Dragonslayer
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The debate concerning Nightingale is interesting to say the least and both sides of the arguement have merits IMO.
The important issue for me is not wether he is too old/too slow or wether he is a club legend/never let you down the issue for mine is what does he hope to gain in 2018.
Now we know McGregor has "favourites" and indeed Nighty is one of them and we also know McGregor doesn't like to change things unless forced to. So in reality we all should be prepared for Nighty lining up on the wing in round 1. I'd be suprised if he wasn't.
However, is there a guarantee that McGregor will select him? Maybe he signed a new one year deal already knowing his fate for 2018 and let's face it he costs us nothing under the long serving player allowance.
Another thing to remember is that he is 28 games short of Ben Hornby Club record number of games played so even if he played ALL games in 2018 (and lets throw in finals as well) he going to be short. Could he possibly sign again for 2019 just to break the record?
Again, what is HIS motivation? And we would have to ask him direct to solve that riddle.
Nighty is a dead set legend to the Dragons but I just hope his motivation is dead set in the right place.
The important issue for me is not wether he is too old/too slow or wether he is a club legend/never let you down the issue for mine is what does he hope to gain in 2018.
Now we know McGregor has "favourites" and indeed Nighty is one of them and we also know McGregor doesn't like to change things unless forced to. So in reality we all should be prepared for Nighty lining up on the wing in round 1. I'd be suprised if he wasn't.
However, is there a guarantee that McGregor will select him? Maybe he signed a new one year deal already knowing his fate for 2018 and let's face it he costs us nothing under the long serving player allowance.
Another thing to remember is that he is 28 games short of Ben Hornby Club record number of games played so even if he played ALL games in 2018 (and lets throw in finals as well) he going to be short. Could he possibly sign again for 2019 just to break the record?
Again, what is HIS motivation? And we would have to ask him direct to solve that riddle.
Nighty is a dead set legend to the Dragons but I just hope his motivation is dead set in the right place.