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@Madge
It all comes back to his hip injury… his foot doesn’t come within coo-ee of the ball.
You’re joking right?
It’s true. People who have used him as their punching bag over the years forget that. Either out of convienicnce or ignorance. Sky was the limit pre injury. He could hit a hole as good as anyone that’s ever played the game. Sadly, a big part of him as a footballer died that night. And what’s most sad about it is that the injury happened in the last 2 minutes when the game was already won. A total waste.
It’s complete BS that he cant touch the ball with his foot. In saying that, I’ve never really taken notice of his play the balls. I think if he was asked, then he’d laugh. He was awful as a centre for years after the injury and I wanted him gone. Not because I didn’t like the guy, but he simply wasn’t any good in that position and that’s where he stayed. Since his move to the forwards, he’s been terrific. But suggesting that his movement is that limited is crazy. If he touches it once, the theory is blown out of the water.
He copped an unrelenting and undeserved barrage on here. He was criticised for his contract, a contract he signed when he was one of the best centres in the game. His contract value wasn’t unreasonable at the time of signing and he was injured horribly while representing our club, the club many of his critics professed to love. He then restructure his deal and took a massive pay cut and people still bashed him. He has given our club so much I’m happy for him to decide when he has had enough and I’m happy for him to have a place in our squad until that time. It’s not like he costs us any of our limited salary cap!
I’m not saying he doesn’t deserve to play on, nor do I question his worth as a club man or have any issue whatsoever with him playing on and being payed accordingly given his dedication & commitment to the club. As Ink has said, I think he’s top of the pile. More-so than Farah and Marshall. I just think it’s ridiculous to suggest he can’t touch the ball with his foot because of injury. Every time I see him get up slowly (and that’s often), I feel his pain. Those bones look tired and sore. I hope he doesn’t drive himself into the ground. He deserves to go out after a finals campaign after all his efforts, be it this year, next or beyond. Time is running out though. For what it’s worth, I wasn’t alone in thinking he was gone when he came back after injury. His performances weren’t good enough often enough. A move to the pack changed everything for him.
