Have I mentioned that I’m glad the peanut is going?
It literally made my week.
As I said a week or so ago, I would have liked to have kept him.
But not on the stupid dollars he and his manager were asking for. I'm glad we stood our ground. We'll now go and source a 5/8th to serve our club better and allow our salary cap to be better balanced.
I also stated that if he goes, I won't lose any sleep over it, and I haven't.
If there is a loser in this whole scenario, it's the Knights, for paying overs. Some may call it market value, but in my mind, its desperation.
There has only ever been one player that has been worth a long term $1 million contract that has earned it, and that is DCE at Manly.
I laugh at the fact that Newcastle have just signed the most expensive player ever in the NRL yet he's not even amongst the best 20 players in the League. Not even on potential. He's past the "potential" stage of his career.
I hope I'm wrong, but I think this signing may even end in tears for Parra this season. It's my opinion that he's just not mature enough to handle the pressure he has put himself under and be able to perform for the rest of the season now for us.
Time will tell.