perhaps joe arundel knows what's happened to it?



seriously though the anti tampering law is unenforceable as clubs just say they talk in general terms to a range of agents and as long as no contracts are officially signed before the deadline it's very difficult to prove anything.

Maybe he is to become part of a swap deal with Arundel to go back to his former club



Surely Manu is holding out for as big a contract as he can get, this is likely to be his last big one. Might have to look outside FC for it though.

A smaller club will offer him more money, I'd be surprised if Saints or Hudds did though.

As for 2 clubs swapping ooc players..........................

Ellis is the better player clearly, he will however offer the same as Tickle does on the right. Manu offers something different. The ability to constantly break the line. I think those three starting with Westerman off the bench would be the best combination in the league.

Manu moa and omeley wont be here next season the way its looking ,and fc can only blame themselfs manu should have been signed on exstention last year ,Ellis on twice as much money but is he twice the player of manu ,i dont see that tbh

O'Meley is no great loss, Moa and Manu will be here.

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Manu will commit to 3 years imo. Moa is down to if he wants to stay in the UK and despite rating O'Meley highly he must be on some money and if Gentle needs that cash to create his squad then I can live with that.

Surely that depends on who replaces him.'"

And you know this how?

No one knows what's going to happen with Manu, Manu himself probably doesn't even have his mind set yet. So how people on here know what he's going to do is crazy!

I don't KNOW wether they'll be here next season, but my opinion is that O'Meley and Moa will leave but Manu will stay.

3 years wouldn't be smart. That's make him 35 for the last year of his contract. 2 year contract, max, possibly with an option in the club's favour for a 3rd (dependent upon performances, injuries, etc).

Manu for me has the skill set to be able to carry on for 3+ years.The club having an option probably wont mean he will lower his wage demands for the first 2 years where-as a straight 3 year deal may reduce his yearly terms giving us more cap space per year. Again though an upgrade at the back end of this season could possibly offer that if we still have cap space this term. loads to negotiate though but clearly Manu enjoys it at the club.

Menzies ?

Same question could be asked to Standee.

Fair point.

would a 3 year deal take manu to a testomonial??

Menzies aside, you could easily argue that it makes more sense offering Manu three years than O'Carroll, given their respective injury records.

No, he made his debut in 2007 so the current season is his sixth.

Absolutely...For me Manu is the type who is capable of still causing problems in the nxt 3 yrs...O'Carroll appears to struggle with fitness at this young age so god only knows what he will be like in his 30s!

Speaking of Eamon, how long did he sign with us for, 2 years?

Has an 8 match contract which will probably take him around 3 years to fulfil

don't exaggerate, 2 years!