True EEL said:
gee some of you guys are fickle?????
i think Josh Davis could really (and will Really) be something special from ALL of the reports of his play in both the Bartercard Comp in NZ and for the Junior Kiwi's against Australia......
and now, 3 seconds after half the people here were naming him in their sides for 2005......its now like, "oh stuff him if he doesn't wan't to play for pride in our jumper".....oh boo hoo
talk about negative and selfish and it sounds like he just wanted what our other reserve graders are getting???? big deal???
Come on down, you've just won a fabulous new Mercedez Benz for posting the most LOGICAL post in this whole debate.
The fact is, he wanted what the other reggies got.
Now, thats not that much to ask for. One of the reasons the Roosters are successful I believe is because the Jersey Flegg comp I believe (I may be wrong) doesn't have a salary cap. They've therefore spent a bit extra, and brought through the likes of the other Kiwi centre, and captain Iosila Soaila or whatever his name is, and a bunch of other hombres. I think their theory would be, pay a little bit more now, bring them into the culture, and then make them want to be loyal to the club. It seems to have worked.
I personally would have paid Davis the little bit extra and reaped the rewards. Seems a pretty short minded decision. As short minded as some of these posts. One second, as the above said, he's in half your first grade sides, Josh superstar Davis this, Josh superstar Davis that, I want my daughter to mother a child to him ya-ya-ya, now that he wants what he believes he's entitled to (which isn't a great deal!!!) he's a money hungry biggot who you don't want at the club. The Roosters may be greedy, but they're successful, they wouldn't pass this opportunity up if they'd worked with him on a scholarship basis, that much is for sure.