Quote ="middleman"McPherson fit is far & away the best forward we have at present ,a no nonsense grafter , we played him jabbed up most of last season , now he's had a clean up op , hopefully we'll get the best out of him , half fit on one leg he's an improvement on Mauro.
Gleeson re-signing puts to bed any impression Long going has unsettled him , he'll now be one of Noble's ' Silverbacks ' , experienced players on side to enforce the Noble way of doing things.
I'm sure they'll be talking to Gaskell & Griffin . Broughton- Evalds -Sneyd are no brainers.
Gibson is a bit like Littler , every season we think we can do better , but he always plays his way back into contention and is usually amongst our top try scorers. injury prone but too useful to discard .
the rest ? and I include our current Manly players , Jewitt and other players OOC , unless they pull their tripe out and / or buy into the Noble way , they'll be expendable I guess.'"
We still haven't seen enough of Mauro to comment what he is actually like as a player. However, looking at the condition he arrived in, you'd have to say that, maybe, he lacks some professionalism.
As for Gibson/Littler, how dare you. Whilst I was never Littler's biggest fan, what he lacked technical ability and skill, he made up for in determination and commitment. Gibson on the other hand, his footwork, balance and ability to read the game is fantastic, but he completely lacks that steely determination Littler had in abundance. But yes, in the way you mentioned he is like Littler
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