Munster, like it or not is one of the best players in the comp so let's not compare Elliot to him. Sure Munster has done some dumb things on the field but he plays the game hard and backs it up with his talent, wins games, wins comps, represent Qld and Australia. He has won everything. Elliot on the other hand has proven nothing on the field, absolutely nothing!! Off the field, what has Munster done in comparison to Elliot's troubled past? Elliot walks around like he has a sense of entitlement. For someone that has done nothing in the game, it is laughable that he acts in this way. An embarrassment to the club and the game. That's why Melbourne don't sign such players.
Bellamy looks at the players character first before anything. As for Elliot's character test, yeh say no more.
I don't care where he goes so long as we get rid of him. He has had enough chances. He has also done us a favour when talking about our salary cap. We needed to clear a forward or two.
Thanks for the spiel, but I wasn't talking about on field performance. I was making a pretty simple comment about a supposed no dickheads policy.
Munster is the walking embodiment of a dickhead (at least on field, no idea what type of bloke he is off the field)..... I bet if he had come up through our systems in recent years, he wouldn't be half the player he is today, either. You can have all the natural talent in the world, you're still not going to realise your potential until you are in the right environment to bring it out.
Anyway, now that you have hijacked my very straight forward comment and taken it on a completely different tangent, allow me to respond to a few of your points.
What has Elliott said or done that suggests he has a sense of entitlement? You need to explain this baseless comment, because he has spoken with remorse, humility and has taken personal accountability after both of his previous indiscretions. He has said or done noithing to suggest he has a sense of entitlement. He clearly has a bit of a drinking problem.....something that is very common amongst young men.....particularly those surrounded by the booze culture of the nrl. Like many young men who develop drinking problems, he has a bit of a tendency to make bad decisions when he is on the sauce.
For all of his faults, he is also a Ken Stephen medal winner due to the work he does in the community. He is apparently well liked by his teammates. So far as we know, he has never set fire to another playere's arse, led police on a drunken car chase, assaulted a partner, invaded someone's home and terrorised them, committed disgusting acts with a stranger's dog after crashing a party, been accused (and found guilty) of rape or sexual assault, or committed any of the many more serious offences that have been committed by past or present players in our game.
He is obviously a flawed person with his fair share of problems to sort through, right now. But the character assasinations being carried out on here say more about the sanctimonious nature of some of our members than they do about who he is as a person. I know he is far from perfect - as both a person or player......but it is exactly this sort of judgmental and cruel natured nonsense that made me decide to champion him on this forum.
You want him gone from the club, fair enough. Looks like you're going to get your wish. So why not stop death riding the bloke and taking pleasure in his struggles. Why not wish him well and hope he finds the help he needs elsewhere? Because quite frankly, taking pleasure in the personal problems of others is a bit of a dick move.
