I've often though that they must put something in the water in Yorkshire when I hear some of the comments on these forums and in the RL newspapers



Anyone who wishes to see Gary Hetherington leave the role of Chief Exec at the Rhinos surely proves my point and that they also must be insane.



But then again you lot are a strange bunch

Got plenty of keyboard CEO's on here who if they were in charge would have us in the GF every year, have the best academy team ever known and have the stadium work all done without any problems.



One bad season in which the team started the year with one hand tied behind their backs and people are in a desperate rush to want to completely dismantle the club head to toe without waiting to see what we can do when we have a proper preseason behind us.



This thread could well be on a par with the "McDermott out" thread with being dragged up in ten months time if we have a successful season. Some posters have been so adamant and heavy in their criticism of how the club is running that they'll be left looking quite foolish if we do well this season, a trick that's happened in several previous seasons.

Good to see Loiner 81 has spoken to so many Aussie fans . I for one will wait and see how good he is but at 24 years of age he has played very few first grade games and lasted only 12 months at Manly which is a worry . but i will give him time and hope for the best .

A very balanced view.



Otherwise, one risks embarrassment of "Achurchian" proportions when relying upon internet forums and selective YouTube visitations.

At the end of the day, there's risk with signing any player. We've signed former NRL first grade regulars who haven't turned out great, some who've become legends of our club.



We've signed guys with little first grade experience who've turned out good (Leuluai, Garbutt), some who have been awful (Achurch, Vickery).



But I believe Parcell has slightly better pedigree than those two, and in terms of what I've seen and his skill set, he fits what we wanted. It also sounds like Mac did some homework talking to Chad Randall whose based at Manly, and Parcell did likewise talking to Ben Walker.



I'd say this signing is an informed gamble rather than an out and out guess.

A very sensible outlook.

I haven't spoken to a single one but I don't need to and guess what? Neither do you.

Try browsing the Manly Facebook page, search for Matt Parcell on Twitter or go visit the Manly fans forum...



It's not rocket science this stuff.

Correct let's hope you win otherwise its going to be a very tough watching season

Unlike yours.







Indeed.

I always win

Spot on how I see it. You only have to start reeling off names like Brett Mullins, Bradley Clyde etc. before you get quite a list of guys who came here (or other English clubs) who were successes in the NRL to know it doesn't equate to how they'll go here. Usually it's the guys who are seeing it as a real opportunity rather than a nicely paid holiday and Parcell certainly drops into the former. Much questioning and hinting as to why he's leaving Manly and the NRL as if he must come with some sort of issue to lower himself to SL. By the sounds of it it's just a guy who looked like he'd be 2nd choice at Manly behind the coaches preferred guy Koroisau and he wants to be starting games instead so jumped at the chance to come here. Manly have options at hooker and sound like they want to strengthen other areas.

You mean embarrassing calls like back in 2011 when you said that Leeds squad had nothing left in them, needed dismantling and someone needed to stick a fork in them as they were done?.....and they went on to get another 3 GF's, 2 CC's, 1 WCC & LLS