I guess that's the interesting thing though Pete. Normally I would agree 100%, but we ain't talking about 2 players just deciding they want to leave for better money. These are two players that want to leave their respective clubs for family reasons. It just happens to be that they are both looking to return to Brisbane and Brisbane is a one town team. Sure you have the Gold Coast, but they are well set in the positions both players play in and have spent a bucket load on signing players like Taylor, Idris ect. If say Milford was from Sydney, there would be the same media circus just more clubs involved. This will all no doubt play out in the off season. The Bulldogs and the Raiders have two choices really, to release or not to release. Bulldogs to be honest are more likely to play hardball as they have Barba for 2 more years and he is an established first grader, but in the same regard they openly call themselves a family club, so that may sway them to agree to releasing Barba from the last two years when his family moves back to Brisbane. The Raiders I think will buckle if Milford wants out, they'll give it to him. They have a pretty good fullback in under 20's, if Milford does want out, and they say no, they will simply have him for 1 year and be developing him further for another club. He'll sign with the Broncos after November and that'll be more money wasted.
