Manou any chance

[stampy]

They'll just ask Emery to come out of retirement or find someone who has played for NSW and get them to wack the gloves on.

you mean dick emery dont ya?

[brod]

Well ronchi and Haddin didn't get full seasons due to one A Gilchrist and in HAddin's case playing in teh one day squad as a batsman.

My point is some people in SA rave about Manou well their are some 2nd XI 'keepers who are arguably better than him (Smith NSW, Clingleffer Tas, and the young kid whe started off in vis side and then fell out of favour to a rejuvinated Croswhaite).

I'd have liked to see SA make a play for Clingleffer as he is a better gloveman and arguably a better bat than Manou now that he is seemingly out of favour in Tasmania.

bollocks to that. Manou is the far superior glovesman

Disagree brod- im tipping you havent seen much of clingleffer- he is a fantastic gloveman and a very solid dogged batsman- i was surprised Sa didnt make a play at him too.

Have seen him play, so bad tip.
Why would SA try and recruit another good keeper (only one plays) and not address their glaring batting and bowling problems

[Stumps]

i severely question you judgment then.. clingleffer if recruited would be in the top 6 batsmen in the state- keeping or not- it just so happens he is a fantastic keeper too- and a deadset fighter- a quality that would be handy in the SA side- they have just dropped the player who puts the highest price on his wicket- deitz

[brod]

i severely question you judgment then.. clingleffer if recruited would be in the top 6 batsmen in the state- keeping or not- it just so happens he is a fantastic keeper too- and a deadset fighter- a quality that would be handy in the SA side- they have just dropped the player who puts the highest price on his wicket- deitz

Why are we recruiting players more players who have not been considered good enough to get a contract from their original state??
Not much between the two
Manou vs Clingleffer
Age 29y 47d 28y 31d
Matches 77 74
Runs 2613 2708
Average 21.95 26.54
Hundreds 3 3
Fifties 12 13
Dismissals 261 232

The Redbacks have far more important issues to fix...

[Stumps]

i severely question you judgment then.. clingleffer if recruited would be in the top 6 batsmen in the state- keeping or not- it just so happens he is a fantastic keeper too- and a deadset fighter- a quality that would be handy in the SA side- they have just dropped the player who puts the highest price on his wicket- deitz

Why are we recruiting players more players who have not been considered good enough to get a contract from their original state??
Not much between the two
Manou vs Clingleffer
Age 29y 47d 28y 31d
Matches 77 74
Runs 2613 2708
Average 21.95 26.54
Hundreds 3 3
Fifties 12 13
Dismissals 261 232

The Redbacks have far more important issues to fix...

i totally agree on yur point about recruiting interstate players- my point is that if your going to do it, at least get the best players available. my only point is i think clingleffer would have suited SA- even if hes a reserve keeper and "squad player"

[am Bays]

The Redbacks have far more important issues to fix...

I agree with that point and I thought Clingleffer was more around the 25 yo mark which would make him more attractive.

I still think on the scale of 'keeper batsmen around this country Manou is a fair way down this list, IMO.

[rod_rooster]

The Redbacks have far more important issues to fix...

I agree with that point and I thought Clingleffer was more around the 25 yo mark which would make him more attractive.

I still think on the scale of 'keeper batsmen around this country Manou is a fair way down this list, IMO.

He's not that far off Tassie. In terms of just glovework he isn't even close to the best in SA but even though he is still a good player who has a silly chance of playing for Aus if Haddin is injured.

[NFC]

Is manou any chance of taking over if Brad hadden cant play in the 3rd test. They Have mention Ronchi but Manou had a solid year and is better with the gloves.

[eags]

Manou 214 for PINT on the weekend.

[NFC]

Manou 214 for PINT on the weekend.

I made 312.