I think Woods will stay, but the fact he's remained silent throughout this is saga is disappointing and further proves to me he doesn't have the personality to be captain. Look at the actions of a couple other senior players at our club recently. First Chris Lawrence re-negotiates his contract to help the club out, then ET gets so sick of his manager stalling his contract negotiatons that he takes over and negotiates the deal himself. As captain he should be setting the example by signing first, then talking the club up afterwards. If he can't do that, why is he captain?
Thats a good point GNR - the club has shown that they want him as the long term captain and leader. You would think this would be backed up with a decent offer - if he is holding out to check his market value then he is hardly captain or club leader material.
What are you blokes on about? This is his living and he has every right to negotiate the best deal possible, captain or not. After all an NRL player's career can come to a sudden and permanent halt at any minute of the eighty he plays in every week, or at least those minutes that he's on the field.
Now, he's not captain material because he hasn't rushed into a deal a year before he needs to, just to settle the nerves of anxious supporters? Give me a break, I've heard everything now.
No one is arguing he isn't entitled to the best deal he can get, but as captain he has a responsibility to back the club and lead by example by re-signing. If he doesn't want to do that and instead would rather look out for himself, that's fine, but he should relinquish the captaincy because that isn't the mark of a leader. Why then should he be captain ahead of the players and the examples they set that i mentioned in my previous post.
