I admittedly haven't seen a lot of football beyond the start of this season. But he's stepped into a situation where he had to play a huge role. He's definitely dealt with it better than most of his predecessors. You might be nervous about whether he's worth $850k a season, but of all the "might be's" he's done well enough to crack into the origin squad so it's likely that someone will find 850k or thereabouts to get him to leave. It's more of a gamble to let him leave. If he winds up progressing to the point where he's a regular in rep teams, we'd bang our heads for the next ten years that we let him go.
If Ciraldo is the real deal, hopefully he already knows Burton's game well enough to factor for it in general play and game plans.
It'd be incredibly nice to welcome a top notch 7 as well as the hooker we've needed since Ennis left in Mahoney (not a frequent runner, but will get our pack rolling and makes good choices). Kikau will hopefully continue playing good footy too. Time will tell how we're travelling with halves. Ciraldo may see something been chasing to shape in Flanagan or BBO or we may be negotiating with a youngster from elsewhere to potentially partner Burton for a while on a healthier wage. At the end of the day I know that of the 10,000 players we've reportedly negotiated with in the last five years, most f those reported negotiations haven't progressed past being a disproved guess and the players we land are generally surprises.
