We really blew it when we signed Watmough? Arthur's obsessing with an ageing loudmouth who has only indifferent form and injuries ahead of him and is on huge dollars, has stuffed us up for a good 3 to 5+ more years.
Imagine if we hadn't signed Watmough and instead went after Trent Merrin as we should of all along and who is on similar or even less money. Then it would of allowed us to go for the player we should of always been after and believe me his management, after last weeks Fox Sports revelations, would have been way more pleased, and that is Dale Cherry-Evans.
Instead we have 3 playmakers for next season(should Sandow stay) who aren't playmakers. Sure they have their moments, but that's the problem, they are just moments and the team results show just that.
Chrissy, as we know, is an individualist. Norman, is a dumb and petulant playmaker(no wonder he and Hayne used to argue) who rarely ever dominates a game from go to woe, but can have his great moments.
And as for Foran, well his playmaking abilities will be highly tested next season, but I don't believe he has the full game dominance that a great playmaker does as can be seen time and time again at Manly, just like how he displayed in his quiet game this weekend.
But if we had gone harder for Titans forward Ryan James and focused on Merrin and DCE, who would of given our team a whole game focus and premiership look about it, something that the young but stupid current Parra players are thirsting for, well we would be looking forward to a totally different decade ahead.
But instead, we have got Wotmough, an over priced Foran, who I predict, we will destroy mentally and physically, another ageing rock star in Beau Scott, and probably Daniel Tupou, who is exactly the type of problem player(mentally switched is off more then on) that we already have an abundance of at the club and you would think the coach would be avoiding like the black death. And don't start me on the re-signing of slow poke Hopa out wide, when there is a player like Tim Simona on the open market.
There are always great forwards and backs that a club can entice and rebuild with, but there is rarely the once in a decade chance to snare a great halfback as good as DCE. We just don't seem to be able to get any of it right though unless it falls in our lap with juniors and even then we get it wrong on many occasions too.
2016, same as the 2015, same as 2014, same as 2013, same as 2012, same as, same as, same as...
