I wish you blokes could have heard me swearing at LG most of the game on Sunday. Because then what I'm about to say might sound a little less like being a sore loser.
I DGAF what he "might" become. What sort of player he "could" be. How big his potential is.
Right here, right now . . . sure, he's fit. Sure, he loves being involved in everything.
BUT . . . how many times has he fkkd up clear opportunities like 2 man overlaps, or echoed Luke Brooks and put a grubber into the back fence ( followed immediately by another one). Crabbed across field worse than Noffa ever did ?
Hogged the ball to murder a chance down the right ? I could go on, but I hope you boys get it.
We casually overlooked all these negative traits in his play because we might have fallen under the spell of every arsehole commentator telling us he's the next BIG thing.
While it's real hard to not sound childish when we criticise him after he told us to GFO . . . grab a beer and watch replays of all our games this year. And watch him with a totally unbiased eye. No favouritism, no hatred.
Then watch Latu's few games for us with the same scrutiny.
Then, grab another beer and know that while the media flogs itself over this kid, we will finally have someone to bargain with, that is desperately wanted by another club, that we can trade for a great forward, or tall speedy back. And that we have someone that's very close to a like for like replacement.
Then, grab another beer and relax.