what a f**king joke, I've got alot of respect for what craig has given this club.
I can understand his reasons for leaving.
But f**king fair dinkum if he shouldn't have come out and said this two months ago when there were still some chance of finding a top quality replacement.[/quote]
Yes, good call very insightful.
The system doesnt lend itself to this type of pre-leaving disclosure. Maybe it should.
If its a moral decision of the player, then not enough of them care about the clubs.
Gower was richly rewarded by the Panthers on many levels. He was extremely well paid. They even supported his union stint last Xmas but the ARL blocked it. The backed him on the off-feild drama's too. He was 'spoilt' due to his obvious footballing gifts. He is not quite elite anymore, but close enough.
I am not an enemy of his, but its fair comment to say his conduct here is very dissapointing.
A number of possible recruits have been signed up elsewhere. Wing for example.
And it makes planning for next year more difficult and that disturbs Elliot and his team now because they need to blood players. That means team changes when the side is on the bottom already, further aggravating the supporters, sponsers etc.
The old firm is disintegrating into dust. This is a watershed year.
Whoose next?
