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"Well said Pou. I think the issue involved with Da Silva for some fans is their affinity for Smith. He is such a fan favourite anyone that is taking game time away or is adding competition is bad it seems. I really like Smith but the hate for Da…"
"Would've made him shave it off turning up to pre season like that. Smith would be licking his lips"
"TDS is still young, with plenty of improvement left in him. He could still play Flegg in 2026 ffs. And despite being two years younger than Ryley Smith, he has played nine more NRL games."
"So if you don't rate him why put him in lower grades for time? If you don't rate him time in lower grades won't matter."
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I used to verse them in the penrith comp, they're pretty bad all through the grades
I really don't think it will make much difference to Manly having this connection. The talented local juniors will want to play for Parramatta, Penrith or West Tigers u16's, u18's and u20's. There won't be many talented Blacktown juniors interested in travelling from Blacktown or further west to Manly for training and back again several days a week.
This move is only going to piss off the fringe first graded who will have a lot of travel between training and playing, particularly if they are up and down from first grade and second grade.
This move/new feeder club link is for two reasons. Firstly the Manly club (privately owned) wants to reduce the cost of running their second tier team and the money spent on their second tier players will be slashed. Secondly, Manly don't have a team in the Ron Massey Cup and don't have those extra players to draw upon when injury occurs.
As a Parra fan I wouldn't be worried.
Good for Manly but it won't affect us as a club all that much.