I knew they would want a player swap and Burr being the target, its not worth losing an up and coming second rower who will be in the squad once Frank is finished for Mead to be honest because other players will become available in that time period.
The reported 200k is alot of money and to me that is a pretty good excuse, that could get you land and other assets you could live in or setup a future with...
Really I don't know what people have a hard time understanding. He Fn dogged his teammates. That is unforgivable and shows the character of the guy. I challenge any of you who watched that game to imagine that was a dogs jersey. Still want him here? I'm not suggesting for a second he shouldn't have issues with the third party sponsors or the club. But take it up with them. What he did was one of the most disgraceful things a player could do. He is certainly no hero for doing it.
You don't want to disrespect your team mates but in the end it's a job. I know if I was getting paid to play any sport and my boss refused to pay me, I wouldn't play. It's easy enough to talk about the brotherhood and everything but when you're not getting paid to do your job then you don't do your job. I am friends with the people I work with but if my boss hadn't paid me for over 1 year I wouldn't turn up to work no matter how under pressure they are.
SBW dogged his team mates and came back to help lead the roosters to a premiership
Mate you are actually agreeing with me. I've said it many times he shouldn't have played. You sound like any reasonable person. What he did was akin to turning up to work and destroying what his workmates were doing because his boss didn't pay him.
And what about us during that time?
It makes sense. Bennett I believe has been told that he is free to go to another club next year, as Wests (Newcastle) are looking for the Knights to reduce costs before taking over. Bennett is just paid way too much and is contracted to HSG directly.
Yeah, it definitely wasn't the best way to handle it. Kind of like a kid who refuses to eat his vegetables until he gets icecream. Still I can understand where he's coming from. If I was him I'd want to spite the club any way I could, just sucks to do it to your team mates too.
Boyd has issues with his club. Sbw had issues with the club. Sbw walked out while Boyd is still hanging aroun for a release or to resolve the issue with the knights. He cant just refuse to play, that will get him no where.
SBW had issues with the club? I hope you don't believe that garbage for a second.
The most honourable thing he could have done was not played. Of course that would have helped him. It would have made his position known to everyone and the club would have tried harder to resolve it. What he did was unforgivable.
What's the difference between not get off the bus and just not playing
Different game. I'm talking about the game he walked around at the back not even trying. Might have been against the cowboys in round five, not 100 percent sure. They highlighted it on nrl360 I think.
Boring...Honour is a trait only a small amount of people have these days. If he sat out he would:
Atleast he showed up, I'd do the samething to a person not paying me but expecting me to work just do a shitjob and leave them happy knowing you did something lol
To say he was not trying is an insult. Subconsciously he may have had stuff weighing him down, but to say a player that has played at the highest level of the game did not try is an absolute joke.
You obviously didn't see the game.
Fine just replace honour with decency then. Has he got his money now? I say his rep is at an all time low.