Daly Cherry-Evans' departure forces Manly to rethink their spine, considering positional changes or signing a veteran.
Daly Cherry-Evans' decision to leave the Sea Eagles has put the blowtorch on every club's most important combination - their spine.
Manly has two future stars in Onitoni Large and Joey Walsh who will be long-term first graders at the time. But Cherry-Evans' decision now has them considering a Tom Trbojevic positional switch talent or look to the player market to chase a veteran such Jamal Fogarty to be a bridging halfback while Large and Walsh develop into NRL stars.
"Let's be fair Joey is a couple of years away," Manly coach Anthony Seibold said.
"In his first rugby league game in about three years he played very well...