1990?? 91???

ANyway I'm looking forward to seeing the two Manly boys the most as I expect them to have the biggest impact of the players coming over. Hall in particular is a going to be a very important part of the jigsaw.

Heath L'Estrange looks good to me. Awesome name too

Thats who I voted for. He will be our man of mystery and bring a bit of je ne se quoi to the side, a bit of panache and flair.

I've had a complete black out on that one then!

please keep to th topic in question. if you need any advice on birds send me a message and ill be happy to help you.

this isnt the place though

Where's the Matai option?

Not sure it was Fulham as it would have been about '92 but I think the club were hoping he might be our Emosi Koloto

Well if we'd have signed Lockyer to play dtand off when he was at FB I wouldn't be moaning. Kearney has played SO for many years as a junior aswell, I think he'll do well and I have no worries.

the thing is...

as a junior player Brett never reached anywhere near the standard that Ben Jeffries reached, and it was only as a full back that he was able to find a first grade spot..

He will play his heart out at 5/8 but you had a better player in that position with Jeffries!

Kearney is a better full back than you have on your books... and will be a star if he is played in his proper position.

and... to answer aprevious poster... he is NOT a playmaker... he is a support player and very fast!

Jeffries never realised the potential he showed as a kid. On his day he was good but those days were few and far between.

. . . . and, IMHO, when the going got tough . . . . Jeffries usually went missing. Constantly. And then usually went on to state in the press that [i"some people ought to look long and hard at themselves in the mirror'[/i. The man must have been a chuffin' vampire . . . . with a picture of Sam on the wall behind him

Exactly.

The Wakey fans told us this when we signed him. They were right.

Those are words you don't often see together!

I know, I just realised what I said

That's the mother of all Oxymorons...forgive me I know not what I do

They were also right on Solomona (fitness, errors and penalties conceded), although IIRC he was OK for a season.

Jeffries is a bit of an enigma, granted. But the criticism here is way over the top. How many players stood up when things were tough? Virtually none. Jeffries is principally a support player, he is as good as almost anyone in SL, anyone (including Macca) who expected him to be the main creator is daft. Having said that his stats for assists are better than most in SL. If ever there was a player who disappeared inside his cauliflower ears when things get tough, only to ever appear when the team was dominant it is your greatest scrum half of the 20th century.

As you've reposted your mantra for the zillionth time, forgive me for pointing out for the zillionth time that when things got tough, we won . . . everything. Several times.

You need to reformat your HDD and reinstall your backup "Yes but no but yes but we won all those things DESPITE Deacon" argument.

Heath L'Estrange for me. Slick player who in my opinion didn't get the game time he deserved at Manly

I remember the 2003 cup final being one of the closest games we played in our successful period and it being a heck of a tough game. Deacon was instrumental in that win.

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1 Robbie Paul
2 Tevita Vaikona
3 Leon Pryce
4 Shontayne Hape
5 Lesley Vainikolo
6 Michael Withers
7 Paul Deacon
8 Joe Vagana
9 James Lowes
10 Paul Anderson
11 Daniel Gartner
12 Jamie Peacock
13 Mike Forshaw
14 Lee Gilmour
17 Stuart Reardon
18 Lee Radford
19 Jamie Langley
20 Scott Naylor
22 Karl Pryce
26 Chris Bridge
27 Rob Parker
29 Stuart Fielden
30 Richard Moore

And as I have said before Susan Boyle would have stood out playing with that squad. When it got tough you had nearly 20 international class players to tough it out. Now you don't, why is it therefore Jeffries fault? Why doesn't the greatest scrum half of the 20th century now tough it out?

Did Deacon escape criticism last year? IIRC he did come in for a smidgeon.

He was the only halfback left standing for the second half of the season. His partner at 6 was often Mike Forshaw.

You're finally seeing the light