First it was Joel Romelo.
Then it was friggin' Mick Ennis.
Now Krisnan Inu.
I don't think I can take much more sad news this year.
I haven't been this upset by player movements since 2005-2007.
But, on the other hand, it never ceases to amaze me how players like this arrive to our club, and leave "better men".
For me, the Joel-thing began as a completely left-of-field idea in response to a flood of threads on here regarding who we should sign. It was a case of "everyone else has a thread on it, so here's mine". Little did I know that about 6 months later, my 'crazy idea' would wind up 100% true ! I knew with Joel "all good things must come to an end" one day, but it was fun driving the bandwagon while he was here.
With Mick, in my tiny little opinion ... he goes in the list of club legends. Gave up everything, part of the 2009-Moore-led-revolution who (along with Noddy, Stagg, Hannant, etc) moved his entire existence and re-focused his efforts on one thing only : Making the most of out his opportunity we'd handed them. Dude took it on like a personal responsibility and I'll be damned, we nearly won the whole she-bang in 2012 too. Still time for him to go home with the big bickies this year, if luck goes our way. Has done nothing but tackle his ring-out, and smash his body week after week. He's sledged, punched, bled and led from the front. An epic effort in a relatively short space of time. Add it all up, and it commands respect. There have been few who've done more for us than Mick, and if he were given a 10-year career here, he'd be a club immortal.
With Krisnan ... I'd rarely seen a player more excited to join us, or enjoy every minute of his time with us, more than Krisnan Inu. From his opening "doggies bro" pic in his new gear when he first joined, to the steady stream of social media videos from behind the scenes (I remember one in a car, back from training, with Kas, Greg, Joel and Frank : About 15 seconds of some hip-hop tune with the 5 of them doing moves), to the last memory of him I have, where he stole the massive drum off the cheer-squad on ground after a match, and started banging it before he went back up the tunnel to re-join the boys for the team song. For all his on-field talents, and the perceived flaws, he really enjoyed his time playing for us and it showed.
They'll leave us as better men, better footballers, and better leaders : It's been a pleasure having them around.
