1. As much as I hated losing him got offered too much money and achieved no more there but agree that one hurt.
2. No way..got overpaid by the Panthers and look how that all turned out. Good decision by the club
3. As No 2 above..too injury prone for 800K + a year and too slow to play the ball
4. It seemed that way 2 years ago when he won the comp...but now?
5 & 6. Both in their NRL twilight and we have ample replacements for 6 and coming through for 5
7. Widdop at 29..agree wanted him to stay but..Norman may end of proving like for like value for money.
Now JJG...go through every club and you can make a list of players they should'nt of let go
The Dragons are not the worst by far. Try Tigers. Parramatta, Bulldogs for starters
If I may....
1. the problem with Morris’s defection (besides his renown try scoring ability) is that the club has STILL failed in procuring someone else remotely near his skill level. Nabuli, Mann, MacDonald???? Please. Now, the Dragons have turned to allegedly highly gifted, yet grossly inexperienced wingers: Pearson and Rawalawa. Give me an aging Brett Morris with two broken legs than relying on so called “potential”.
2. Merrin’s career was curtailed by the absurd decision to move him to lock. I doubt Bennett would’ve done it. He will be remembered as someone who didn’t scale the heights commensurate to his ability
3. allow me a rhetorical question...putting aside the money aspect, you would you want in the centres, Dugan or Aitken?
4. I agree Bird’s career is at the crossroads after a difficult 2018, however he is still young and provided he gets past his proclivity towards injury, there’s no reason why he can’t return back to the form which gained him SOO representation.
5:6. a re-signed Latimore or Au Mau/Thompson....you do the figuring out.
(I forgot to mention Packer)
7. your faith in Norman may be misguided as I don’t have much faith in someone who plays one good game followed by several poor ones.
If not for injury, Widdop would have claimed a brace of Dally M’s by now.
What other clubs do apropos retention is their own beeswax. I simply do not care.
