Liam Knight

[Mickie Lane]

Kandy Tamer & Sonny Tuigamala must go close to being in the best/favourite Easts side. Graham Appo springs to mind as well & what about Gus's purchase, Graham Mackay. Shocker.

Elsegood played it hard & was a top winger IMO

[Drumstick]

I read that we are about to sign Liam Knight from Manly.
Haven 't heard anything about him or seen him him play but they said he is a superstar in the making.
The story said he is as a good a signing as JWH when we signed him from Manly and turned him into what he is today.
Good signing or not ?

Knight is a good player, but he is not a prop but will be a good mobile backrower. He gets a few problems with his ankle after a nasty accident a few years back falling down some stairs, but he is young and if he looks after himself he could have a very bright future. Rothfield had this on his twitter a few months back BUZZ ROTHFIELD @BuzzRothfield Sep 27
BUZZ ROTHFIELD Retweeted Nathan Webb

Under contract next year but Chooks have jumped in early

BUZZ ROTHFIELD added,

Nathan Webb @nathanlwebb1980

[Drumstick]

Tony Melrose

What about gorgeous George Rose ???????

[The Brain]

The opportunity is to Get Knight now this week and sign him up .Manly need to release 3 or players to finalise the signing of Walker.
Also if your looking for fill in fullback I would get Hiku on the cheap as he might get released ..I rate him highly -he has just gone missing since his debut with Manly needs a wake up call and can cover wing center as well if need be.
(Knights stats is that of a first grader) I am certain he woud be a good buy.

[eddie]

The opportunity is to Get Knight now this week and sign him up .Manly need to release 3 or players to finalise the signing of Walker.
Also if your looking for fill in fullback I would get Hiku on the cheap as he might get released ..I rate him highly -he has just gone missing since his debut with Manly needs a wake up call and can cover wing center as well if need be.
(Knights stats is that of a first grader) I am certain he woud be a good buy.

Rumour is Manly see Walker as a 5/8, but it seems a bit risky to be releasing three players on an experiment.
Barret's first master stroke?

I didn't realize Hiku was a recognised fullback. I thought he was a winger that filled in when Stewart was injured?

[roostersrule2]

Rumour is Manly see Walker as a 5/8, but it seems a bit risky to be releasing three players on an experiment.
Barret's first master stroke?

I didn't realize Hiku was a recognised fullback. I thought he was a winger that filled in when Stewart was injured?

I think they might play Lyon at 5/8 and keep Walker in the centres and perhaps develop him into a 5/8.

Hiku's a fullback primarily but I'd say he's more suited to centre.

[Bigchook]

Rumour is Manly see Walker as a 5/8, but it seems a bit risky to be releasing three players on an experiment.
Barret's first master stroke?

I didn't realize Hiku was a recognised fullback. I thought he was a winger that filled in when Stewart was injured?

Hiku is definitely a fb and would be a massive pick-up for us. I hope we're looking at him for 2yrs. I still remember him getting man of the match when we beat manly 4-0 in that semi final in 2013 where he played fb and ran for 250 odd meters.

[The Brain]

Rumour is Manly see Walker as a 5/8, but it seems a bit risky to be releasing three players on an experiment.
Barret's first master stroke?

I didn't realize Hiku was a recognised fullback. I thought he was a winger that filled in when Stewart was injured?

He had a killer season filling in the spot several times for Stuart when he was out ......but has gone lame of recent....needs a new club and change of scenery may have some developed baggage.

[Lydon]

Haiku would be a gem signing for our Club,very reliable footballer..
Here's hoping!

[Guest]

Yes sign Hiku immediately. I like it.

[eddie]

Thanks for that , all , I never really noticed Hiku before.
Everyone here seems to rate him.

I've just been informed that Hasler was chasing him as a Barba replacement, but he re-signed with Manly because Toovey saw him as Stewart's successor.
Maybe Manly's loyalty to Tooves and the rise of Tom Trobjevic has changed all that.

[Thirteen]

Having Hiku at fullback would be like trading the Porsche for a 1970s Datsun. And I rate Hiku.

[2026]

I like Hiku.

He runs hard and is a good finisher.Plays well under pressure.Bomb defusal is good. Just doesn't have the supreme ball-playing skills of B Stewart. Not many fullbacks do.

Covered plenty of ground retrieving Pearce's long kicks back in the 2013 week 1 final.

Just has to clean up his diet a touch.

He wouldn't come cheap.

[Drumstick]

I think they might play Lyon at 5/8 and keep Walker in the centres and perhaps develop him into a 5/8.

Hiku's a fullback primarily but I'd say he's more suited to centre.

Agree Hiku is a fullback. Manly have too many centres but don't have a specialised winger, they put players there who are not wingers. They also have too many hookers

[fletch]

although Hiku is by no means a superstar, I would feel a lot more comfortable about next season knowing he was on the roster as an option at either FB/Wing/Centre, would mean we could leave the Toups/Jenko and Fergo/SKD combinations alone.

would also be good insurance policy should SKD be found guilty of his charges.