ElleryHanley
Well-known member
Woke up this morning and saw "Dragon's skipper signs four year deal with new club" and, I must admit, I punched the air a bit with joy...presumed it was us...sat down, made a coffee to enjoy with the 'good news'...
And then realised he has joined, of all teams, Cronulla...
To compound it...to play 13 for them.
There is a fairly established pattern of rep / elite level players "meeting with Madge" a month or two prior, "sitting on" an offer from us...being heavily linked with us as the only suitor...
And then signing elsewhere the moment another team comes in for them...
It deserves discussion. We have been able to land some good youngsters, and been able to land several misfits / last chance type players...
**But we have not been able to land that 24-28 yo in their prime elite level player / NSW Origin level player basically ever since we were formed.**
This one stings a bit as he would have been perfect at 13 for us / has all the traits we need / has a relationship prior with Madge...and, worst of all, Cronulla are a mess with most of their best players about to file for pensions. Yet he still chose them over us.
Why exactly deserves discussion...
LM
JAC
McIness
And then realised he has joined, of all teams, Cronulla...
To compound it...to play 13 for them.
There is a fairly established pattern of rep / elite level players "meeting with Madge" a month or two prior, "sitting on" an offer from us...being heavily linked with us as the only suitor...
And then signing elsewhere the moment another team comes in for them...
It deserves discussion. We have been able to land some good youngsters, and been able to land several misfits / last chance type players...
**But we have not been able to land that 24-28 yo in their prime elite level player / NSW Origin level player basically ever since we were formed.**
This one stings a bit as he would have been perfect at 13 for us / has all the traits we need / has a relationship prior with Madge...and, worst of all, Cronulla are a mess with most of their best players about to file for pensions. Yet he still chose them over us.
Why exactly deserves discussion...
LM
JAC
McIness