Tonight showed that Benji should call it quits.
I don't think he is going to, will hang around hoping for a contract.
Like a fart that just won’t blow away
I can't really rag on him too much for it lol, if I had a chance to play one more year of footy I would. Changes your life when you stop.
I can, I think he truly believes he still has it. He doesn’t. He doesn’t realise he’s been able to hide all his deficiencies behind a strong team.
Yeah he 100% believes he still has it, he has been told all his life how good he is. Do you think those close to him have stopped telling him that? And the ones that did he stops listening to and listens more to the ones still telling him what he wants to hear. He is still that kid that burst onto the scenes years ago and likely suffers from peter pan syndrome. He gives up footy and all that goes away. I honestly get it.
Willie Mason was the same late in his career. Playing on till his mid to late 30’s. Can’t step out of the limelight.
The limelight, plus the only place they have really made friends. It is also the only thing they have known for most of their lives. Really hard things to give up and some do it better than others. Its also why he comes across dirty on the tigers as they told him he was done and he is not ready for that, can't accept it.
I will also state this is all from the outside looking in and I could be completely wrong lol.
I don’t think you are far off the mark.
The club has to take some responisibility for it too, as we encouraged him to grow up that way, made excuses for him etc.
To be fair if he jumps on a plane to the other side of the world , he could probably get 2 years , and look a million bucks doing it .