I just don't have a good feeling about Schuster... and distinctly bad feeling about the possibility of him playing here.
players that I think have improved under Sheens: Toa, Stephano, twal, perhaps even Brooks.
young players that are developing/cementing themselves into the top 17: tupou, Bula, pole.
I know this is rose coloured analysis post a famous victory but the “sheens plan” was to sort the wheat from the chaff, to bring players through from our lower grades and to change the way we are playing and develop a “Tigers style”. I think we are actually doing pretty good with regard to what we have set out to achieve and Sheens may just pull this off.
Agree with that mate. And I would add Kepoa as improved. AJ came back from an off-season not only bigger and stronger but also more comfortable and confident.
@barra yeah I forgot about AJ. He has become a genuine first grader under sheens.
with Scott Fulton coming here maybe he will be in Schuster ear agitating for a for a swap with talau
Schuster is a hard no IMO
maybe it might end up
Talau to Manly
Flannagan to Manly
Schuster to Tigers
not that I think he is the 6 we need but benji seems to rate him
I’m not to excited about this Scott Fulton rumour I think his recruitment at Manly is pretty poor to be honest.
Does that mean McDonnell has been punted? if so, I'm fine with it. But I seriously doubt Teflon Tim would dispense with is besty.Danny Wiedler just tweeted that Scott Fulton will be leaving Manly as recruitment head to be Tigers new recruitment head.
I hope Flanagan to coach Manly as well. They deserve each other.Flannagan to Manly
@mercy-rule SMH reckons McDonnell will be doing the pathways and Fulton the NRL side.
Manly bracing for Tigers player raid as Fulton leaves Sea Eagles nest
Manly are bracing for the Wests Tigers to launch a raid on some of their biggest names after long-time recruitment manager Scott Fulton signed a deal to join Wests Tigers immediately.
Fulton, the son of Manly legend and NRL immortal Bob Fulton, has been head-hunted by the Tigers after his role at the Sea Eagles was diluted over the summer.
Fulton, whose sister Kristie Fulton was moved on from her administration role at the club last year, once called the shots when it came to recruitment and retention at Manly but the club has moved to a different model under new chief executive Tony Mestrov.
While Manly didn’t stand in Fulton’s way, the move could come back to bite the Sea Eagles. The Wests Tigers have already begun asking questions about the future of five-eighth Josh Schuster, who was involved in an altercation with NSW Cup player Dean Matterson — the younger brother of Eels forward Ryan Matterson — at training last week.
Schuster is contracted until the end of 2024 but question marks over his future surfaced last week following comments from skipper Daly Cherry-Evans.
“I have been playing long enough to see so many people at this club not maximise their opportunity,” Cherry-Evans said.
That is rugby league mate – if you’re not willing to work hard enough, if you’re not willing to sacrifice, you just don’t last long. He is at a crossroads early in his career but it can be a real positive.
“This doesn’t have to be a negative for him – spending some time away to get his body right, this could be a defining moment where he takes off to that level we all know he can.”
Making matters difficult for Manly is the fact they’ve gone to war in recent months with leading player agent Mario Tartak, who is extremely close to Fulton.
Manly locked horns with Tartak over the future of rising star Viliami Fifita and were in a tug-of-war for his services with St George Illawarra before they eventually released him to the Dragons.
Tartak and Fulton worked together on luring a number of players to the Sea Eagles, particularly those from western Sydney.
They include Schuster, Jason Saab and Haumole Olakau’atu. Like Fulton, Tartak’s stranglehold on the club has been diminished under the Mestrov regime.
Talk of Fulton’s potential departure has been doing the rounds for a couple of months and he has now signed a deal to oversee recruitment and retention at the Wests Tigers alongside Warren McDonnell.
McDonnell, who was brought back to the club by close friend Tim Sheens last year despite being moved on by chief executive Justin Pascoe on two separate occasions, will focus on the pathways at the Wests Tigers, with Fulton to look after NRL.
https://www.crownsports.com.au
tartak manages Sullivan from Dragons and schuster. Also Fainu in our system so presumably has links to their gun kid
I think Fulton is a really good appointment but I don’t think Schuster would be a good signing. He’s incredibly talented but he’s not a 5/8 and our second row is great as it is. Also seems to be a lot of red flags.
@tigertownsfs who is the good young one at Manly? how long do they have hom locked up for did they re-sign him recently
