Its about balance, which of those regularly busts tackles and makes breaks and offloads the ball?

If he's not important why have the club offered him big money?

Gutted.

Things seem to have taken a turn for the worse over the last few days, with this news and the Mckinnon rumour. Plus all the injuries, the feel good factor has certainly fell since Good Friday.

It's in the bag





pardon the pun. the contract not the shopping

The club won't replace him as it would be near impossible to get a player to do what he does. Still a massive loss. When was the last time one if the other big clubs lost one of their best players to s rival club?

Balance? If Manu stays on this 'astronomical' contract and it costs us a decent front rower where's the balance in that? Sorry, I just don't see how he's that important to us.
I want him to stay but not to the detriment of our recruitment in more needed areas.

Because we wouldn't need to.

and many on here as soon as we get wind of a player 'may' be leaving start the old, 'oh we dont need him that much, he isnt any better than so and so, he isnt our best player'.
He is our best player at the moment, and if we are to build a 'title winning squad', we need the likes of him.

Look on the bright side we could still have Agar and the wicked witch still in change.

Balance in terms of the squad and type of player, i don't worry about the money as we don't know who gets what.

I knew we'd agree on something eventually.

We've seen how we've struggled without Moa, O'Carrol and O'Meley, as happy as I'am with Pitts and Bowden neither are should be in our fully fit 17 yet.

We need two quality props, would someone like Johnson be good enough for that role? I doubt it.

So you've ignored the comment were I said I'd rather he stay. The thought of him, Ellis, Tickle and Westerman as our back row options is mouth watering. But I'm not going to get all upset if he goes, I've seen better players than him leave before. I just believe that we'll have a better squad next year and we'll be challenging for honours with or without him. You may disagree.