Stay away from Satae hopefully even though he’ll be off quota. Rarely works out second time around and he’ll be 33 himself later this year. Let’s move on.

[quote="DSJ1983":2bgflapc]It looks like he was in and around the Manly first grade setup as a youngster when Carty was there as he made a first grade appearance in 2016. Every overseas player we’ve signed has followed that pattern so could be something in it.[/quote:2bgflapc] Whilst I can see the logic in all our overseas signings having worked with Cartwright at some point so he knows what they're like, is it not a risk that by not casting our net wider, we're missing out on potential better players that he hasn't worked with?

[quote="Cuddleclub":167hyd0h]You just know it’ll be worse than expected. It always is.[/quote:167hyd0h] He'll be having his arm amputated on Tuesday knowing how it goes with us.

Id still take Satae for a year if he is off quota, can't imagine us signing a better non quota prop. Agree with Steve, I'm sure Cartwright and Myler will, buy its a tough job getting people here, so have to use the connections. Hopefully long term we are more attractive and have more options.

[quote="Steve0":14wbr3my]Whilst I can see the logic in all our overseas signings having worked with Cartwright at some point so he knows what they're like, is it not a risk that by not casting our net wider, we're missing out on potential better players that he hasn't worked with?[/quote:14wbr3my] Yeah, he obviously wants people he trusts to get us back on track short term and who he knows will fit in with what he wants with effort in training etc but eventually you’ll think we’ll have to cast the net wider. That’s assuming the Liam Knight thing is true anyway, and even if it is it the Cartwright link could just be a coincidence, it’s a pretty tenuous link as he was only 20 and made only 1 appearance for Manly. It is interesting though, it’s the first thing to look for when we are linked with an overseas based player and there is a link there.