Yep its easy to belittle players when their down and out...Packer was very good when he first joined us and many were pleased when he and Matalino were the front row combo...but yeah critisise me all you want...
Who was that was happy? No one was happy but we needed something. However he was overpaid 33% on his contract and he never played that well. Sure he did alot of decoys and a few othrr things but when your on that money and putting out 50 running metres a game then im sorry we need him to move on.
Ivan wanted him and gave him the salary....take it up with him...
Packer was a very good player when he was bought over to us....you have your opinion and I will keep mine....
Yes, Packer was at career best form with the Dragons the season we signed him.
When he linked up with Mats early we expected a lot, but got not a lot in return.
What though needs to be asked is why the drop? Is it Packer Cruising on a 4 year contract or is it the way we train and motivate? I think it's us! We have signed a lot of people who were great players and they come here and they go down a step. With the Center of excellence finally happening we may be able to remedy some of this but we need to be honest about why some players haven't been great coming here. I don't know the answer, lets ask the right questions.
