or he could just be our 5/8th, do a great job of it, and have a halfback inside him that can somehow manage the basic task of steering a team around to a gameplan a la Hornby.
there's this effort by everyone to reinvent Mullen. always has been. there's nothing wrong with him. you're expecting things from him that arn't there, never were there and don't even need to be there. yes, Johns could do everything standing on his head, but most players can't - Mullen certainly included. what's wrong with finding a halfback that will compliment him? developing one, even? we've re-signed every single one of our young halves, including Adrian Davis even. Bennett wouldn't be re-signing these blokes if he didn't think they had a role to play. he's had a look at them now.
there arn't many 5/8ths in the comp that look good without a competent partner. Mullen has never had one. actually, Mullen's never even had the opportunity to play with the same bloke for more than a few bloody weeks at a time. yet the fingers still point his way. he's been our lone half for god knows how long... and everyone seems to blame him that he can't just be a lone-wolf half that does everything for us and more. it's not the way it works for mere mortals, i'm afraid.
our club, our state and our fans have done everything possible to make this guys career as awkward as possible. just let the bloke play footy ffs. he's been amongst our best all year. he's not the bloke who is going to pull us out of the shit when things go wrong - but neither have the other 16 blokes out there with him. why isn't Buderus copping it for the apparent lack of leadership at the moment?
