What has happened to him????
Is it just me or is he just plodding in because he knows he has 80 minutes to play. Bloody hell he used to make shed loads of breaks before playing 80 mins.

Talk about stifling a player.

He shouldnt be starting games and playing 80 mins, he also only got about 2 passes tonight. (1 of which he dropped)

Didn't play 80 tonight.

was still poor though

No he didn;t but did he know that?

If he goes out knowing he is gonna play 20 mins he will really give it his all for those 20 minutes and that is where he excels (Similar to paleasina) but now he is going out expecting to play 80 he cannot do that.

I'm not disagreeing, think the kid looks knackered after playing so much recently. Just thought you was on about tonight.

Manu is an impact player and to get the best out of him should be played as such in spells

Exactly Hullmad, you know that i know that just about everyone knows that apart from the coaches

agar and sharp threatened to drop him if he broke another tackle or offloaded the ball

and thats whats so flaming annoying, good players are being knackered by inept coaches.

I would laugh if i didn;t think there was some truth in it.

him and radford was quite poor tonight but others stepped up to the mark.

Like who, Horne and Tommy apart thought everyone was else very average

yes they were all quite average i was thinking of tommy lee myself

As good as that?

I'd also add Calderwood to that list, I thought he had his best game in a Hull shirt tonight, Went looking for work and summed up his performace with that hunting tackle forcing the knock on.

If we go back to the 1st 5 games the likes of tickle,radford,cusack and dowes where the difference in us winning or losing those games the media claimed it was horne and thorman but those 4 where outstanding but they suffered burnt out tickle was according to agar to to be spelled this year because we have another quality goal kicker. it has,nt happened we have enough forwards to start resting the likes of radford and tickle put manu back to the bench start with burnett. maloney has done well king will be back and sam moa its about time every player is given a chance shake things up a bit to many players know if there even half they play.

That good?

Is he only contracted for this season? Anyone think he has had his nose but out at Lauaki coming over?

Had a poor game, his worst of the season. Every player is entitled to a bad game now and again.

Will be playing prop. And he and Manu are friends.

Will probably be playing prop most of the time but with us having 7 other props currently we have the option to play Lauaki back row too.

Is Manu OOC?

no he has one more year after this one

Well i hope he doesnt spend the next 18 months playing 80 mins and looking dis-interested!!