I know it's nothing new, but some of the stuff you come out with is hilarious.

You say that he "seems a really poor signing to me" and then immediately say "I've never seen him play". You couldn't make it up!!

I had never seen Vea play before he signed for us. But, at the start of the year, you could argue that he was one of the top second rowers in the comp. Before he got injured, the anti-Saints mob that make up the Sky Sports commentary team, where even saying that he could turn out to be one of the best signings by any club this season.

We might not have the best team in the comp, but what we do have is the best academy in the country. I know you probably don't like that, but it's true.

And your silly little attacks on McManus are not only ridiculous, but highly disrespectful. "Doing it on the cheap". What a joke!!! We spend the same as all the other top clubs spend, which is the maximum amount. Wello had to retire so that we could take his wage off the cap in order to bring in Quinlan. That tells you that we spend the full cap.

I have no concerns at all about our squad for next season. We have some great prospects moving up from the academy (probably something that you don't know much about).

I don't think Shane Cooper played a single game in the ARL.

Same goes for many successful Kiwis during the eighties and early nineties.

3 I believe, but they will have also had training camps etc where a coach will be able to see things from a player just as easily in a game. In all honesty, I havent seen enough of the guy to comment whether he will be good or not for us. My point is that a lot of big name, international "stars" have come over and been terrible so to judge a guy before he has pulled our shirt on and played is a bit harsh imo

Hopefully it will be the case that, since h's not an established star, he wont take anything for granted and give 100% whilst at the same time, the fact he's got NRL experience may buoy his confidence enough to increase his performance.

Fingers crossed. He does seem like the Samoan Matty Dawson.

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I wouldn't read too much into that article. The Warriors stink as a club in terms of attitude. They had a chance to break into the upper echelons when Daniel Anderson was there, but the club buckled to player power and have suffered ever since. The appointment of a rookie in McFadden has been a predictable disaster. The Warriors players helped get rid of Matt Elliott, then performed (a bit) for McFadden, who then got the gig. Since then the players have again cruised through two seasons.

The best hope for the Warriors is to get a genuinely experienced coach in and have the club back him, including dumping some of the players that seem to think its all about showboating and not about winning.