonne.

 

[Phalangist]

His hammys are made of straw. He's a great player but he can't stay healthy. Let someone else pay him crazy money for 8 games a season.

If those 8 games were on the road to finals
Wow
What a run that would be

 

[SPEARTAKVIDREFS]

Could you imagine it. We'd rehab him for 2 years on 1.2M and then sell him to back to Manly to kill it for the rest of his career.

 

[The__GM]

Even if we don't sign him and he leaves for another club, a Manly implosion with all this Des drama get's me hornier than Max King on his wedding night.

 

[boggie23]

Jake seems cooked. Tom is a Freak of a player. But with his size strength and speed you have to wonder when his body will start to fail him, what he will become as a player.

Jakes drop off was rapid. Even though very different players you’d be wary signing Tom up for 5 years and dealing with him in his 30s.

End of the day when on the field he is probably the best fullback in the comp. But attaching a million + dollar price tag is risky if he is playing under 20 games a year.