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TBH I don't mind it. Mann or Munster don't really excite me and I'm sure there'll be good young fullbacks come through in the next few years.

Come on guys. I can't really believe what I am reading from some faithful online here, wanting to keep Mann or Munster to sacrifice Billy. This is some really hard detail to get my head around.
Billy is an absolute club champion, and will be in our top echelon of players for however long the club exists. There was a story on how well he he pre season trained and I have no doubt he wouldn't sign for longer than he thinks he could go. If we have to sacrifice two up and comers who 'could' be Billy's replacement, well so be it - I would be along the line of thinking to even sacrifice further to keep him. The work he has done for the club is outstanding and he is far from finished - still playing Origin, and will be first picked for Aus again! Sheens has quoted.
Some stuff on here I agree with 100%, but if people start going down the get rid of billy, or let's not re sign billy to keep two youngsters well that will do me! And by saying this, massive fans of both players in mention but until they play for the club for over 12 years and probably help us win a season worth of games like billy has - my opinion won't change.
Rant over.

At some point the clubs going to have to move on from the big 3 era. From a football pov, I'd like to see Bill go through the entire season healthy before I even thought about offering him a multi year extension. From a money pov, I hope the club and he realise he isn't the player he was and would take less so we can keep a few youngsters around.

As for those youngsters - Mann is good enough now, to find a spot in our 17 for him. Unless we undervalue him, he'll be here for awhile. And Munster is signed until 2017, so there is no worries there.

Michael :P wrote:

Michael :P wrote:Latrell Robinson, 17 year old brother of Reece & Travis has signed for 2 years.

Hopefully he doesn't try to choke Craig.

Also Justin Morgan is on the shortlist to become assistant coach.

Would be a great get.

Sallymay above is a reference on this thread that Latrell is Travis and Reece's brother from Sept 2013. (It is on first page of this thread).

http://www.melbournestorm.com.au/news/2 ... th_st.html

Jordie Re Signs till 2017 not surprised considering his GF is pregnant and storm sticking by him

Jesse B, Finucane, KP, Tohu and now Jordy all young and all locked in to at least 2017. With guys like NAS and Welch coming through, our forward stocks are pretty good.

Now all we gotta do is find another half and some decent outside backs and the future will look ok post Bellamy/big 3.

Oh, McLean is a good boy!

wasn't sure where to put this but Pride Pattison Ropati has left the knights due to personal reason and coming back to Melbourne...reckon we could sign him..he was still with the knights 20s so could still play for the Tboltz

sallymay wrote:wasn't sure where to put this but Pride Pattison Ropati has left the knights due to personal reason and coming back to Melbourne...reckon we could sign him..he was still with the knights 20s so could still play for the Tboltz

Quick google search sent me to a post in a Knights forum (posted 22/2);

Bloke at the other Knights forum said he's been given a lot of time off to go home to Melbourne for a friend's funeral.

But...there is also this;

http://www.newcastleknights.com.au/team ... obati.html

...and, Sally is usually right

KingHowe I assume your link went to PPR's profile on Knights website. That page no longer exists. Refer to article on Knights website.

http://www.newcastleknights.com.au/news ... i_dep.html

sallymay wrote:so the rumour is Billy is re signing for 3 years pushing Duffie and Mann out...Franks gone crackers

sacrificing Mann to keep Billy who is 31 and has bad knees sigh

I want to be happy about this cause I love billy but it also just makes me angry and pisses me off

http://www.zerotackle.com/nrl/billy-sla ... orm-16337/

I'd take Billy over Mann everyday of the week. Think how good Billy was when he was 18. Munster and Mann are not even close to that standard. I think they both will become good players , but not stars.
With his full pre season I think Bill will have a cracking year.

Slater wasn't even a member of the Storm when he was 18 so I don't know what that has to do with anything.

blazza18 wrote:Slater wasn't even a member of the Storm when he was 18 so I don't know what that has to do with anything.

Sorry 19. And what I'm saying is these two players haven't shown me anything to say, that in the next 3 years they will play as well as Slater will.(even in his early thirties). Thus good move to re sign billy and lose Mann.

I just heard Blake Green on RSN Sports Radio and he said that the Storm first contacted his manager in 2013 for 2014 season. However, Wigan wouldn't release him from the last year of his contract.

Well that lucky for him he dIdnt leave cause he won the super league that year